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2008 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 20 complaints for the 2008 Chevrolet Suburban 1500, 15% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
20 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
66,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
9 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2008 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 66,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 66,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 44% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 18 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 9 injuries.

What owners wrote

Complaint to document a safety issue on a 2008 chevy suburban. Sharp edges on interior door handles causing serious injuries to the hands of passengers. The chrome finish is delaminating from the interior door handles causing sharp knife like edges as noted on several 2007 GM models in defect investigation report ea10004. My 2008 chevrolet suburban has the same problem as described in the previous investigation.

Reported at 70,000 miles, January 2014 Injury

I own a 2008 chevy suburban and two of our outer door handles came off under warranty and the third right after now the fourth has come loose. Judging by many forums found on google this is a frequent problem. I find this also to be significant safety problem since I have little children who cannot get out the car by themselves in this problem hinders the door form opening from the outside in an emergency this could become a life-threatening defect of these cars. I really hope someone does something about this.

Reported at 50,000 miles, July 2011

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