2010 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 problems
Owners have filed 70 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 31% of complaints. Next are body & structure (19%) and cruise control (4%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 70 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 73,000 miles 51 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 51 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 72,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 75,000 miles (13 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Chevrolet Suburban 1500 with enough data (42 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Upon exiting the vehicle I was sliced by the chrome coating peeling away from inner door handle. Finger was sliced about 3/4" long and bad enough to bleed. I then took notice of other inner door handles and found passenger side front inner door handle also having the chrome coating peeling from handle. Further research found this problem on earlier GM models.
Electronic stability control, traction control system, vehicle stability control--the next wave of recalls is coming. Are you prepared....
The "chrome clad" wheels on my 2010 suburban started showing air pocket and I now know chevrolet went the cheap route and put a plastic cover on the wheels for the 75th diamond edition 2010 suburbans.
Major cracks in dash board on both the driver and passenger side. Passenger side airbag has cracks right next to it. If airbag goes off parts of dashboard will go flying and could injure someone in the car.
Dash is cracked in 6 different spots; 3 of the cracks being around the passenger air bag. If the airbag were to deploy, the dash would shatter thus causing sharp projectiles to be dispensed in the vehicle cabin potentially causing serious injury to the occupants. The cracks start down where the bolts connect to the body (they extend further down than what can be seen in the photos).