1993 Chevrolet Suburban problems
NHTSA has received 616 complaints about the 1993 Chevrolet Suburban, and 69% of them involve brakes. Next are wipers, windshield & visibility (7%) and tires (3%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 616 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 69% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 110 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 42 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 120,000 miles 23 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 | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 23 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 120,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 110 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 42 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1993 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Chevrolet Suburban with enough data (345 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.
Iwas driving my son to an orthodonic appointment mid morning, good weather conditions. There was red light ahead with two cars stopped. When I braked, my vehicle would not stop, and I hit the car in front of mine, which then hit the vehicle in front of it. It felt like I did not have brakes that functioned properly. It was confusing to me and I guess I blamed it on the pavement. Now the same thing has happened to me husband and I now know there is definatly a brake problem.
Riving vehicle, had stopped, pulled onto road, notice bend & started to slow down, heard mealing noise (ABS working), pushed brakes, vehicle picked up speed, kept vehicle straight, went over embankment, had no brakes, finally hit tree. Notified dealer.
The truck has ABS brakes; the driver was trying to stop and the vehicle kept going with the brake pedal being depressed, causing an accident.
During all kinds of weather conditions the ABS braking system has failed to stop the vehicle, twice causing a rear end accident. During a hard braking situation when on dry pavement, or any braking condition on wet pavement the brakes have been applied and they grab and then release causing the vehicle to continue moving forward without completely stopping.
Driver's side seat belt will not retract into the retractor. Consumer noted the seat belt would not retract properly leaving it useless in a crash. *nlm