2012 Chevrolet Suburban body & structure problems
Owners reported body & structure problems in 24 complaints for the 2012 Chevrolet Suburban, 17% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 24 17% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 67,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When body & structure problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 19 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles, and 37% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Went to put my shoes on and I saw that my front end of my truck was on fire .it had been 15 hours since I had driven the truck . There were flames coming out of the front passagner side on the grill. And engulfed the front end of my truck.
Cracking dashboard poses a safety threat to people inside the vehicle as well the driver in lack of deployment of the front airbags. Has happened on multiple vehicles of this year.
Other problems reported for the 2012 Chevrolet Suburban
- Air bags 26 complaints