2013 Chevrolet Suburban problems
NHTSA has received 170 complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Suburban, and 16% of them involve air bags. Next are body & structure (14%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 170 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 56,000 miles 117 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 | 18 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 22 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 21 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 19 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 117 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 56,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 58,000 miles (15 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 90% 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 2013 ranks 21st most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Chevrolet Suburban with enough data (106 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 chevrolet suburban. While idling on the highway, the contact's vehicle was rear ended by another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the neck, back, head, and mouth that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 18,000.
Traveling in construction in merge lane tapped on brakes, drivers seat belt caught and did not release driver applied brakes to avoid collision with a merging semi. The seat belt tightened even more pulling the driver up out of the seat the back seat passenger had to release the belt after beating on the release latch. Taken to dealership it was found that both front seat belts were binding and not releasing.
2013 chevrolet suburban have an electrical and transmission clunking problem for the past 2 years, and GMC don't want to do anything about it. Krystal dealership in brooklyn, ny and manfredi dealership in staten island, ny, have no customer service what's so ever
Brakes light anti-lock/skid e-brake keeps activating, but does not show up as a code or problem. Intermittent code p015b and p015d at the shop sometimes this code does not appear or at different shop code is active. Brake light comes on when stationary and stays on. P code occurs when in motion. I have a syncup drive on my vehicle so I get the p codes, brake code never comes up same when at the shop