2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — Complaint #535725
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:LINES AND FITTINGS filed May 19, 2005
NHTSA complaint #535725 (ODI reference 10121384) concerns a 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN and was filed on May 19, 2005. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 18, 2005. The vehicle had 22,500 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:recreational vehicle/trailer:lpg systems:lines and fittings, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET SUBURBAN cohort independently describe similar equipment:recreational vehicle/trailer:lpg systems:lines and fittings failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
FEB.05 WE WERE IN BIG BEAR CA. WITH 4 OR MORE FEET OF FRESH SNOW: COMING DOWN THE HILL IN OUR 2002 SUBURBAN THE BRAKES BECAME VERY SOFT AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKES. WE CHECKED THE GROUND UNDER SUBURBAN AND ALL THE BRAKE FLUID WAS ON THE SNOW. WE HAD SUBRUBAN TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER IN REDLANDS BECAUSE THERE IS A "BUMPER TO BUMPER" POLICY ON IT. TOM BELL HAD TO REPLACE THE "BRAKE LINE". WE TOOK A CAB TO THE ONTARIO AIRPORT FOR A RENTAL CAR AND DROVE BACK HOME.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 535725 |
| ODI Number | 10121384 |
| Date Filed | May 19, 2005 |
| Failure Date | February 18, 2005 |
| VIN | 3GNFK16T12G |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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