https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the GMC C1500 Suburban. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:30:11 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1345775 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT TRANSFER CASE PINHOLE DO TO PUMP IN TRANSFER CASE COMMON PROBLEM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1345776 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT TRANSFER CASE PINHOLE DO TO PUMP IN TRANSFER CASE COMMON PROBLEM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1178488 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC C1500 SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE OIL FIELD EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FIELD FRACTURED AND CAUSED OIL TO SEEP INTO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1097870 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. NEEDS NEW MODULE AND THE PART IS "CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE" FROM GMC. REPAIR SHOP WILL NOT GUARANTEE WORK ON INSTALLATION OF A THIRD PARTY PART. I HAVE SPOKEN EXTENSIVELY WITH GMC CORPORATE AND THEY CONTINUE TO DELEGATE THIS ISSUE TO THE DEALERSHIP LEVEL. IMO, THE DEALERSHIP (THORSON MOTOR CENTER, PASADENA, CA) HAS DONE ALL THEY CAN BY ORDERING THE PART FOR ME. IF THE PART IS https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1082749 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT EXCESSIVE BRAKE TRAVEL WITHOUT WARNING. BRAKE LIGHT THEN CAME ON BRIEFLY THEN WENT OFF. BRAKE PRESSURE RETURNED. GOT HOME AND LOSING BRAKE FLUID FROM IN FRONT OF LEFT REAR TIRE. ADDED FLUID AND DROVE TO MECHANIC. BRAKE LINE HAD TO BE REBUILT. COST TO REPAIR $412.00. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1077364 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES, HARDWARE, BRAKE CYLINDER AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,960. ALSO, THE A/C WAS REPA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1077365 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES, HARDWARE, BRAKE CYLINDER AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,960. ALSO, THE A/C WAS REPA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1077366 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES, HARDWARE, BRAKE CYLINDER AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,960. ALSO, THE A/C WAS REPA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1077367 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES, HARDWARE, BRAKE CYLINDER AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,960. ALSO, THE A/C WAS REPA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1077368 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES, HARDWARE, BRAKE CYLINDER AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,960. ALSO, THE A/C WAS REPA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1077369 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES, HARDWARE, BRAKE CYLINDER AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,960. ALSO, THE A/C WAS REPA https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1044745 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT CAR SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, THIS HAPPEN ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR OVER A 12 YEAR PERIOD, DEALER KEEP SAYING IT WAS SWITCH OR FUEL PUMP, THEY KEPT CHARGING ME EVERYTIME... *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1044746 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, MECHANIC SAID IT WAS ABS COMPUTER, CHARGED ME $1000 TO REPLACE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1044747 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, MECHANIC SAID IT WAS ABS COMPUTER, CHARGED ME $1000 TO REPLACE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-1044749 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-978614 Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT TRAVELING AT 40 MPH THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP AND KEEPS SKIDDING.TRUCK STARTED TO SKID SIDE WAYS,BRAKES GAVE OUT AND WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.TRUCK KEPT SKIDDING FOR ABOUT HALF MILE BEFORE BRAKES WORKED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE SUBURBAN.THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND PUMPED IT SEVERAL TIMES BUT WOULD NOT WORK.SEEMS LIKE ABS MODULE,BRAKES ARE GOOD.JUST ABS HAS https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-978615 Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT TRAVELING AT 40 MPH THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP AND KEEPS SKIDDING.TRUCK STARTED TO SKID SIDE WAYS,BRAKES GAVE OUT AND WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.TRUCK KEPT SKIDDING FOR ABOUT HALF MILE BEFORE BRAKES WORKED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE SUBURBAN.THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND PUMPED IT SEVERAL TIMES BUT WOULD NOT WORK.SEEMS LIKE ABS MODULE,BRAKES ARE GOOD.JUST ABS HAS https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-936798 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT WITHIN SEVERAL MONTHS BOTH FRONT DOORS - DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS HANDLES STOPPED WORKING. WITHOUT POWER TO LOWER THE WINDOW AND OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE OCCUPANTS ARE LOCKED INSIDE. WHEN REPLACING THE PARTS AND INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM, IT WAS APPARENT THAT BOTH HANDLES BROKE AT THE SAME PLACE AND THE PART MAY BE FAULTY OR NOT SUFFICIENTLY STRENGTHENED TO SUPPORT EXITING THE VEHICLE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-895268 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT WIPERS WILL NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES THEY WILL JUST START WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP. MOST OF THE TIME THEY JUST WON'T COME ON WHEN YOU NEED THEM. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-879157 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC C1500 SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHEN THE BRAKED WERE APPLIED AND THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE WHERE THE CONTACT DETECTED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING AND BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A FAULT https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-877580 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT I HAVE PURCHASED 2 GMC SUBURBANS OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS. I'M A DIVORCED MOM OF 7 CHILDREN. I WAS DRIVING MY SUBURBAN ALONG WITH MY CHILDREN AND THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN BOSTON. *TR I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND AND FROM THE RIGHT HAND LANE AS I DESPERATELY TRIED TO STEER THE CAR INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. I TURNED MY HAZARDS ON, BUT DURING THIS TIME IN BOSTON, EVER https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-845596 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT GMC SUBURBAN 1999 STEERING SPEED SENSOR FAILS CAUSING THE STEERING TO SUDDENLY JERK WHILE TURNING UNDER SPEED. IT FEELS LIKE THE FRONT WHEELS HIT "SLIPPERY ICE". *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-799605 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE DURING RAINY WEATHER. WIPERS WILL SOMETIMES OPERATE AFTER BEING ASSISTED MANUALLY. FAULTY WIPERS WILL CAUSE WEATHER TO IMPAIR THE DRIVER'S VISION DURING RAINY OR FOGGY CONDITIONS RESULTING IN THE LIKELY POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. OTHER VEHICLES OF THIS SAME YEAR HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WITH WIPERS BUT GM DEALERSHIP'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT STATED TH https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-785329 Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT THIS GMC SUBURBAN WAS RECALLED SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. IT WAS REPAIRED IN 2007 UNDER THE RECALL. THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. THE WIPERS ARE UNCONTROLLABLE BY THE SWITCH INTERMITTENTLY. THEY COME ON WHEN NOT SELECTED ON OR WILL NOT COME ON WHEN SELECTED ON. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-749122 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT BRAKE PEDAL "WENT TO THE FLOOR " WITHOUT WARNING ON MY 1997 GMC SUBURBAN. DASHBOARD FAILED TO SHOW A "RED" BRAKE LIGHT UNTIL ABOUT 1 HOUR LATER WHEN I CHECKED BRAKES AGAIN. THERE WAS VIRTUALLY BRAKING ABILITY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CAR WILL BE TOWED TO DEALER TONIGHT. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING CARS FOR 50 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO "BUILT IN SAFETY REDUNDANCY" T https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-735246 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT MY WINDSHIELD WIPER RUNS INTERMITTENTLY,AND SOMETIMES STOPS ALTOGETHER OR RUNS AT FULL SPEED AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. USUALLY I PULL OVER AND LIFT THE HOOD AND GIVE THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR A THUMP AND THIS SEEMS TO SORT IT OUT TILL THE NEXT TIME. THE THING THAT ANNOYS ME MOST IS WHEN IT WONT START IN TRAFFIC.MY VEHICLE IS A 1996 GMC SUBURBAN AND I HAD RESIGNED MYSELF TO LIVING WITH THIS PROBLEM UNTIL https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-612681 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1997 GMC K-1500 SUBURBAN HAD SEVERAL ABS FAILURES. THE ABS ENGAGED AT A LOW SPEED WHEN COMING TO A STOP, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRYING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE VEHICLE CANNOT IN THE EXPECTED DISTANCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CONTACTED GM DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-608343 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT I CLICKED MY 4-WAY FLASHER BUTTON WHILE DROPPING MY SON OFF AT THE TRAIN STATION AND WHEN I CAME BACK IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PRESS THE BUTTON BACK DOWN. AFTER THAT, THE OPERATION OF MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS WAS INTERMITTENT AND EVENTUALLY MY REAR BRAKES LIGHTS STARTED WORKING ONLY INTERMITTENTLY AS WELL. NOW THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AND MY GM DEALER SAYS IT WILL COST MORE THAN $500 TO REPLACE THE W https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-595630 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE LOST FUEL PRESSURE AND WAS DIFFICULT TO START. THE CONTACT INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT AS THE INSULATION WAS BURNED OFF THE WIRING BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT. THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME. THE SALES DEALER RECOMMENDED A NON-MANUFACTURER NAME BRAND FOR THE SENDING UNIT MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-c1500-suburban#complaint-595631 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE LOST FUEL PRESSURE AND WAS DIFFICULT TO START. THE CONTACT INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT AS THE INSULATION WAS BURNED OFF THE WIRING BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT. THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME. THE SALES DEALER RECOMMENDED A NON-MANUFACTURER NAME BRAND FOR THE SENDING UNIT MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.