Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | the brake lines rust and they burst this occurred on my main brake line going to the abs controller I had no brakes … |
| 2023-02-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | When driving at highway speeds or even around town the vehicle randomly jerks to one side or another alignment was just… |
| 2022-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Component SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP |
| 2021-12-20 | TIRES | No | 0 | 275/75 r16 tires coming apart on the side walls |
| 2021-07-12 | WHEELS | No | 0 | Spare tire hoist wire broke and spare tire was released from vehicle on the highway. Vehicle was doing speed limit of 7… |
| 2021-06-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | The steering pump has plenty of fluid in the reservoir and has been changed regularly. All of the sudden all power … |
| 2021-06-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owned a 2002 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that while driving at 40 mph, there were cicadas flying… |
| 2021-01-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 1 | I WAS ON THE FREEWAY THERE WAS TRAFFIC I WENT TO SLOW DOWN MY BRAKES LOCKED UP ON ME MY CAR FISH TAILED I RELEASED THE … |
| 2019-09-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING MY 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 AT SPEEDS UNDER 10 MPH IN BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC, THE ABS INDEPENDENTLY … |
| 2019-05-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE HORN NOTHING HAPPENS, BUT THE PANIC BUTTON ON THE REMOTE MAKES THE HORN GO OFF. IT'S NOT THE HORN … |
| 2019-03-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ANTI LOCK BRAKES ARE ACTIVATING ON THERE OWN WHEN TRYING TO STOP AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO CRASH 4 TIMES. I FINALLY P… |
| 2018-08-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CHRYSLER CANNOT FIND THE FUEL RAIL IN US OR CANADA. I CANT WALK AND HAD I NOT GOTTEN DISABLED AND HAD TO GO TO CANADA, … |
| 2018-02-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND BRAKES FAILED TWICE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. FIRST INCIDENT WAS THE REAR … |
| 2017-08-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY I-476 (PHILADELPHIA PA) WITH THE FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. UPON BRAKING TO S… |
| 2016-10-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT SMELLED A SMOKE ODOR COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER AND TH… |
| 2016-04-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | THE REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND CAUSED ME TO HAVE ACCIDENT. THE ISSUE IS THAT THE FRONT BRAKES DID … |
| 2016-03-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WITHOUT WAR… |
| 2015-11-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINE HAS CORRODED AND RUBBED A HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE AND LEADED FLUIDED. HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IS RUBBING IN SAM… |
| 2015-09-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE CIRCUIT BOARD UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT SHORTED OUT AND CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE THE CAR WAS OCCUPIED. |
| 2015-09-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE REAR FUEL TANK STRAP BROKE BY THE BOLT. THE STRAP THEN PIVOTED DOWN ONTO THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE ONLY REASON THE TANK … |
| 2015-08-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE GOING OFF AT SLOW SPEEDS, ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT, GOING ABOUT 4-5 MPH, NEED TO KNOW IF MY VIN I… |
| 2015-07-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | STARTED VEHICLE PUT IN REVERSE TO BACK UP AND WHEN APPLIED BRAKES THEY PEDAL WAS SOFT AND THEN WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICL… |
| 2015-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT I NOTICED I NEEDED TO PUSH BRAKE PEDDLE FARTHER DOWN TO STOP. THE SAME FOR EACH STOP AFTER TH… |
| 2014-11-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN CRASH AFTER BRAKES FAILED, WITHOUT WARNING INDICATOR. BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED THROUGH IN ENGINE… |
| 2014-11-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED TODAY. STEEL TUBING WAS FOUND TO BE PERFORATED ALONG THE FORWARD LEFT PORTION. THE REMAINDER OF THE TUB… |
| 2014-09-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WENT TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PUT THE VEHICLE… |
| 2014-03-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY SON WAS TRAVELING @ 50 MPH WHEN BRAKES FAILED. HE NARROWLY MISSED HITTING A CAR AT AN INTERSECTION. FOUND OUT FROM … |
| 2014-02-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND COMING TO A LIGHT CHANGING TO YELLOW DURING A HEAVY SNOWFALL I HAD ATTEMPTED TO STOP . THE AB… |
| 2013-12-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WE WE WERE TRAVELLING AT ABOUT 75 MILES WHEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN. ALL ELECTRICAL STATUS LIGHTS AND THE ENGINE WENT OFF. W… |
| 2013-12-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS APPROACHING A 4-WAY STOP SIGN IN PHILADELPHIA WHEN I NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL SINKING TO THE FLOOR. I HAD BEEN USI… |
| 2013-11-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVING MY 2002 1500 SUBURBAN THE BRAKE LINE LET LOOSE, GOT THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP ON THE LIFT FOUND ALL BRAKE LINES COR… |
| 2013-09-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKING AT LESS THEN 10MPH THE ANTILOCKING BRAKING SYSTEM KICKS IN AND CAUSES THE CAR TO GO MUCH FURTHER TO STOP. … |
| 2013-09-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKING AT LESS THEN 10MPH THE ANTILOCKING BRAKING SYSTEM KICKS IN AND CAUSES THE CARE TO GO MUCH FURTHER TO STOP.… |
| 2013-08-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE METAL BRAKE LINES APPARENTLY HAVE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF TOTAL FAILURE. ONE METAL LINE BLEW OUT AS WE DROVE DOWN AN… |
| 2013-08-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BACKING TO HOOK UP TO TRAILER, BRAKES FAILED NO PRIOR WARNING (LIGHT). ALL BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACED AS WELL AS FUEL LI… |
| 2013-07-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TRAVELING ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY, 35 MPH, APPROACHING RED LIGHT IN LINE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND FELT T… |
| 2013-07-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE … |
| 2013-06-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE WAITING STATIONARY AT DRIVE-THRU HARD BRAKE LINE RUPTURED RESULTING IN GREATLY REDUCED BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS AND … |
| 2013-04-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 A THUMP WAS HEARD AND THE CAR BEGAN TO FILL WITH EXHAUST FUMES. ON EXAMINATION IT WAS FO… |
| 2013-04-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO PROPERLY RESPOND TO DECEL… |
| 2013-03-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | LAST YEAR THE ODOMETER AND GEAR SELECTION DISPLAY ON MY 2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN WOULD GO OUT THEN A WHILE LATER IT WOULD CO… |
| 2012-12-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | JUST HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THIS COST ME A SMALL FORTUNE. THIS IS C… |
| 2012-11-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKES AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I PROCEEDED AT A SLOW RATE … |
| 2012-10-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. *TR |
| 2012-10-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | SEVERE METAL BRAKE LINE CORROSION: ON SURFACE STREETS, WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AT ABOUT 35 MPH, THE BRAKES W… |
| 2012-09-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. I HAD TO STOP SHORT AS THE CAR INFRONT OF ME STOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY. … |
| 2012-09-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK. PARKING BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED BUT STILL DOES NOT WORK. *TR |
| 2012-09-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINE ROTTED OUT RESULTING IN NEAR COLLISION. SECOND FAILURE IN AUG. OF 2015 BOTH EVENTS WERE A NEAR COLLISION . T… |
| 2012-08-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN TO THE JERSEY SHORE ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY WITH MY FAMILY TO GO ON VACATION I WENT TO GET OFF… |
| 2012-08-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE PARKING MY 02 SUBURBAN, I COMPLETELY LOST MY BRAKES!! THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR; BRAKE FLUID ALL OVE… |