NHTSA Complaint #10138759 — 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN

MY 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN 2500 LT HAS 52000 MILES IT IS BURNING OIL ON LONG TRIPS. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES FOR THIS. CHEVY DOES NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS NOT A RECALL AS OF NOW. THEY WANT MY PRIVATE WARRANTY TO PAY FOR THIS. I ALSO HAVE A FIFTY DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE THAT I MUST PAY. THERE IS A TSB ON THIS WHICH I HAVE A COPY OF. I ALSO THINK THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS A SLIGHT KNOCK. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A RECALL ON THE BRAKES FOR RUST CORROSION WHICH IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MY RECALL. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, I WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND IT WOULD JUST DIE. I WOULD LOSE ALL POWER . IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. LUCKILY I NEVER HAD ANYONE BEHIND ME OR THEY WOULD HAVE SLAMMED INTO ME. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR THIS TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE OIL FILTER SO I PICKED IT UP AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO MY FAMILY I WOULD SUE THEM WELL THE SECOND TIME THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE FUEL INJECTOR. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS TRUCK AND I ALSO FEEL CHEVY IS NOT BACKING THEIR TRUCK.*JB