NHTSA Complaint #10199809 — 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OUR 2003 CHEVY SURBURBAN HAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE CHARGED US TO PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER MACHINE AND CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF DEFAULT WITH THE VEHICLE. THE LAST TIME WE WERE MAKING A 150 MILE TRIP FROM OUR HOME TO ANOTHER CITY, AND IT STOPPED 5 TIMES. WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND LET IT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND THEN IT WOULD START BACK. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS VERY FRIGHTENED AND THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU ALL INVESTIGATING THIS TO SEE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE, SINCE NOTHING SHOWS UP WHEN THEY TEST IT. AT THE PRESENT TIME I REFUSE TO DRIVE OR RIDE IN IT FOR FEAR IT WILL STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AGAIN, AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT. ONCE BEFORE WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED IT , THEY FOUND OUT AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS PIN HOLES IN THE HEADS ON THE MOTOR, WHICH IT WAS TAKEN IN BECAUSE IT WAS SMOKING. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW. *JB