NHTSA Complaint #752545 — 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN

# 1. THE DAY AFTER I FIRST PUCHASED AND PICKED UP MY VEHICLE IT SMOKE US OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE ON OUR VACATION IN OCEANSIDE, CA. #2 THE BRAKES WERE VERY SPONGY AND NOT ANYTHING LIKE THE ONE I DEMOED WHEN I FOUND THIS VEHICLE. I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT ON ROUTE TO OCEANSIDE. THE LAST TWO TRIPS IN THIS HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND I HAD TO RENT A CAR AGAIN. # 3 ABOUT THE 3 RD. DAY INTO OUR NEW VEHICLE I NOTICED THE PARKING BRAKE WOULDN,T ALWAYS HOLD THE VEHICLE, EVEN AFTER PUTTING IT IN GEAR, WITH THE BRAKE FULLY APPLIED IT WOULD FAIL BUT NOT ALL THE TIME. # 4 AFTER REPORTING THE SMOKING PROBLEM, (STILL ON-GOING) I HAD A NO OIL PRESSURE WARNING AND NOTICE THE GAGE DIDN'T RESPOND FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THEN I HAD PRESSURE BUT A CONSTANT LOW OIL WARNING KEPT APPEARING ON THE MESSAGE CENTER. THIS IS WHEN IT ONLY HAD 1400 MILES ON IT. I NOTICED SOME OIL SPOTS FORMING WHERE I PARKED, I CRAWLED UNDER NEAR THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF THE MOTOR TO FIND OIL DRIPPING FROM THE ENGINE AND OFF THE SUSPENSION NEAR THE ENGINE. ITS NOW BEEN IN 3 TIMES FOR SMOKING, LEAKS AND VARIOUS OTHER ENGINE NOISES (LIFTERS, RIGHT BANK). # 5 THE VEHICLE HAS PULLED TO THE RIGHT SINCE NEW. I CALLED THEM, THEY SAID WAIT TILL YOU GET A FEW MILES ON IT SO EVERYTHING BREAKS IN. WRONG ANSWER. I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE. IT WAS UNEVEN ON ALL TIRES, MIND YOU THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO CHECK THIS BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. AVERAGE PSI 30, SHOULD BE 40-44PSI COLD. IT HELPED BUT STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT. AT 5000 MILES I PERSONALLY ROTATED THE TIRES, THIS STILL DIDN'T FIX IT. UPON BRINGING IT IN FOR ALL THE FORMENTIONED AND LAST PROBLEM WHICH BY THE WAY REQUIRED RENTING A CAR TWICE THEY FINALLY TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND KNOW IT PULLS TO THE LEFT AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS NO LONGER LEVEL. # 6 THE RIGHT BUCKET SEAT WON'T LOCK IN AT THE HINGE POINT PROPERLY. THEY SAID THERE WAS A FIX COMING FOR THE ENGINE AND THE SEAT FROM THE FACTORY BUT AS OF YET NOTHING FROM CHEVY OR THE DEALERSHIP.*AK