2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Parking Brakeconventional Problems

VEHICLE WITH 25,300 MILES FAILED THE ANNUAL VIRGINIA STATE INSPECTION DUE TO FAILURE OF THE PARKING BRAKE TO HOLD. THE DEALER STATED RUST HAD FORMED ON THE ROTORS AND THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED EVEN THOUGH THEY AND THE BRAKE LININGS WERE NOT WORN OUT. THE DEALER SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THE DESIGN HAD BEEN CHANGED ON LATER MODELS, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $980.00 TO REPLACE ROTORS, PADS AND PARK BRAKE LININGS. I CALLED GM'S CHEVROLET DIVISION CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP SAID SHE WOULD INVESTIGATE AND CALL ME BACK IN A FEW DAYS. I PICKED UP THE TRUCK AND PAID $775.71 THE DEALER HAVING "GIVEN ME A BREAK ON THE LABOR" NINE DAYS LATER, THE GM REP CALLED TO TELL ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AS THE "DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING DUE TO THE...

CONSUMER STATED HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. ALSO STATED THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS THE INSPECTION ON HIS STATE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND ALSO SAID THAT SINCE THEIR WAS NO RECALL CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. TS DEALER FOUND PARK BRAKE SHOES WORN TO METAL. DEALER REPLACED PARK BRAKE SHOES AND LEFT REAR ROTOR. *TT

VEHICLE DELIVERED WITH 305 MILES. NOTICED PARKING BRAKE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY NOT HOLD VEHICLE WHEN PARKED ON SLIGHT INCLINE AFTER ABOUT 1000 MILES. INITIALLY, PARKING BRAKE PEDAL HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL TO THE LAST 2 TO 3 INCHES OF PEDAL TRAVEL, AS IF IT WERE 'GIVING WAY' DUE TO EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON PEDAL. HOWEVER, WHETHER THE PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR OR STOPPED BEFORE IT HAD THAT STRANGE 'GIVE WAY' FEEL DID NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THE FAILURE OF THE PARKING BRAKE TO HOLD VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED. EVENTUALLY, AFTER ABOUT 10000 MILES, THE STRANGE 'GIVE WAY' FEELING CEASED. ALSO NOTICED THAT OVER TIME THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD FAIL TO HOLD THE VEHICLE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, AND AROUND 14000 MILES, QUIT ALTOGETHER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS ADVICED THIS PROBLEM WAS COMMON WITH THE NEW SUBURBAN BODY STYLE (2000). SERVICE ADVISOR SAID WOULD HAVE TO...

VEHICLE DELIVERED WITH 305 MILES. NOTICED PARKING BRAKE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY NOT HOLD VEHICLE WHEN PARKED ON SLIGHT INCLINE AFTER ABOUT 1000 MILES. INITIALLY, PARKING BRAKE PEDAL HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL TO THE LAST 2 TO 3 INCHES OF PEDAL TRAVEL, AS IF IT WERE 'GIVING WAY' DUE TO EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON PEDAL. HOWEVER, WHETHER THE PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR OR STOPPED BEFORE IT HAD THAT STRANGE 'GIVE WAY' FEEL DID NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THE FAILURE OF THE PARKING BRAKE TO HOLD VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED. EVENTUALLY, AFTER ABOUT 10000 MILES, THE STRANGE 'GIVE WAY' FEELING CEASED. ALSO NOTICED THAT OVER TIME THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD FAIL TO HOLD THE VEHICLE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, AND AROUND 14000 MILES, QUIT ALTOGETHER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS ADVICED THIS PROBLEM WAS COMMON WITH THE NEW SUBURBAN BODY STYLE (2000). SERVICE ADVISOR SAID WOULD HAVE TO...

# 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...

# 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...