1999 Chevrolet Suburban — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 950 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes343 (36.1%)Official recall records for this system: 22, covering model years 1998–2024.
• Tires & wheels98 (10.3%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2000–2026.
• Electrical system70 (7.4%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 1997–2021.
• Steering64 (6.7%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2011–2021.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)52 (5.5%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Fuel system45 (4.7%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 1995–2021.

Other / uncategorized: 8 classifications (0.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (15,852 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: brakes, electrical system and air bags (restraint system).
• Safety recalls (246 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), air bags (restraint system) and brakes.
• Transport Canada recalls (210 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), lights and brakes.
• Manufacturer communications (37,615 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
• Investigations (134 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: brakes, engine and steering.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 298reports included a mileage
• 96,549average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 522 records for 1995 522
2. 1996 419 records for 1996 419
3. 1997 482 records for 1997 482
4. 1998 269 records for 1998 269
5. 1999 844 records for 1999 844
6. 2000 863 records for 2000 863
7. 2001 1,134 records for 2001 1,134
8. 2002 1,031 records for 2002 1,031
9. 2003 1,312 records for 2003 1,312
10. 2004 1,224 records for 2004 1,224
11. 2005 1,045 records for 2005 1,045
12. 2006 912 records for 2006 912
13. 2007 1,785 records for 2007 1,785
14. 2008 1,661 records for 2008 1,661
15. 2009 1,564 records for 2009 1,564
16. 2010 1,736 records for 2010 1,736
17. 2011 1,893 records for 2011 1,893
18. 2012 1,810 records for 2012 1,810
19. 2013 1,886 records for 2013 1,886
20. 2014 1,666 records for 2014 1,666
21. 2015 2,990 records for 2015 2,990
22. 2016 2,008 records for 2016 2,008
23. 2017 1,707 records for 2017 1,707
24. 2018 1,339 records for 2018 1,339
25. 2019 1,056 records for 2019 1,056
26. 2020 890 records for 2020 890
27. 2021 1,653 records for 2021 1,653
28. 2022 1,436 records for 2022 1,436
29. 2023 1,173 records for 2023 1,173
30. 2024 761 records for 2024 761
31. 2025 449 records for 2025 449
32. 2026 199 records for 2026 199

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 57mention a crash
• 12mention a fire
• 54mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 2
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 115
• Investigations NHTSA 6
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 1
• Owner complaints NHTSA 720

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0300 in 5 records
• P0128 in 1 record
• P0332 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.