FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Suburban 1500

Owners have filed 1,753 complaints about the Chevrolet Suburban 1500 with NHTSA across model years 1994 to 2026. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2007 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

240 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2026 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

14 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Suburban 1500 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 A 14 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2025 A 36 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2023 A 25 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 1 0 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2011 C 108 1 2 80,000 Airbags
2010 B 70 0 0 72,500 Airbags
2009 A 70 0 0 80,000 Airbags
2008 C 131 4 0 69,000 Airbags
2007 F 240 5 6 74,000 Airbags
2006 B 35 0 2 68,000 Electrical System
2005 B 102 2 2 60,000 Electrical System
2004 C 220 2 7 85,000 Electrical System
2003 D 223 6 3 90,005 Brakes
2002 C 144 3 1 111,653 Brakes
2001 D 102 9 5 108,650 Brakes
2000 C 72 6 2 117,000 Brakes
1999 C 91 6 0 110,000 Brakes
1998 A 16 0 0 136,000 Brakes
1997 A 21 0 1 110,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1996 C 12 2 0 92,000 Brakes
1995 B 10 3 3 193,000 Airbags
1994 A 10 1 0 155,005 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers

What breaks on a Chevrolet Suburban 1500

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 375 21.4%

Worst in 2002

Electrical System 268 15.3%

Worst in 2004

Airbags 204 11.6%

Worst in 2007

Body & Structure 135 7.7%

Worst in 2007

Engine & Cooling 128 7.3%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2011

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2003

Steering 50 2.9%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2008

Tires 33 1.9%

Worst in 2004

Seat Belts 30 1.7%

Worst in 2003

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Suburban 1500

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Instrument Cluster/Panel 112 38.1%
Body 57 19.4%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 38 12.9%
Automatic Transmission 24 8.2%
Engine 15 5.1%
Door 15 5.1%
Control Unit/Module 10 3.4%
Fuel Pump 10 3.4%
Frame AND Members 7 2.4%
Hatchback/Liftgate 6 2.0%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Suburban 1500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2004 peak 25 Aug 2026

Chevrolet Suburban 1500 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Suburban 1500

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.