GMC C1500 Suburban problems

Owners have filed 30 complaints about the GMC C1500 Suburban with NHTSA across model years 1994 to 1999. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every GMC C1500 Suburban 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.

2 2 6 1 19

94 96 97 98 99

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
1999	—	19	1	99,000	Electrical System
1998	—	1	0	—	Brakes
1997	—	6	0	—	Brakes
1996	—	2	0	—	Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1994	—	2	0	—	Windows, Mirrors & Wipers

What breaks on a GMC C1500 Suburban

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

Brakes 8 26.7%

Worst in 1999

Electrical System 5 16.7%

Worst in 1999

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 13.3%

Worst in 1996

Fuel & Propulsion 3 10.0%

Worst in 1997

Engine & Cooling 2 6.7%

Worst in 1999

Steering 2 6.7%

Worst in 1997

Airbags 1 3.3%

Worst in 1999

Body & Structure 1 3.3%

Worst in 1999

Suspension 1 3.3%

Worst in 1999

Doors, Latches & Locks 1 3.3%

Worst in 1999

Equipment & Accessories 1 3.3%

Worst in 1999

Other & Unspecified 1 3.3%

Worst in 1999

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC C1500 Suburban, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 2006 peak 6 Jan 2017

Compare the GMC C1500 Suburban

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

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