Worst years for a GMC Suburban
Owners have filed 2,323 complaints about the GMC Suburban with NHTSA across model years 1974 to 2004. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.
Every GMC 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.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Suspension |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18,500 | Brakes |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 1 | 0 | 69,000 | Tires |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | Seats |
| 2000 | B | 20 | 1 | 0 | 23,000 | Brakes |
| 1999 | D | 393 | 30 | 6 | 75,000 | Brakes |
| 1998 | B | 137 | 10 | 3 | 88,393 | Brakes |
| 1997 | C | 268 | 22 | 4 | 90,723 | Brakes |
| 1996 | C | 220 | 13 | 2 | 87,947 | Brakes |
| 1995 | C | 294 | 24 | 2 | 125,000 | Brakes |
| 1994 | D | 490 | 70 | 5 | 113,000 | Brakes |
| 1993 | D | 254 | 38 | 10 | — | Brakes |
| 1992 | — | 105 | 25 | 2 | — | Brakes |
| 1991 | — | 33 | 2 | 0 | — | Seats |
| 1990 | — | 28 | 3 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1989 | — | 24 | 2 | 1 | — | Seat Belts |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | Seat Belts |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 1 | 2 | — | Fuel & Propulsion |
| 1986 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | — | Brakes |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | Tires |
| 1983 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | Fuel & Propulsion |
| 1974 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Brakes |
What breaks on a GMC Suburban
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a GMC Suburban
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every GMC Suburban, by the month it reached NHTSA.
GMC Suburban 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 GMC Suburban
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.