2001 Chevrolet Suburban Electrical system Problems

“On march 16, 2017, I was travelling on a mountain highway in northern california in my 2001 Suburban with the driver's seat heater on. I was sitting on a thin seat cushion. Twenty minutes into the 40 minute trip, I turned my seat heater off. Ten or so minutes later, I smelled a horrible rubber/plastic burning smell. When I reached my destination, I lifted my cushion and saw that the seat had a burned hole through the leather and into my seat cushion. It was warm, but I did not see a flame. …”

“We noticed that the driver's side mirror of my wife's 2001 tahoe appeared to have a melted place on the bottom of the plastic housing. There was a green/yellow circle in the center of the mirror where it appeared to have gotten to hot. I removed the mirror which was connected by four wires. Two wires went to the heating element and the other two controlled the automatic dimming feature. On the inside of the dimming feature wires there appeared to be black residue. …”

“2001 chevy Suburban 1500 electrical from time I bought vehicle radio would reset time to 1:00 (default) for no reason. Dealer replaced radio and problem persisted. Now the radio works some of the time mostly not at all, and the cd player works some of the time. Lights dim often when driving, obviously more noticeable at night and long trips. We had the alternator checked to be sure we didn't get stranded and it was fine. Last week, the low beam lights started working some of the time. When you switch from high to low beams you have no beams, next time you might have low beam. …”

“We have a 2001 Chevrolet Suburban. Starting in september 2003, when the gas level got to 1/2, the gas gauge would drop to empty and the low fuel light would go on, then the light would go off and the gas gauge would go back to 1/2. This happened intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealership october 20, 2003. They said they tested, inspected and returned the vehicle to me on october 22, 2003. They said they could not find anything wrong and could not get it to fail again. On october 26, 2003, the same thing happened only the vehicle shut down without warning. …”

“We bought a 2001 chevy Suburban , brand new. Since we owned it, the air conditioner motor failed the first month, front left shock pops when turning, driver's seat warmer doesn't work (possible faulty switch), the 5.3 liter engine knocks and pings like crazy even when using 93 octane fuel on a steady basis. The front passenger seat was found to have cracked seat rails but dealer had no replacement rails, have to order them. Gas gauge doesn't read right (when on the red line it still has 6 gallons in the tank or 20% fuel left) the thing is a piece of crap! Gm didn't give a darn either. …”