2003 Chevrolet Suburban Equipment Problems

“2003 Suburban in 10/2006 I noticed that my air conditioning was not working. At that time the vehicle was just out of warranty w/ 42,900 miles on it. I do not drive it during summer months. I purchased the vehicle with 6,000 miles on it, but was advised by the dealership that it was driven only by the sales manager and received an a title, as a new vehicle. I contacted GM's customer service on 10/23/06 and was advised to take it to my local dealership for an official diagnosis and estimate. …”

“An internal mechanical failure within the air conditioner's compressor caused the catastrophic failure of the AC unit. This ocurred at approximately 46000 miles. A hose attached to the compressor completely blew off the vehicle, disseminating a white cloud and freon on the vehicles directly behind me on the highway. Chevrolet charged $1700 to repair the AC unit, since the vehicle was outside of the warranty. I have spoken with two other people who have identical incidents.”

“I have recently snapped two belts to my air conditioner compressor and when I went to my private garage he told me that there was a service bulletin issued for this repair. This tells me that GM knew about this problem but told no one about it. Now I have to pay a nearly $1,000.00 bill to get it fixed at my GM dealer. This is a sham. Why couldn't they take responsibility for it and issue a recall rather than a service bulletin? How many repairs have been made for this type of repair, more than average I would bet? Can you provide me those numbers? …”

“2003 tahoe ; 76,000m AC compressor failure that ruined entire system A/C system service/inspected every may ; driving down highway when A/C stopped blowing cold air ; few minutes later AC high pressure line to condenser burst. Stopped car and checked out noise found busted hose and oil w/ metal fillings dripping from line. It was 98 degrees outside and we were driving to family vacation at beach . Had to drive remaining 5 hrs w/o AC as it was sat pm. No dealer w/in miles so took to highly recommended local garage; hoping it was just a pressure line replacement. …”

“The fuel pump on my 2003 Chevrolet Suburban has failed. It seems that this has been a problem with these vehicles in the past. I wish I had known before. I bought the car used in 2005, with approximately 32,000 miles on it. The throttle body module , steering gear , dash cluster, and now fuel pump have all failed! This has made me very upset with the manufacturer. The vehicle now has 72,000 miles on it. I thought buying american was the right thing to do. Now I'm worried about my 2004 gmc sierra.”