2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500: engine knocking or ticking

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Engine · 120,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet suburban 1500. The contact stated while starting the ignition, a loud knocking noise emitted from the engine. In addition, coolant was dispensed into the radiator reservoir every two days without coolant visible on the ground. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who stated that the water pump would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired and the failure persisted. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed Jul 29, 2011 · Engine · 152,000 miles · LA

Driving down the road one day and reduced engine light comes on. My suburban slows to about 35mph and will not go any faster. This occurs about 15 times a month. I am concerned about people driving behind me when it comes to a sudden slow if I can not get off the road. We have brought it to a dealership 3 times. They did not know what was wrong. We have changed the throttle pedal positioning sensor, map sensor, crank sensor, knock sensor, spark plugs, spark plug wires. Nothing has worked.

Filed Aug 26, 2009 · Engine · 80,000 miles · WV

I have a 2004 chevy suburban 1500 with 90k miles. In november 2008 at 80k miles I noticed the heater wasn't heating. Checked af to find it was a gal low. No leaks detected anywhere and no smoking from exhaust. A few weeks later the same thing happened. After taking the vehicle to 3 garages including one authorized gm dealer, all diagnostic test were negative for cracked heads or head gaskets. Suggestive of problem but not definitive. The gm dealer started an oil consumption study d/t having to add 1 - 1.5 quarts oil every 1500 - 2000 miles. In and out of the shop until june 2009 when we experience sudden loss of oil pressure, engine started knocking but not smoking. I changed the oil again and drove the vehicle the next morning. Made it 25 miles when oil pressure dropped again and engine started knocking. I actually drove the vehicle back home under full power but alarms going off and no oil pressure. I pulled the oil pan off and found the rod bearings burned and crystallized. Now looking at new engine. Gm denies problem with that model engine and refuses to offer any assistance. Just prior to experiencing the engine problems we did have to replace the catalytic converter. All of instances started around 80k miles.

Filed Apr 14, 2009 · Steering · 32,000 miles · CA

Bad knocking noise when turn steering wheel very scary no matter who or which direction you turn steering wheel there it is this horrible noise come on chevy this is a family car it should be safe is scary chevy don't be a ble to do something because is already at 75,000 and I have this problem since it was 23k miles what's going on with you chevy people.

Filed Mar 22, 2008 · Steering · 26,000 miles · NN

Knocking noise while driving at slow speed seems to be coming from the steering system. My brother had a 2004 chevy also and it happened to his vehicle also. This has been going on for over a year. Because the vehicle is not under the 36 k warranty the dealer will not repair this. I am sure this is occurring in other 2004 chevy suburbans.

Filed Nov 27, 2007 · Acceleration, Electrical · TX

Electrical components are not working. Odometer, fuel gauge, oil gauge, battery gauge, temperature gauge do not work - the only gauge that does work is the speedometer. Looking at all the complaints, I should assume the speedometer will be going out. The temperature gauge could be very dangerous - it reads 250 - 260 all the time. You do not know if your are running hot or not. The gas gauge needle is totally upset down - we have to go off our "how many miles 'til we run out go gas" screen to determine how much gas we have. I've replaced the power steering pump - $775, the chip for the gas pedal (when out - you could not go any faster than 10 miles per hour $800), the driver side leather seat started to wear down @ 40,000 miles - now has a tear in it, the steering column makes a knocking noise, the dash makes a popping noise when the air conditioner is on, front seem to wear down fast, etc. I could go on, but.......... It seems I got a lemon. This was a $47,000 sticker priced car - you would think you wouldn't have this many problems. There seems to be a lot of complaints on instrument panel problems - seems chev should look into this - dangerous. These are family - children vehicles!!!

Filed Dec 29, 2006 · Electrical · 35,000 miles · FL

At 35000 miles the speedometer would make a ticking noise and start moving with a notchy motion. When driving it could read 40-75 MPH while doing less than 10 MPH. At 60+ MPH it could read 100+ MPH. After multiple restarts the speedometer would return to 0. The problem seemed like it would worsen when the temperature was colder, but it could be coinsidence. Took the vehicle into the chevrolet dealer where it was diagnosed as having a faulty guage cluster and replaced under warranty. While in the dealer there were 2 other people with similar trucks having the same thing replaced. Now I see online that this is common with nearly every suburban and chevrolet/gmc truck in model years 2004-2005. This should be a recalled part and could be a make for a costly/dangerous drive for someone.