2007 suburban ltz battery has been completely drained 2x within one month. Once after having the doors and back open for approx 10 min and the other at a car wash while the staff cleaned the inside of the vehicle. ( approx 10 min). First time dealer blamed the cold and the lack of driving at the time, had the battery tested and the battery is completely dead. Will be taking to dealership tomorrow. Reading the reviews and am astonished that there are so many complaints about the battery drain issue. We purchased this vehicle as a family vehicle, but am very concerned with its reliability. This is a huge issue for a family with children.
2007 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 electrical complaints
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Battery in 2007 suburban ltz drained twice had to be jumped and then taken to dealer then had to be replaced.
No crashes or injuries. On 2 occasions, with the ignition off and listening to the radio for about 10 minutes, the vehicle failed to start. On another occasion was cleaning the interior with the doors open and interior lights on. The vehicle failed to start. Drove the vehicle a short distance after recharging the battery. Vehicle failed to start for return trip. Took vehicle (2007 suburban ltz to dealer for an electrical system check. They reported that everything checked out ok. Had another incident of nostart trying to leave home during a snow storm. Finally replaced the battery and have had no problems since. Range of dates is from jan 2008 through jan 2010.
No crashes or injuries. On the indicated date I had the engine turned off with the keys in the ignition, listening to the radio. After a short time approximately 10 minutes, I discovered that the car battery was completely drained. I have been careful not let these incidents occur again but it has repeated at least 6 times. The most recent time was when I had a flat tire replaced and the tire service tech attempted to reprogram the tire pressure monitor system at which time, the battery was drained immediately. The reprogramming was impossible because the battery would not provide electricity to complete the TPMS. I followed the owner's manual's instructions' and had the same results, a dead battery and unsuccessful attempt. I now have a useless TPMS and the danger of getting stranded with a dead battery. The dealership offers to attempt to fix the problem starting at $99.00 +. A new vehicle should be free of these types of defects. I should not be paying for the repair.
2007 chevy sububan registered to the university of vanderbilt sitting in parking lot, the engine was off as well as was the ignition. Suddenly from within the engine compartment a massive fire broke out, the fire department from the city of hendersonville tennessee. Responded and put the fire out. Initial investigation from the officers at the scene indicated that it was an electrical fire coming from the control relay box attached to the left side fender wall. Vehicle is a 2007 chevy suburban purchased 10-31-2006 with 320,000 miles on vehicle police & fire at scene.
Car does not start. Completley dead battery. Easily jump starts.alt shows 14.5 charge after jump..thishas happened 6 times.t ook to dealership twice. Hey say - negative battery cable..
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet suburban. The vehicle exhibited a no-start condition. The vehicle was taken to the dealer multiple times, in which the alternator was re-adjusted to increase the charge of the battery. However the battery continually loses energy. The vehicle was in the process of being re-inspected by the dealer. The failure mileage was 60,000. The vehicle identification number was unavailable.
Every 4-5 months the battery goes dead. It's as if the lights or something was left on but once we get it started and check everything there has been nothing left on. After getting it started it will go another 4-5 months and be completely fine then all of the sudden it will be dead again. This has happened 5-6 times over the last three years.
Travelers in subrogee of clifford boyer: mr boyer's vehicle caught fire and suffered a total loss as a result of an electrical defect in the gmc vehicle.
Vehicle was parked in driveway overnight. Owner heard horn going off at 3am and looked outside and saw a small fire on driver side front hood near tire area. Fire burned intensely throughout left side of engine compartment.
My wife was driving this morning and suddenly the engine stopped working and the steering wheel locked. Thank god she was driving in slow speed and could stop the vehicle and avoided a crash. It happened right before she had to turn left but the steering wheel locked and she went straight. She was scared a lot and what if this happened on the highway. Yesterday we have serviced the vehicle at the dealership. There was some recall and they updated the ecu on the vehicle.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet suburban 1500. He stated that he was unable to read the speedometer and other instruments during daylight. He attempted to adjust the brightness of the instrument panel; however, the problem continued to occur. A complaint was submitted to general motors. The failure mileage was 1,500 and the current mileage was 8,440. Updated 02-04-08.
In august last year I purchased a 2007 chevrolet suburban. At 2000 miles the car is 1st totally draining the battery ( I was in camping in the middle of the forest- they found me after 3 hrs- sheriff dept). Since then every month same and the dealer can not find the problem. They changed 3 batteries. Today 2/21/2007 is the 7th time. I pay $825/mth + rent a car every month -- they do not pay for rent a car because they start blame each other. Gmc is blaming the dealer and the dealer gmc. I'm in the middle and I don't have a car. I need your help thank you.
While driving my 2004 gmc suburban home with my family. I looked down and noticed I was driving at 90 miles an hour. What a surprise. The speedometer was reading wrong. By the time I got home I was going 120 miles an hour pulling into my driveway. This just happened and I have not gotten it fixed yet. This could be a major safety issue if not fixed. I read many blogs and many people have had this same issue. I am very lucky that no one was injured or killed by this safety issue. In my opinion this should be covered by a safety recall. I work for gm and I am very embarrassed by this quality issue. So much for the quality of gm vehicles when I see many other customers have the same issue.
Dt*: the contact stated that in order to view the instrument panel during the day the lights needed to be illuminated. The consumer was unable to read any of the features on dashboard. Updated 01/10/07.
Car is 2007 chevrolet suburban - 2 months old. Check engine and check air bag lights came on. Then, next day car would not start and was jumped easily. After 2 days at dealership service dept., decided it was the cdm. 15 days later cdm came in but, service techs found 4-5 wires "burnt up". Wiring harness is broken. After 6 days wiring harness is in and being replaced currently. Dealership is not sure this will solve the problem.
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