I cut my finger on the interior passenger side door handle when exiting my vehicle last weekend. The metal lifted, making an extremely sharp edge. I emailed chevrolet on saturday in the early afternoon, but have not heard back from them yet. This is very dangerous, and I am not sure how to proceed. Thank you for your help!
2008 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 body complaints
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Last year 2012, the suburban was blowing smoke out tailpipe, less than 100k miles, so dealership installed new valve cover with proper grommit for pcv under warranty. Sept. 2013 115k miles, engine bucking, dash lights all on, running on 7 cylinders, chevy dealership states #1 spark plug "came out". And that oil pressure sensor was bad, but still pressure, so not urgent....nov 19, 2013 - truck now making 'back fire' noises and pressure sensor moving back and forth across 40....afraid will break down again. Also, have peeling chrome on inside door handles like prior complaint, that is cutting hands/fingers!
Both driver side and front passenger side chrome plating on door handles peeling off. My finger has been cut multiple times by the peeling "chrome". The cut is similar to severe paper cut. My husband has also cut fingers on the door handles. I have two very small children and worry about them cutting their fingers on it.
Left and right rear exterior door handles broken/inoperable. Those were removed and replaced at dealership, but at half price (parts and labor) since I had gone over the 36,000 mile warranty. Since that time, I have had all four mounts on exterior door handles break making it necessary to open the doors very carefully so that the handles do not break off completely so I can open the doors. Also I have had to replace the actuators on the driver's door and the left rear door. Now the locks on all four doors work only intermittently, both by remote control and by manually using the master electric locks on front doors. I believe the problems with the locks and handles could someday cause a person's death, should they ever need to exit or enter during emergency situations (just use your imagination). Gm should recall and address these problems immediately as this has been known about for years now!
I own a 2008 chevy suburban and two of our outer door handles came off under warranty and the third right after now the fourth has come loose. Judging by many forums found on google this is a frequent problem. I find this also to be significant safety problem since I have little children who cannot get out the car by themselves in this problem hinders the door form opening from the outside in an emergency this could become a life-threatening defect of these cars. I really hope someone does something about this.
I own a 2008 chevrolet suburban. Over a 6 month period, three (3) of the door lock actuators have stopped working and were replaced. Now the fourth one has stopped working. General motors has done nothing to remedy the problem after making them aware of it. The failure of the door lock actuators is constant. There were no events leading to the failure other than an inferior part. The only way to unlock the rear doors is to crawl over the front seats into the rear of the vehicle. In the event of a traffic accident this will become a safety hazard due to the following reasons. 1. The power locks inside the door and the remote fail to unlock doors 2. There are no key holes on the rear doors to unlock them in the event of a crash 3. This will lead to entrapment inside of the vehicle if the doors are locked in a crash.
After having to replace my chrome door handle that broke on my back left door, the power lock is now not working on the same door. My children ride in this car, and I too am extremely frustrated that their safety is in jeopardy because of this issue. I'm beyond disappointed that my $55,000 vehicle has had so many issues. Please gm recall this vehicle and fix this lock issue! It's not safe!!
2008 chevy suburban has had two outside chrome door handles break due to being held in by plastic. Dealer has seen tons of these not only on suburbans but other chevy vehicles. See technical service bulletin #09-08-64-032.
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