2008 Chevrolet Suburban 1500: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Sep 28, 2016 · 25,000 miles · TX

Door handles chrome plating peels off on interior door handles. I have cut my fingers multiple times opening the door.

Filed Nov 11, 2014 · Body, Locks · 70,000 miles · TX · 4 injuries

Complaint to document a safety issue on a 2008 chevy suburban. Sharp edges on interior door handles causing serious injuries to the hands of passengers. The chrome finish is delaminating from the interior door handles causing sharp knife like edges as noted on several 2007 gm models in defect investigation report ea10004. My 2008 chevrolet suburban has the same problem as described in the previous investigation. Several people have been injured by the sharp edges on the door handles in my 2008 suburban when trying to open the door from the inside. The sharp edges have caused deep cuts to the hands of my wife, and her mother, as well as minor cuts to others. There is a very serious potential for infection and transmission of disease because of the amount of bleeding from these injuries. Doors handles inherently carry germs, and because the injuries are caused by these door handles, the risk is considerably higher. Based on the research I have performed on the subject, this is a much more widespread problem than previously identified, and is not isolated to 2007 models alone. I have file a complaint the gm customer service in an attempt to resolve the matter. If gm is unwilling to replace these defective dangerous handles, then I will replace the handles to prevent further injuries at my own expense.

Filed Apr 1, 2014 · Body · 88,400 miles · CT · 1 injury

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!

Filed Mar 28, 2014 · Electrical · 77,200 miles · PA

When I tried to open rear door, it would not open, due to door latch assembly going bad. Only knowing this is a problem after doing some research. Now I do not have the problem with not being able to open door at all, the manual switch still works, but I sympathy for them that don`t. I can just imagine if I had to get a child or a handicapped adult from the back seat in a hurry and the door would not open for me to do so. I have read on some other sites that gm is aware of the problem, and know the part is defective. I have also researched enough to know there is a new part number for the oem part. So if they know it is junk, make it right. A humans life over a hand full of money. Not tough for someone with feelings to make. I hope the federal safety agency finds a way to make them to repair,replace, and if someone has paid to fix their problem, before it was recalled, reimbursement.

Filed Nov 19, 2013 · Body, Engine · 118,250 miles · PA

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!

Filed Jun 15, 2013 · Body · 35,000 miles · CA

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.

Filed Jan 26, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 30,471 miles · MA

Failure of power assisted door locks. Doors will not open with power switch. Solenoid has burnt out. Gm has recognized problem with faulty parts manufactured in china. Replaced first solenoid that was close to being under warranty. The three other units that have now failed will cost $90.00 each to replace. Thousands of complaints have been filed with the ntsb and gm but the refuse to do a manufacturers recall.

Filed Sep 15, 2012 · Electrical, Locks · 8,600 miles · AL

I'm having problems with the door locks. All of them goes out at some time. I'm not able to get into my vehicle with the key or anything. I'm afraid that there's going to be a time when I'm not able to get into my vehicle for something important or even to get my kids. There are a lot of people with this problem. I think this should be looked into for a recall. Please help! These power lock are defective.

Filed Jul 15, 2012 · Body, Electrical · 40,814 miles · TX

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!

Filed Dec 24, 2011 · Electrical · 55,000 miles · AK

Engine stalls in traffic, rapidly goes from drive to park multiple times, door locks rapidly cycle multiple times, gauges flash, radio clock does not keep time. This is my 3rd report since august to your office for this problem. This is the 4th time since august our vehicle has been in the shop totaling more than 8 weeks. Chevrolet can't fix the problem and keeps trying to blame it on an after-market dvd player we had professionally installed. The dvd player was disconnected and suspected wires repaired by chevrolet but the problem keeps happening. There are many others who are experiencing very similar problems. The ny times published an article summer of 2010 that you should read about this year group electrical system problems and you, the federal safety agency, are under fire in it. I am publishing the web link here to help bring more attention to this problem: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/company-involved-in-g-m-recall-said-the-problem-runs-deeper/ the internet traffic is quickly increasing about this base vehicle frame/year group of trucks experiencing serious electrical system problems. At first glance most internet traffic points to the windshield fluid heater problem. When you dig deeper into the blogs and forums you start to uncover far more serious problems that people are experiencing.

Filed Aug 31, 2011 · Electrical · 55,000 miles · AK

I am a military helicopter test pilot and faa licensed aircraft mechanic. We bought this vehicle new in 2008 and it has been properly maintained and cared for. We had to replace a dead battery in july 2011 and following that the radio stopped keeping time when the vehicle was turned off. Then a few weeks later the electrical system shorted out multiple times while driving. The door locks cycled repeatedly and the instrument console flashed in unison. Also following each event the radio clock time and date had reset. It has done this on four separate occasions since late july. As a precaution the battery connections were rechecked and found properly secured, although this should not have caused this problem. Each time the problem has occurred it has happened quickly but the engine momentarily exhibited reduced power when it happened.

Filed Jul 8, 2011 · Body, Locks · 50,000 miles · VA

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.