1993 Chevrolet Suburban: brake failure

107 of the 497 complaints about the 1993 Chevrolet Suburban describe brake failure.

owner complaints: 107
of this car's complaints: 22%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 7 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Brake failure by model year

2024
3
2023
1
2021
2
2020
2
2018
1
2017
7
2016
7
2015
25
2013
1
2011
1
2008
2
2007
1
2006
2
2005
8
2004
19
2003
34
2002
31
2001
30
2000
25
1999
26
1998
9
1997
17
1996
30
1995
33
1994
165
1993
107
1992
40
1991
2
1990
1

What owners say

Filed Jan 17, 2002 · Brakes · CA · 2 injuries

Prior to recall brakes failed, causing accident, recall #01i006000. The consumer is still waiting for the parts.

Filed Sep 21, 2001 · Brakes · AZ

When applying brakes pedal feels soft and spongy. Brakes failed 3 times, no accident. Vehicle taken to dealer twice for this problem, found no problem the first time. Second time, master cylinder was replaced. Six months after last repairw were done, brakes were fine, then brake failed again.

Filed Oct 11, 2000 · Brakes, Visibility · FL

Windshield wipers constantly shut off when it starts raining, the only way to get them to work is to stop the car and get out and manually force them to work again. They will work for a little while then do it again. The grill : the crome is pealing off of the grill. The brakes; there is intermittent problems. One is the disc keep warping after they have been repaired. They sometime fail to stpo the car as they should. The pedal goes to the floor while trying to stop.

Filed Aug 22, 2000 · Brakes · TX

Whne brakes were applied pedal went to the floor, resulting in extended stoppingdistance. Dealer has inspected vehicle and was able to duplicate problem.

Filed Jun 23, 2000 · Brakes · CA

When applying brakes pedal goes all the way to the floor. Brakes do not grab at all, and vehicle keeps rolling.

Filed Mar 23, 2000 · Brakes · TX

Intermittently when brakes are applied pedal goes to the floor, resulting in extended stopping distance. Dealer has been notified.

Filed Mar 22, 2000 · Brakes, Seat belts · GA · crash · 1 injury

Brakes failed, on several occasions, one incident resulted in rear end collision, the seat belts broke during collision. Yh

Filed Nov 17, 1999 · Brakes · CA

When applying the brakes the back wheel hits a small bump, pedal goes to the floor, and vehicle does not stop. Dealer has not seen vehicle.

Filed Sep 20, 1999 · Brakes · AR

Brakes failed causing consumer to rear end a stalled vehicle. Nlm

Filed Sep 20, 1999 · Brakes · MT

Abs brake failure just before final braking. Rear end of car in front. Brakes just quit. Brake were just serviced on the week before. Same aparent problem as recall no 99041 for 93 blazers.

Filed Sep 15, 1999 · Brakes · FL

While driving 15-20 MPH over a speed bump, brakes failed, brakes continually experiencing failure. .

Filed Aug 20, 1999 · Brakes · CA

On first failure, brakes went to the floor when applied at speed of 25 MPH. Vehicle did not stop as it should have and almost resulted in a crash. On second failure, application of brakes at 30 MPH resulted in tire lock and skid. Abs was not functioning properly. Attempt to recreate the failure mode was unsuccessfull. Failures appear to be random.