2001 Chevrolet Suburban: excessive oil consumption

Filed Oct 6, 2005 · Engine · 39,000 miles · PA

My 2001 chevy suburban 2500 lt has 52000 miles it is burning oil on long trips. It has been in the shop four times for this. Chevy does not want to pay for this problem because it is not a recall as of now. They want my private warranty to pay for this. I also have a fifty dollar deductible that I must pay. There is a tsb on this which I have a copy of. I also think the engine sounds like it has a slight knock. I was told there is a recall on the brakes for rust corrosion which it has been two weeks and I have not received my recall. I am afraid to drive this car. About four months ago, I was driving this vehicle and it would just die. I would lose all power . It was very hard to steer it to the side of the road. Luckily I never had anyone behind me or they would have slammed into me. It was in the shop for this twice. The first time they said it was probably the oil filter so I picked it up and it did it again. I told the service manager I was afraid to drive this truck and if something happens to my family I would sue them well the second time they found the problem it was something with the fuel injector. I am very dissatisfied with this truck and I also feel chevy is not backing their truck.

Filed Mar 20, 2004 · Engine · 27,000 miles · NY

I had a 2001 chevy suburban with an oil consumption problem. It used 1 to 2 quarts of oil every 2000 miles. After several complaints to the dealer and gm I was forced to file a lawsuit which was heard by an arbitraitor. I was awarded full msrp vaule of the vehicle while gm maintained their position that nothing was wrong even after failing their oil consumption test. I now have a 2002 2500 suburban with no problems. The engine in the 2001 1500 suburban has an oil consumption problem !!! Dealer still refuses to refund extended warranty monies .

Filed Oct 6, 2003 · Body, Engine · 3,000 miles · NC

Oil consumption, steering column, side door panels, rear-end, seats cracking, front popping noise, steers to right constantly. This has been an ongoing thing since we bought the vehicle new in 2001. We have complained to the consumer reporting agency here in n.c. And also talked to the dealer and manufacture on numerous occasions. Dealer said they have had several vehicles with oil consumption that they have traded because of it and they just kept telling us it is within manufacture limits. They have tried to fix the oil problem but with no success. Also the steering has been broken down twice because of its problem. The door panels are still not fixed after 2 tries. The rear-end has been worked on 2 times because of differential fluid, the steering wheel still scrubs when turning to the right and the driver's seat is starting to crack. The consumer people in raleigh will not help us after we filled the complaint, they wrote us and told us to hire a lawyer and the manufacture only offered us a $1000.00 owner/loyalty certificate towards a new vehicle. What is our next step without hiring an attorney?

Filed May 5, 2003 · Engine · TX

Vehicle burns 1 to 2 quarts per 1,000 miles driven. Have done 5 oil consumption tests and gm says that although vehicle failed oil consumption test the test were not done properly therefore I must do another. *jb asked gm what they would do if vehicle failed oil consumption test again and they stated that were not sure. Gm refuses to fix oil consumption problem which could lead to serious mechanical failure and possibly bodily harm.

Filed Sep 25, 2001 · Brakes, Engine · CA

# 1. The day after I first puchased and picked up my vehicle it smoke us out of the parking garage on our vacation in oceanside, ca. #2 the brakes were very spongy and not anything like the one I demoed when I found this vehicle. I almost had an accident on route to oceanside. The last two trips in this has not been fixed and I had to rent a car again. # 3 about the 3 rd. Day into our new vehicle I noticed the parking brake wouldn,t always hold the vehicle, even after putting it in gear, with the brake fully applied it would fail but not all the time. # 4 after reporting the smoking problem, (still on-going) I had a no oil pressure warning and notice the gage didn't respond for about 10 seconds after starting the engine, then I had pressure but a constant low oil warning kept appearing on the message center. This is when it only had 1400 miles on it. I noticed some oil spots forming where I parked, I crawled under near the right rear side of the motor to find oil dripping from the engine and off the suspension near the engine. Its now been in 3 times for smoking, leaks and various other engine noises (lifters, right bank). # 5 the vehicle has pulled to the right since new. I called them, they said wait till you get a few miles on it so everything breaks in. Wrong answer. I checked the tire pressure. It was uneven on all tires, mind you they were supposed to check this before I purchased the vehicle. Average psi 30, should be 40-44psi cold. It helped but still pulled to the right. At 5000 miles I personally rotated the tires, this still didn't fix it. Upon bringing it in for all the formentioned and last problem which by the way required renting a car twice they finally took a look at it and know it pulls to the left and the steering wheel is no longer level. # 6 the right bucket seat won't lock in at the hinge point properly. They said there was a fix coming for the engine and the seat from the factory but as of yet nothing from chevy or the dealership.