My 2016 transmission was jerking, shuddering, vibrating, ruff shifting and stopped moving in traffic. My safety was at risk, I turned off a major boulevard onto a neighborhood street, my SUV stopped shifting and stopped, I had to contact my son to come to help to push by hands out of traffic.
2016 Chevrolet Suburban: jerking or lurching
8 of the 220 complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban describe jerking or lurching.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 124 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Jerking or lurching by model year
What owners say
Loss of steering, jerks the week right out of your hand and then you are unable to turn the wheel. Engine stalls and you have to try to coast to the side of the road, put in park and try to restart the vehicle. Service Stabilitrak warning appears on display, Alarm Sounds, Radio beeps and display goes blank, navigation compass does not work. There is a current Technical Service Bulletin for these issues: #18-NA-161, document ID 5075841 that lists the years from 2014 to 2020. There were Product Safety Recalls issued: 17276 Loss of Steering Assist, Reference Number:N172085440 for vehicles listed in this TSB for 2014 and 2015 but no Recalls for later vehicles with the same problems.
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that while driving at slow speeds, the electrical power fluctuated, and the steering wheel jerked abnormally and became difficult to turn. The instrument panel lights turned off with an audible bell chime. The contact stated that during the failure, the engine remained operable. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who replaced the battery, and the vehicle was repaired; however, the failure later reoccurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure and no service was performed. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 117,000.
Transmission winding and jerking. Constant issue on these trucks with no known resolution as to why the issues start so early.
When stepping on brake the electrical system went off for several seconds as in the entire dash shut off, then later when driving at low speeds and backing up dash reads stabilizer track and jerks the steering wheel out of hands
Reduced or loss of power steering assist. Steering wheel jerks or kicks back when turning. Service Stabilitrak message with warning chime. Engine stall. IPC going blank or inoperative. Radio/ICS going blank. HVAC going blank. Hood ajar message and/or dome lamps flash when shifting into reverse. Alarm sounds when locking doors or door locks cycling. Wipers continue to run for a short time after turning off and then stop/park in the incorrect location Engine stall and loss of steering almost caused a collision putting mine and others lives at risk. This has happened seven times since I bought the car in July 2021. No warning its going to happen other than dash lights flicker , warning lights on, steering fails, car dies, won't restart. GM has a Technical Service Bulletin #18-NA-161 . I hope you can do something about this serious problem before someone is serious hurt or dies. Thank you
At times, the entire electrical system fails while the vehicle is operating. Typically, it quickly reboots, but at times will not restart for several minutes. This has happened while making a hard turn at low speed, in which the power steering fails, wheel jerks, and entire electrical system and engine become disabled, and has also happened at highway speed while operating on cruise control, with the electrical system typically shutting down when the blinker is engaged to change lanes. When electrical shuts down, results in complete loss of all electrical systems including power steering, brake assist, engine power, lights, etc.
Poor low speed breaking, specifically: after braking, subsequent attempts to brake result in failure of brakes and or complete depression of pedal and lurching haults. This occurs most frequently in traffic, city driving and stop signs/lights. Usually at lower speeds but possible and occurred at highway speed.
Service bulletins that may apply
- Power train
- This service bulletin provides information on the harmful effects of ethylene glycol in transmission fluid.
- This service bulletin provides information on some vehicles that may rock or move slightly forward or...
- This technical bulletin provides a procedure for the techs to replace the forward check ball and separator...
- GM is receiving damaged (cracked or broken) transmission cores returned to the reman facilities
- This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is...
- This bulletin provides information on the harmful effects of water or ethylene glycol in transmission fluid.
- This service bulletin provides a diagnostic procedure to aid in correcting a customer concern of a...
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban jerking
Is jerking or lurching a common problem on the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban?
8 of 220 owner complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban (4%) mention jerking or lurching. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban?
There are 0 recalls and 124 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban
Transmission failure 22Check engine light 11Spongy pedal 11Stalling 10Brake failure 7Loss of power 7Shudder 7ABS 5Power steering loss 5
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