Model years Chevrolet Suburban
2023 Chevrolet Suburban
Complaints about this year name restarted far more often than the other years of this generation — 6% of them, about 15× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 3 of the Chevrolet Suburban, which began in 2021. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 114 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 27 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 16.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engine — 54.4% of this year's complaints, against 12.4% across the other years of this generation (4.4×).
- shut — 28.1% of this year's complaints, against 10.4% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: shut, shut off, truck, stranded.
- warning lights — 24.6% of this year's complaints, against 9.6% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: warning lights, hotline, nhtsa hotline, barely.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- warning lights — 11% of complaints, 3× usual
- one — 11% of complaints, 3× usual
- interstate — 8% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
while coming to a stop, the vehicle vibrated abnormally. Additionally, the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled with several unknown warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The vehicle was tak…
Driving the vehicle on an interstate highway with the flow of traffic at 70 mph, without warning the engine shut off. This caused loss of speed and loss of power steering, almost causing me to be hit in the rear end twice at highway speeds. There were no warni…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V903000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V642000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V274000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Suburban was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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