Chevrolet Suburban: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 82 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Suburban, model years 1977 to 2024. NHTSA has 8,194 complaints on file for this model line. 36 of the 47 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Chevrolet Suburban is number 1 of 176 model lines of Chevrolet on the register. Recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Suburban: 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2025. For all Chevrolet vehicles, the count fell by 15.4%, from 26 in 2024 to 22 in 2025.

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Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Chevrolet Suburban: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2024 Chevrolet Suburban	1	46	26%	597,571
2023 Chevrolet Suburban	3	133	76%	1,337,868
2022 Chevrolet Suburban	4	127	73%	1,865,577
2021 Chevrolet Suburban	12	207	119%	2,932,374
2020 Chevrolet Suburban	4	44	25%	687,373
2019 Chevrolet Suburban	3	79	45%	668,833
2018 Chevrolet Suburban	4	84	48%	4,125,552
2017 Chevrolet Suburban	5	142	81%	7,750,128
2016 Chevrolet Suburban	6	220	126%	7,794,483
2015 Chevrolet Suburban	11	432	248%	9,692,684
2014 Chevrolet Suburban	3	59	34%	1,884,445
2013 Chevrolet Suburban	4	118	68%	2,631,647
2012 Chevrolet Suburban	4	101	58%	2,153,124
2011 Chevrolet Suburban	3	148	85%	4,503,592
2010 Chevrolet Suburban	3	117	67%	5,111,926
2009 Chevrolet Suburban	5	106	61%	5,283,079
2008 Chevrolet Suburban	4	213	122%	5,421,100
2007 Chevrolet Suburban	4	292	167%	5,421,100
2006 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	1	23	13%	32,068
2005 Chevrolet Suburban	6	129	74%	1,484,678
2004 Chevrolet Suburban	4	204	117%	1,544,549
2003 Chevrolet Suburban	5	301	173%	1,438,214
2002 Chevrolet Suburban	2	286	164%	1,357,392
2001 Chevrolet Suburban	6	440	252%	1,730,729
2000 Chevrolet Suburban	8	282	162%	3,720,714
1999 Chevrolet Suburban	1	634	364%	279,132
1998 Chevrolet Suburban	2	201	115%	508,308
1997 Chevrolet Suburban	2	414	237%	2,263,047
1996 Chevrolet Suburban	3	360	206%	3,692,465
1995 Chevrolet Suburban	6	457	262%	3,746,610
1994 Chevrolet Suburban	3	858	492%	4,302,048
1993 Chevrolet Suburban	0	499	286%
1992 Chevrolet Suburban	3	189	108%	2,044,421
1991 Chevrolet Suburban	3	52	30%	2,076,840
1990 Chevrolet Suburban	3	54	31%	2,648,451
1989 Chevrolet Suburban	3	62	36%	2,648,451
1988 Chevrolet Suburban	3	30	17%	2,044,521
1987 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	0	18	10%
1986 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	0	7	4%
1985 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	0	9	5%
1984 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	0	6	3%
1983 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	0	3	2%
1982 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	1	1	1%	148
1981 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	1	1	1%	364
1979 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	0	1	1%
1978 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	0	3	2%
1977 Chevrolet Suburban NHTSA page	0	2	1%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

10,673 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Chevrolet Suburban: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	218.8	2,335
Electrical System	79.5	849
Power Train	68.1	727
Air Bags	62.1	663
Service Brakes	53.2	568
Visibility	52.8	564
Engine	50.8	542
Unknown or Other	48.9	522
Steering	46.6	497
Tires	41.3	441

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Chevrolet Suburban, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2021, with 10 campaigns.

Complaints about the Chevrolet Suburban, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 619 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Malibu66 campaigns
Silverado 150055 campaigns
Impala57 campaigns
Tahoe80 campaigns
Equinox32 campaigns
Silverado46 campaigns
Blazer40 campaigns
Cobalt10 campaigns
Trailblazer29 campaigns
S1033 campaigns
Traverse33 campaigns
Corvette48 campaigns
Cavalier40 campaigns
Silverado 250044 campaigns
Cruze26 campaigns
Colorado29 campaigns
HHR7 campaigns
Camaro56 campaigns
Lumina29 campaigns
Astro17 campaigns
Venture18 campaigns
Monte Carlo44 campaigns
Avalanche18 campaigns
Volt8 campaigns
Suburban 15007 campaigns
Aveo4 campaigns
Silverado 350045 campaigns
Malibu Maxx4 campaigns
Trax11 campaigns
Bolt EV14 campaigns
Sonic16 campaigns
Avalanche 15005 campaigns
Trailblazer EXT9 campaigns
Corsica15 campaigns
C15001 campaign
Caprice50 campaigns
Express73 campaigns
Uplander5 campaigns
Beretta15 campaigns
Spark9 campaigns
Chevrolet Truck10 campaigns
Pickup0 campaigns
Lumina APV11 campaigns
Tracker0 campaigns
C/K Pickups4 campaigns
K15001 campaign
Captiva1 campaign
Malibu Classic2 campaigns
Cobalt SS0 campaigns
Trailblazer EXT 3700 campaigns
G2022 campaigns
Equinox EV7 campaigns
15003 campaigns
C152 campaigns
C25001 campaign
Van0 campaigns
Celebrity15 campaigns
Silverado 1500 HD0 campaigns
C1041 campaigns
Suburban 25000 campaigns

Chevrolet: all 176 model lines

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Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 3 Nov 2026
Complaint file through: 5 Nov 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Chevrolet Suburban model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2021 with 12, 2015 with 11, 2000 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Chevrolet Suburban model year has the most complaints?: The 1994 model year, with 858 of the 8,194 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Chevrolet Suburban name?: Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 218.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 79.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 68.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Chevrolet Suburban?: 32 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.