Recall Register

1988 Chevrolet Suburban: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1988 Chevrolet Suburban. The newest campaign is 93V119000. NHTSA received the report on 2 Aug 1993. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor. NHTSA has 30 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 93V119000, in the NHTSA record

Replace the front brake rotors with new rotors with a corrosion protection coating. However, if replacement of brake linings are necessary, it will be done at owner's expense since brake linings are normal maintenance items.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 2,044,521 units in total.

  1. 93V119000Received . 341,364 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Severe corrosion due to road salt at the joint of the stamped steel center section and the cast outer section can cause the sections to separate.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Separation of the rotor sections can cause loss ofbraking ability in the affected wheel. This could result in increased stoppingdistance and/or loss of vehicle control and an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace the front brake rotors with new rotors with a corrosion protection coating. However, if replacement of brake linings are necessary, it will be done at owner's expense since brake linings are normal maintenance items.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 93V016000Received . 1,702,880 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Unanticipated heat in the transmission can force the transmission fluid out of the vent tube.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The vented transmission fluid can catch fire if exposedto a source of ignition.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install a longer transmission vent hose routed to the left side of the engine compartment of the vehicle.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Manufacturer campaign number 93-C-07. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 89V010000Received . 277 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Webbing

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Drivers seat and/or shoulder belt locking mechanism may not operate.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In a crash, affected belts would not lock, therebyincreasing the possibility of injury to the seat occupant.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install a new drivers seat belt assembly.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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

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

Complaints by component

30 complaints, 35 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1988 Chevrolet Suburban: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Tires9
Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
Seats4
Structure3
Fuel System, Gasoline3
Power Train3
Seat Belts2
Engine and Engine Cooling2
Vehicle Speed Control1
Visibility1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 13.

Complaints that report a crash
2
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
4
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
6 May 2017

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1988 Chevrolet Suburban, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 5 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

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

  1. 19770
  2. 19780
  3. 19790
  4. 19811
  5. 19821
  6. 19830
  7. 19840
  8. 19850
  9. 19860
  10. 19870
  11. 19883
  12. 19893
  13. 19903
  14. 19913
  15. 19923
  16. 19930
  17. 19943
  18. 19956
  19. 19963
  20. 19972
  21. 19982
  22. 19991
  23. 20008
  24. 20016
  25. 20022
  26. 20035
  27. 20044
  28. 20056
  29. 20061
  30. 20074
  31. 20084
  32. 20095
  33. 20103
  34. 20113
  35. 20124
  36. 20134
  37. 20143
  38. 201511
  39. 20166
  40. 20175
  41. 20184
  42. 20193
  43. 20204
  44. 202112
  45. 20224
  46. 20233
  47. 20241

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1988 Chevrolet Suburban: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/suburban/1988/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1988 Chevrolet Suburban?
2,044,521 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Suburban have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 82 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Suburban, model years 1977 to 2024. 3 of them name the 1988 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1988 Chevrolet Suburban name most often?
Tires: 9 of 35 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 Chevrolet Suburban open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.