NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Chevrolet Suburban Recalls
The 2001 Chevrolet Suburban has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 7, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Chevrolet Suburban. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 440
- Crashes reported
- 35
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Chevrolet Suburban, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 07V521000
- Reported
- November 7, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,974
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 05V379000
- Reported
- August 29, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,353,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Suburban, 6 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 05V155000
- Reported
- April 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 316,508
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Suburban, 1 other model
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Suburban, 9 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 01V159000
- Reported
- May 17, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,196
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 00V343000
- Reported
- October 25, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- death
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Suburban, 3 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Suburban, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Suburban, 14 other models
2001 Chevrolet Suburban complaints by year
NHTSA has received 440 owner complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban, the newest on January 2, 2024. Of these, 35 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 35 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (20%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (10%) and the parking brake (10%).
1 of the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban's 8 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2001 Chevrolet Suburban owners gave the mileage (297 complaints), the median was 61,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic89
- Fuel System, Gasoline46
- Parking Brake42
- Service Brakes35
- Power Train33
- Electrical System30
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 41 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 32 | |
| 2003 | 67 | |
| 2004 | 79 | |
| 2005 | 97 | |
| 2006 | 21 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 97. 50% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban drew 4.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Suburban year in the same window: 1st highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the Chevrolet Suburban years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 440 complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Suburban by model year
Other 2001 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: January 2, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted