NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Chevrolet Suburban Recalls
The 2003 Chevrolet Suburban has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 22, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Chevrolet Suburban. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 301
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 05V163000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,359,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Suburban, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 04V045000
- Reported
- February 4, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 68,875
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Suburban, 11 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Suburban, 9 other models
Structure: body: door: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 03V037000
- Reported
- February 6, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 107
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 214, side impact protection
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 03V019000
- Reported
- January 27, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,734
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 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, 2004–2005 Suburban, 14 other models
2003 Chevrolet Suburban complaints by year
NHTSA has received 301 owner complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban, the newest on May 21, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (8%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the service brakes (21%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (9%).
1 of the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban's 7 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2003 Chevrolet Suburban owners gave the mileage (237 complaints), the median was 76,731 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System81
- Service Brakes63
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic26
- Power Train21
- Steering20
- Air Bags18
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 35 | |
| 2005 | 40 | |
| 2006 | 21 | |
| 2007 | 30 | |
| 2008 | 25 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 40. 38% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban drew 2.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Suburban year in the same window: 4th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2003 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 301 complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Suburban by model year
Other 2003 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted