NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Chevrolet Suburban Recalls
The 2004 Chevrolet Suburban has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 3, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Chevrolet Suburban. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 204
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Chevrolet Suburban, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06V289000
- Reported
- August 3, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38,439
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Suburban, 5 other models
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 05V163000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,359,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Suburban, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 05V043000
- Reported
- February 8, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 77,411
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Suburban, 8 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 2003 Suburban, 11 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Suburban, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Suburban, 14 other models
2004 Chevrolet Suburban complaints by year
NHTSA has received 204 owner complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban, the newest on March 31, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (6%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the service brakes (16%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (8%).
2 of the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban's 6 recalls also concern the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2004 Chevrolet Suburban owners gave the mileage (167 complaints), the median was 63,200 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System72
- Service Brakes32
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
- Power Train14
- Steering14
- Air Bags13
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 31 | |
| 2006 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 36 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 36. 49% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban drew 2.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Suburban year in the same window: 6th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the Chevrolet Suburban years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 204 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Suburban by model year
Other 2004 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: March 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted