NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chevrolet Suburban Recalls
The 2005 Chevrolet Suburban has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 3, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 129
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 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 2004 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 2003–2004 Suburban, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 05V103000
- Reported
- March 18, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 707
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Power train: manual transmission: shift pattern indicator
- Campaign
- 05V055000
- Reported
- February 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,194
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 9 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 2004 Suburban, 8 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 04V376000
- Reported
- August 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,103
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Suburban, 14 other models
2005 Chevrolet Suburban complaints by year
NHTSA has received 129 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban, the newest on March 24, 2023. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban, the component group named most often is the electrical system (28%), followed by the service brakes (14%) and the power train (12%).
1 of the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban's 7 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Chevrolet Suburban owners gave the mileage (95 complaints), the median was 84,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System36
- Service Brakes18
- Power Train15
- Structure11
- Air Bags10
- Vehicle Speed Control8
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 17 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 17. 24% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Suburban year in the same window: 11th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 129 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Suburban by model year
Other 2005 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: March 24, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted