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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 Recalls

The 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 28, 2011.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
2

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
80

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
1

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

2 recalls on the 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

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Campaign
11V339000
Reported
June 28, 2011
Vehicles affected
up to 739
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 5 other models

11V339000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Suspension: rear: axle: spindle

Campaign
11V007000
Reported
January 6, 2011
Vehicles affected
up to 30,566
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 10 other models

11V007000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 80 owner complaints about the 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500, the newest on April 2, 2021. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.

In complaints about the 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500, the component group named most often is the air bags (40%), followed by the structure (23%) and the power train (6%).

None of the 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500's 2 recalls concerns the air bags.

Where 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags32
  • Unknown Or Other32
  • Structure18
  • Power Train5
  • Electrical System4
  • Seats4

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20113
20123
20132
20145
20156
201624
201718
201813
20195
20211

Complaints about the 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 24. 16% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Suburban 1500 year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.

That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Suburban 1500 years.

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The 80 complaints about the 2011 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Chevrolet Suburban 1500 by model year

Other 2011 Chevrolet models

Newest record on this page: April 2, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted