2001 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2001 vehicle, but with only 101 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is service brakes, hydraulic (25 complaints), typically at 8.9 yr or about 104,000 miles.

Complaints: 101
Median age at failure: 9.8 yr
Median mileage: 108,650 n=83
Crash / fire / tow: 14.9% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

07E106000 2007-12-17

Wheels:hub

CERTAIN FEDERAL-MOGUL REPLACEMENT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLIES WITH THE BRAND NAMES: NATIONAL, CARQUEST P/NOS. 515020, 515021, 515025, 515053, 515054, 515059, AND 515060, SHIPPED BETWEEN JANUARY 23, 2006, AND DECEMBER 20, 2007, SOLD FOR LIGHT DUTY AND MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS. THE INBOARD RETENTION NUT USED TO MAINTAIN HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY CAN LOOSEN RESULTING IN AN ABS LIGHT INDICATION, NOISE, AND/OR WHEEL SEPARATION.

WHEEL SEPARATION CAN RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

In owners’ own words

Service brakes, hydraulic 107,035 mi 5.9 yr in service

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S ABS AND PARKING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHERE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS IDENTIFIED THE COMPONENT FAILURE AS THE SERVICE BRAKE; ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE, HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE. THE SERVICE DEALER MECHANIC ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE PUMP MIGHT DAMAGE A NEW MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 7.1 yr in service

ABS KICKS IN AT SPEEDS UNDER 10 MPH EVEN AFTER RECALL FIX IN OCT 2005 DEALER KINDLY DID A GOODWILL REPAIR AT MINIMAL COST TO ME ON 11/7/2007 I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THIS PROBLEM IS RECURRING. *TR

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 7.3 yr in service

THE ABS ELECTRONIC MODULE FAILED AGAIN TODAY. THIS WILL BE MY SECOND MODULE. THE FIRST MODULE FAILED IN 2004 AND WAS REPLACED. THE COST OF REPLACING THESE HAS RISEN TO OVER $1200.00 A POP. WHY DOESN'T NHTSA INVESTIGATE THESE FAILURES? THIS MODULE FAILURE RESULTS IN NO ABS WHEN YOU NEED IT IN A CRISIS SITUATION. *TR

Other Suburban 1500 model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2001 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Suburban 1500 model years

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