2002 Chevrolet Suburban 2500

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2002 vehicle, but with only 39 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 engine cooling (20 complaints), typically at 7.4 yr or about 74,000 miles.

Complaints: 39
Median age at failure: 7.9 yr
Median mileage: 81,000 n=37
Crash / fire / tow: 2.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Engine cooling 60,000 mi 4.9 yr in service

CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILURE RESULTING IN SUDDEN ENGINE STALL WHILE DRIVING IN CERTAIN GM VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 8.1L ENGINES. IN SOME CASES, THE COMPLAINANTS ALLEGED THAT AS RESULT OF THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *NM

Engine cooling 76,000 mi 6.4 yr in service

2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2500 WITH 8100 ENGINE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE STARTS BACK AFTER A FEW MINUTES. *TR

Engine cooling 81,000 mi 6.6 yr in service

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SPORADICALLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V521000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

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.

2002 Chevrolet Suburban 2500

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

How to read this