2019 Chevrolet Suburban

Typical pattern

8.8% of complaints about the 2019 Chevrolet Suburban came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2019 vehicle — around the middle of the 191 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 5.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is power train (38 complaints), typically at 6.2 yr or about 77,000 miles.

Complaints: 102
Median age at failure: 5.3 yr
Median mileage: 64,000 n=38
Crash / fire / tow: 13.7% of reports
Safety recalls: 3 1 do not drive

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

26V289000 2026-05-07 Do not drive

Power train:transfer case (4-wheel drive)

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2026 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Suburban, and Tahoe, and GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles with four-wheel (4WD) or all-wheel drive (AWD), and certain 2015-2020 Suburban, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Yukon, Yukon XL, and Tahoe vehicles. A component missing from the drivetrain transfer case may cause the front and/or rear wheels to lock up without warning to the driver.

Front or rear wheel lockup increases the risk of a crash.

19V761000 2019-10-24

Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:wheel speed sensor/tone ring

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2020 Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe, and GMC Yukon, and 2014-2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 vehicles equipped with a 5.3-liter engine, a 3.08-ratio rear axle and four-wheel drive. If a wheel-speed sensor fails, while the vehicle is traveling between 41 and 60 mph in four-wheel or automatic mode, the Electronic-Brake Control Module (EBCM) software may activate the driveline-protection system.

Unintended activation of the driveline-protection system will cause unintended braking on the wheel on the opposite side of the failed sensor, causing the vehicle to pull to one side unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.

18V673000 2018-09-26

Seat belts:rear/other

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Cadillac CT6, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban, Volt, and GMC Yukon XL vehicles. Certain second-row or third-row rear seatbelts retractor assemblies may not automatically lock when the seatbelt is fully pulled out of the retractor, possibly preventing a child seat from being properly secured. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

If the child seat is not properly secured in the event of a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.

In owners’ own words

Engine 200 mi 6 mo in service

STEERING DANGERIOUSLY STIFF, VEHICLE TAKES CONTROL AWAY FROM THE DRIVER VEHICLE WILL NOT TRAC STREIGHT, VEHICLE STALLS, LURCHES RUNS INTO OTHER VEHICLES ACCELERATOR PEDDLE TO SENSETIVE ENGINE UNRESPONSIVE DANGERIOUS

Engine 800 mi 8 mo in service

VEHICLE WILL NOT GO STREIGHT, CONSTANTLY DRIFTS LEFT AND RIGHT, TAKES CONTROL AWAY FROM DRIVER NEARLY RUNNING INTO PARKED CARS AND PEOPLE CAUSE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL FATIGUE AFTER A FEW MINUTES. VEHICLE ACCELERATOR PEDDLE ERRATICE, SENSETIVE THEN STIFF THEN NO RESPONSE RUNS INTO OTHER VEHICLES, ELECTRONIC GADGETS A DISTRACTION, POOR VISIBILITY WINDSHIELD CLUTTERED UP WITH ELECTRONICS. HAD TO STOP SUING VEHICEL AFTER 1000 MILES.

Engine mileage not reported 3.1 yr in service

Weld on the radiator failed at 50,000. Dealership said they don't know why but this is common in Chevy Suburbans, GM Yukons, and pickups. From research online I saw that there were repair bulletins for earlier year models. Is the problem continuing? Luckily we were close to home when this failed.

Power train 200 mi 6 mo in service

STEERING DANGERIOUSLY STIFF, VEHICLE TAKES CONTROL AWAY FROM THE DRIVER VEHICLE WILL NOT TRAC STREIGHT, VEHICLE STALLS, LURCHES RUNS INTO OTHER VEHICLES ACCELERATOR PEDDLE TO SENSETIVE ENGINE UNRESPONSIVE DANGERIOUS

Other Suburban 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.

2019 Chevrolet Suburban

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Suburban model years

How to read this