The 2008 Suburban is a 4-door, up to 9-passenger sport-utility, available in 18 trims, ranging from the LS 1500 2WD to the LT3 2500 4WD.
Upon introduction, the LS 1500 2WD is equipped with a standard 5.3-liter, V8, 320-horsepower engine that achieves 15-mpg in the city and 21-mpg on the highway. A 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. The LT3 2500 4WD is equipped with a standard 6.0-liter, V8, 352-horsepower engine that achieves 14-mpg in the city and 19-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
Summary: Bought Suburban to take a Long trip and need extra space. Have been working on it ever since!!!!
Strengths: Lots of room. omfortable on long trips.
Weaknesses: Before I bought it the dealer replaced the intake gaskets, the a/c did not work so they replaced a line and recharged a/c. Trans was leaking at the pan so they serviced trans. Heater control valve was leaking and they replaced that. After I bought it I had to replace the fuel pump, replaced the high pressure power steering hose, replaced the starter, replaced the rh rear wheel cylinder, replaced fan/blower switch and repair melted harness in dash, disassemble rear axle differential and replace pinion bearings and seal. Now it's in the transmission shop getting the trans replaced at the cost of $1200 - $1400 dollars. This vehicle is a wretched piece of GM crap!! Dealer says oh well it's used. By the way, it was a one owner and I know the previous owner. Apparantly he knew just when to get rid of it. Dont ever buy one of these mid to late 90's pieces of junk - you will be sorry!! I'm looking for a Honda Pilot to replace this worthless piece of scrap iron!!!
Similar Products Used: 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Year / Model Reviewed: 2001 Chevrolet Sububan 1500 LT 4x4
Summary: We purchase this vehicle new as an alternative to flying. Our family has taken many long trips and no one ever complains about their comfort. We can comfortable seat 8 passengers plus their luggage. The third seat is not just for small kids.
We love the separate back climate controls and lots of vents thoughout the vehicle. There are plenty of cupholders (8), storage compartments and a tray that accommodates most kid's meal packages.
With the exception of a fuel pump assembly, we've never had any major work done to this vehicle. At 140K miles, the car runs great. We've only changed the fuels, filters, brake pads and tires. The gas mileage (15/17) is not great, but it beats our previous '97 Tohoe (10/13).
Strengths: Room, Reliable, Separate climate control for rear. Smooth comfortable ride. Tight turn radius.
Weaknesses: Gas mileage, Fuel Pump Assemble
Similar Products Used: '97 Chevy Tahoe
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Rating Reviewed by: Cheron(Unregistered User)
Review Date September 5, 2006
Overall Rating 1 of 5
Value Rating 1 of 5
Used product for More than 1 year
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Year / Model Reviewed: 1999 Suburban
Summary: Horrible transmission, brakes, tail lights, etc. I will never buy another GM again.
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Summary: I bought a new suburban a year ago.
IT's been bad since the beginning.
In summary, the vehicle is suffering from an oil consumption problem, which is well documented, to have been in existence for quite some time. The attached support this claim.
I will attempt to chronologically summarize the events over the last couple years, which relate to this issue.
First, the vehicle was purchased new by the undersigned. Has been owned and operated by the undersigned for the entire period of time since new.
Early on in the vehicles life I noticed what I considered excessive oil consumption. I attributed this to the fact that the vehicle was new, and perhaps the rings had not “seated”. While concerned, I was not alarmed, but I did try to informally track it to a small degree. Those results are below. I had planned on tracking this further to determine if “seating” was improving.
Mileage Added Mileage between adds
6250 0.5
6829 2 579
7613 2 784
8151 1 538
8421 1 270
8973 1 552
9390 1 417 Qts used Avg miles/Qt.
3140 8.5 369.4118
9474
10482 1 1008
11735 2 1253
12200 2 465 Qts used Avg miles/Qt.
2726 5 545.2
Table I, oil consumption as monitored by owner.
I seemingly confirmed a problem and my suspicions, and I am a busy quy, so the next documented data I have is from the dealership which I selected to perform the maintenance under warrantee.
On 11/24/04 With 19618 miles on the vehicle I had it returned for service for excessive oil consumption. (It had been in previous to this at 19028 miles, but I have no records on hand which relate to this visit.) At 19618, the dealer noted that the vehicle consumed 1.1 Qt’s in 590 miles. The vehicle was thoroughly inspected, and “No external leaks were noted”.
This basically confirmed my findings above (that the vehicle was burning oil to an excessive degree) to my satisfaction. A baseline is formed.
I continued to monitor the consumption and have the following results:
At 20059 miles the vehicle was returned to the dealer, which added 1.5 Qts.
The dealer position: “It is stated that no-published info can be found relating to this concern”. (Please keep this in mind, as mysteriously published info appears later)
Further to the problem: “TAC assistance was contacted and informed about #02-06-01-035” “Replaced intake manifold bolts and re-torqued.”
Note 10 bolts replaced.
(In essence, the problem was acknowledged and the intake manifold seal was claimed to be the problem. I thought it silly but played along)
The technical advice was that oil was making its way into the intake ports/passages and eventually being burned with the fuel charge.
At 20666 I added 2 Qts of oil. 600 miles or so and 2 Qts.
At 21121 I added 1 Qt.
At 21566 I added 1 Qt.
At 22232 I returned to the dealer. The next item was to replace the intake manifold gaskets.
This was performed as the next step, I worked with them and it was suggested I try this and monitor oil consumption.
(Again, in essence, the problem was acknowledged and the intake manifold seal was claimed to be the problem.)
At 22960 the vehicle was returned to the dealer again for oil consumption. The dealer noted it was 1 Qt low, I measured more but didn’t argue.
Further diagnostics were preformed. A compression check was performed to check the quality of the ring seating. The compression test seemed to indicate good compression. But “oil was noted on all spark plugs”. All spark plugs were replaced.
(Please note that I later document a much more extensive test, which is a better indicator of cylinder sealing: A leak-down compression test)
Critical to note, the dealer Removed and reinstalled “valve seals”. Quite a bit more extensive effort involved than intake gaskets.
(Again, the problem was acknowledged and the problem was addressed on the intake manifold as well as the valve stem seal replacement.)
The next documented testing occurs at 29216 miles.
At this point the dealer placed dye in the oil to trace the path to the intake manifold. The dealer documented dye in the intake ports for cylinders 2,4&1.
The intake manifold was replaced (warpage concern); the intake bolts were replaced, as was the intake gasket.
A rather extensive exercise as well.
(Again, the problem was acknowledged and the intake manifold was replaced.)
All along I doubt the effectiveness of any of this rework.
At 34573 miles I return to the dealer. I expressed my concern that I am nearing the expiration of my warrantee and we still have not resolved the problem. I was assured by the service manager that the “problem is well documented and that IT WAS OBVIOUS IT WAS A EARLY ON DETECTED PROBLEM, and that GM would make good on the problem.
At 34573 the dealer wanted to restart an oil-monitoring program to again qualify the consumption amount and suggested I ret
Strengths: It's a shame GM will not fix a flawed product that is really a huge EPA problem.
Weaknesses: Burns a quart of oil every 400 miles and GM claims its normal. NOw it is fouling a spark plug at 37000 miles
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Summary: We bought our first Suburban in March of 03. It's pretty much loaded with all the options. It was a demo with 12K on it. To date we've been very happy. The A/C compressor was replaced last summer and a buzzing valve in the HVAC was replaced. Other than that just a few squeaky bushings.
Strengths: Loads of room - very comfortable.
Great 6 disk sound system with Bose speakers.
Plenty of amenities.
Does everything you could ask of a vehicle.
Weaknesses: Gas mileage - duh!
Soft shifting transmission.
Similar Products Used: 1993 GMC Safari Van
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