2017 Chevrolet Suburban: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 178 complaints
178
Total Complaints
50,000mi
Median Mileage
SERVICE BRAKES
Top Issue
8
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

35,000 25th Percentile
50,000 Median Mileage
90,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

SERVICE BRAKES
40
POWER TRAIN
36
ENGINE
24
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
19
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
18
STEERING
6
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
6
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
5
AIR BAGS
4
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
3

Severity Assessment

8
Crashes
1
Fires
8
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"ON THE INTERSTATE THERE WAS A LINE OF MOTORCYCLES OF AT LEAST 50. AHEAD AND BEHIND THEM WERE A FEW OF THE NEWER SUBURBANS AND TAHOES BY CHEVY/GMC. I DIDNT HAVE ISSUES WITH THE LINE AND DELAY. I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THEIR HAZZARDS/EMERGENCY LIGHTS BLINKING. WHEN THOSE VEHICLES HAVE THEIR HAZARD LIGHTS B..."
"POWER TAILGATE HAS CLOSED BY ITSELF AND HIT PERSONS ON THE HEAD THREE TIMES IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING PURCHASE. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED MARCH 21, 2017, TODAY IS 4/4/17. TAILGATE FOOT ACTIVATION HAS TRIGGERED WITHOUT FOOT MOVEMENT UNDER SENSOR, CAUSING UNWANTED OPENING OF THE TAILGATE."
"PRESSURE IN CABIN FELT STRONGLY IN EARS AT SPEEDS BELOW 40 MPH (CITY). WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FIRST ON A 2015 SUBURBAN, THEN A 2017 SUBURBAN PURCHASED BY OUR OFFICE LAST DECEMBER, AND NOW ON THE SECOND SUBURBAN PURCHASED MARCH 2017. WHILE DRIVING IN CITY, PARTICULARLY OVER SLIGHTLY BUMPY ROADS, ..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28