26V289000
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
Front or rear wheel lockup increases the risk of a crash.
2018 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 111 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2018 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints111
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
19V761000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
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.
19V645000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
As the vacuum level drops, the brake assist decreases, increasing braking effort, extending the distance required to stop the vehicle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
18V673000
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
If the child seat is not properly secured in the event of a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 18ENGINE
- 15POWER TRAIN
- 14ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 12SERVICE BRAKES
- 10UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 8STEERING
- 5SEAT BELTS
- 4AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 CHEVROLET SUBURBANs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.