Chevrolet Suburban: best and worst years

Every model year, ranked by owner complaints reported to NHTSA relative to time on the road. Click a year for its problems, recalls and trouble codes.

Chevrolet Suburban — Pictured: 2015 model · Photo: Kevauto, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Years to avoid: 1994, 1999, 2001

Complaint rates far above this model's median, even after adjusting for time on the road.

Held up best: 1990, 1991, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

The fewest complaints relative to years on the road - at most half the model's median rate.

2026too new to judge10 complaints · 3 recalls 2025too new to judge27 complaints · 1 recalls 2024too new to judge42 complaints · 2 recalls 2023142 complaints · 4 recalls 2022124 complaints · 4 recalls 2021199 complaints · 12 recalls 2020solid year44 complaints · 4 recalls 2019solid year78 complaints · 3 recalls 2018solid year81 complaints · 4 recalls 2017141 complaints · 5 recalls 2016220 complaints · 6 recalls 2015429 complaints · 11 recalls 2014solid year59 complaints · 3 recalls 2013solid year118 complaints · 4 recalls 2012solid year101 complaints · 4 recalls 2011235 complaints · 5 recalls 2010175 complaints · 4 recalls 2009162 complaints · 5 recalls 2008321 complaints · 4 recalls 2007482 complaints · 4 recalls 2006solid year56 complaints · 3 recalls 2005229 complaints · 8 recalls 2004406 complaints · 7 recalls 2003497 complaints · 8 recalls 2002439 complaints · 5 recalls 2001worst year566 complaints · 9 recalls 2000356 complaints · 12 recalls 1999worst year720 complaints · 2 recalls 1998216 complaints · 3 recalls 1997431 complaints · 3 recalls 1996370 complaints · 4 recalls 1995469 complaints · 7 recalls 1994worst year872 complaints · 6 recalls 1993499 complaints · 2 recalls 1992189 complaints · 5 recalls 1991solid year52 complaints · 4 recalls 1990solid year54 complaints · 4 recalls

Ranked by complaints per year on the road (age capped at 12 years), so older years do not lead just because they have been around longer. Years under 3 years old are not judged - they have not had time to show their problems. Rates are relative to this model only and are not adjusted for sales volume.