2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 220 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
48
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
35
1fires
SERVICE BRAKES
27
1fires
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
12
STEERING
11
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
10
1crashes1fires1injuries
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
6
1fires
TIRES
5
POWER TRAIN
4
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
4
Total complaints220

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“Takata recall. The gauge cluster stopped working. Now the ignition and ac will not work. Oil pressure sensor reading wrong. Took it to get code read and 35 codes came up. Had to put on a toggle switch just to start it. Cant see speed and that makes it very dangerous to drive at this point. Think…”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2018-11-30

“Rusted breake lines, parked in driveway could not use brakes after starting the car”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2018-07-31

“The brake fluid lines rusted at the area under the driver side wheel, causing the fluid to leak unexpectedly, thus rendering no brakes. The leak happened on my vehicle and another in this same area. The mechanic said there could be is a problem in the manufacturing of the lines due to the…”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2017-10-15

“Brake modulating system spontaneously caught on fire while parked in my driveway. Once the fire was put out, the car would no longer start.”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2017-04-25

“Brake modulating system spontaneously caught on fire while parked in my driveway. Once the fire was put out, the car would no longer start.”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2017-04-25

“Steel brake lines: directly under drivers feet beneath vehicle is cluster of four brake lines held in place by a plastic bracket.these brake lines are hidden by a large corrugated black wiring harness. All four lines are extremely corroded at bracket and at least one of them failed completely and…”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2016-09-17

“Vehicle gas gauge and odometer gauges clusters are not working this puts us in danger I did not know how much gas I need and how fast I was going this should be fixed by the manufacturer because it was a cluster defect”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2016-07-05

“Vehicle gas gauge and odometer gauges clusters are not working this puts us in danger I did not know how much gas I need and how fast I was going this should be fixed by the manufacturer because it was a cluster defect”

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM · reported 2016-07-05
Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.