8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$250
Average Mileage:
55,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. dealer cleaned intake system, updated engine software (1 reports)
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problem #1

Mar 032008

Suburban 1500 5.3L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 55,000 miles

Vehicle idle would rise and drop, sometimes would stall out. Very rough idle; worse with A/C running. Dealer cleaned throttle-body and intake manifold AND charged approx. $100 to install "driveability upgrade" to engine control software. The throttle-body fuel injection system is obviously sub-standard if it needed all this cleaning, and the software patch, (disguised as an upgrade), should have been free.

- Don V., Roswell, GA, US