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2014 Chevrolet Suburban: engine and transmission complaints

NO ELEVATED SIGNAL
20%
8 of 40 relevant owner complaints are about the engine, transmission or fuel system

No elevated drivetrain complaint concentration in the available NHTSA records for the 2014 Chevrolet Suburban. Engine, transmission and fuel system account for 20% of relevant complaints.

Better than 87% of the 1,230 model years we track (2010–2023).

Excludes 19 airbag, lighting and seat-belt recall complaints that would otherwise mask the signal (unadjusted: 14%).

NHTSA data checked September 13, 2026
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Drivetrain complaints
8
engine, transmission, fuel
Total complaints
59
this model year
Fires reported
1
owner-reported
Recall campaigns
3
0 crashes · 2 injuries

Complaints by component

UNKNOWN OR OTHER17 · 29%
AIR BAGS15 · 25%
STRUCTURE8 · 14%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM7 · 12%
POWER TRAIN5 · 8%
SUSPENSION4 · 7%

The years either side

2010
13%
12 of 175
2011
19%
25 of 235
2012
22%
17 of 101
2013
23%
20 of 118
2014
20%
8 of 59
2015
27%
107 of 428
2016
34%
71 of 219
2017
44%
58 of 141
2018
47%
34 of 81
2019
78%
56 of 77
2020
64%
27 of 44
2021
77%
134 of 190
2022
76%
86 of 119
2023
73%
97 of 139

Manufacturers fix things mid-generation. A bad year next to a clean one is common; the fix usually arrived in between.

What owners reported

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,FUEL/PROPULS08/01/2023
Stopped at a stop sign. The vehicle suddenly lost all electrical power. Lights began flashing. Traction control system turned off and on. Then it went back to normal driving. I just had the Chassis Control Module Recall taken care of as well. The air conditioning is intermittently cutting its ability to cool then sudd…
POWER TRAIN04/21/2021
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE…
POWER TRAIN01/09/2021
TRANSMISSION RELEASED AT LIGHT ON HILL AND ROLLED BACK OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD.

Three of 8 drivetrain complaints. The full report shows more, with quotes about the engine in the car you are looking at first.

Recall campaigns on this model year (3)

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Silverado 2500, Silverado 3500, Suburban, Tahoe, GMC Sierra 2500, Sierra 350…
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
General Motors is recalling certain model year 2014 Chevrolet Suburban vehicles manufactured July 9, 2013, through July 22, 2013; and 2014 Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles manufa…
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Cadillac CTS, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and Yukon XL, and 2014 Buick…

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