Re: OT: 1990-1995 Suburbans-Any Lemons?

Posted by Gene Davis (GA) on January 06, 2005 at 20:51:37 from (66.82.9.11):

In Reply to: OT: 1990-1995 Suburbans-Any Lemons? posted by Dave in GA on January 06, 2005 at 11:09:27:

The suburban is a great vehicle in my book,if you are looking for durability and dependability more than changing of body styles. I am on my second one. 1st was a 91, the old body style. boxy but tough. Woman rear ended it in Augusta a few years back, she was talking on the cell phone also,. The Volkswagen Rabbit bounced off the bumper and didn't even bend the Suburban's bumper. Present one is a 93 with 205K miles on it. The vortex engines have some intake manifold water leakage problems at 70-100k miles. This seems to hold true on the pickups also. The non vortex don't seem to have it as much. The key to having a transmission survive in a suburban, or a pickup doing towing jobs is to keep it cool. I would reccomend that you look for the factory towing package that has engine oil cooler and an auxilary transission oil cooler. I have a 93 with a 5.7 V8, the auto overdrive transmission,front and rear a/c & heater units. Factory towing package and the tailgate rear door, not the barn doors.It has ps,pb full trim package exterior, cloth seats and carpet and is fully loaded. It has had a valve lifter tapping for about 30 seconds upon start up for over 200k miles. I service it regularly and don't abuse it and consistently get 15 mpg average and 17 on the interstates. We have thoroughly enjoied having the extra seating capacity for kids and grand kids to travel with us. We plan to start looking for another one when this one reaches 350K miles unless something happens or some one crashes into it.

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