The Lemon Index$1,000 middle bill · most between $775 and $2,000
Higher than the $700 middle bill owners of all 203 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 108,000 miles (40 reports).
Chevrolet Suburban owners reported paying a median of $1,000 for a brake repair, with the middle half of bills between $775 and $2,000. That's from 44 owner reports (44 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50014%
- $500–$1,00034%
- $1,000–$2,50045%
- $2,500–$5,0007%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 44 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Chevrolet Suburban7$700 middle bill
- 2001 Chevrolet Suburban11$980 middle bill
- 2002 Chevrolet Suburban7$818 middle bill
- 2003 Chevrolet Suburban11$1,500 middle bill
- 2004 Chevrolet Suburban4$900 middle bill
- 2005 Chevrolet Suburban1too few for a middle
- 2006 Chevrolet Suburban1too few for a middle
- 2016 Chevrolet Suburban1too few for a middle
- 2023 Chevrolet Suburban1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
Engines in these years
5.3 V8 (L83 / L84) · 6.2 V8 (L86 / L87)
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Chevrolet Suburban reliability by year
- Brake repair cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Chevrolet Suburban owners reported
Engine replacement (14) · Transmission replacement (14) · Fuel pump replacement (9) · Strut and shock replacement (9) · Lifter replacement (7) · ABS module replacement (6)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11706713, 11230919, 10940385, 10824126, 10764023, 10749276, 10721311, 10679609, 10658575, 10651618, 10650392, 10640102 and more.
Quick answers
How much does brake repair cost on a Chevrolet Suburban?
Chevrolet Suburban owners reported a median of $1,000, and the middle half paid $775 to $2,000, from 44 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Suburban brake repair more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Suburban middle bill of $1,000 is higher than the $700 owners of all 203 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Suburban repair costs come from?
From 44 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.