---
title: "Monday Mileage Champion: 2009 Chevy Suburban With 514,144 Miles"
description: "This Suburban hit the mid-six digits on the odometer. Too bad it also has issues that would cost you the mid-five digits if you got them repaired at a Chevy dealership."
date: "2017-04-10"
modified: "2017-04-10"
authors:
  - name: "Steven Lang"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/steven-lang"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/9167/monday-mileage-champion-2009-chevy-suburban-with-514144-miles"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Suburban"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Monday Mileage Champion: 2009 Chevy Suburban With 514,144 Miles

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Trucks and SUVs these days aren't cheap to keep.

![message-editor%2F1491860623614-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1491860623614-1.jpg>)
**Steven Lang**

That late-model F150 which won't blow cold air through the center vents? It may take 13 hours of aarr-duous labor to get that blendor motor replaced.

![message-editor%2F1491860825840-5.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1491860825840-5.jpg>)
**Steven Lang**

That same PITA labor times is pretty much the new norm for anything else that impersonates a truck or SUV these days, and this Suburban is no different.

Today we have rolling 5000-plus pounds of various metals that are diligently attached to dozens of sensors that will often dictate the long-term quality of that vehicle.

![message-editor%2F1491860844378-4.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1491860844378-4.jpg>)
**Steven Lang**

Sometimes things just wear out. Other times it's the owner that turns that $70,000 mastodon into a rolling carcass. So what about this Suburban?

Try to say all of this in one breath.

> Major Differential Defect, Major Engine Defect, Major Transmission Defect, Prior Taxi, Structural Damage, Title Branded - Taxi

![message-editor%2F1491860864869-6.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1491860864869-6.jpg>)
**Steven Lang**

So what is this Suburban good for? Parts? A rotating pedestal at a museum for modern junkyards? You make the call!

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