Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2000)

2,131 consumer complaints on file.

#10463198June 26, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE BRAKE LINES OF THE CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 HAVE ALL RUSTED OUT. THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND BRAKE LINES HAVE CORRODED CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE. SOME OF THE LINES WERE REPLACED WITHIN A FEW YEARS. BRAKE CALIPERS AFFECTED AS WELL. *JB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462144June 18, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHO VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462177June 18, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON MD ROUTE 4, UPPER MARLBORO, MD, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED TO YELLOW AS I WAS APPROACHING DOWERHOUSE ROAD INTERSECTION. I APPLIED MY BRAKES TO STOP AND THE PEDAL SUDDENLY DROPPED A FEW INCHES. I APPLIED MORE PRESSURE AND THE BRAKE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND I LOST ALL BRAKE PEDAL USE. I BLEW MY HORN AS I WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AS THE LIGHT TURNED RED. I PUMPED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THAT SLOWED MY VEHICLE AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED IT. UPON RETURNING MY VEHICLE TO MY RESIDENCE, EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE REAR METALLIC BRAKE LINE ALONG THE LEFT FRAME RAIL HAD RUSTED OR CORRODED THROUGH WHERE THE PLASTIC ANTI CHAFFING CLIP ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE LINE. FURTHER EXAM REVEALED THE FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD ALSO FAILED. THE FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED OR CORRODED AT THE FRONT CENTER PLASTIC CLIP ATTACHED TO THE LOWER CROSSMEMBER. THIS WAS A SIMULTANEOUS FAILURE OF BOTH BRAKE LINES FROM THE SAME BRAKING EVENT. ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE IS A MODEL YEAR 2000, IT HAS ONLY 34,250 ORIGINAL MILES AND IS SELDOM USED IN THE WINTER TIME. IT IS PRIMARILY USED TO TOW MY BOAT AN AVERAGE OF 15 MILES ROUND TRIP TO THE BOAT RAMP. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IMMERSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461845June 15, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKES WERE ABNORMALLY DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOOR BOARD. IN ADDITION, BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM BENEATH THE DOOR. THE WAS NO WARNING TO INDICATE A FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BADLY INJURED HAD THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC WHERE THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,000. UPDATED 07/19/12*LJ UPDATED 07/23/12
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461883June 15, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK,PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. NO BRAKES.AAA TOWED TO DEALER. BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. LUCKY THIS WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY STOP!! GM NO HELP. $1451.00 LATER TRUCK REPAIRED. DRIVING GM PRODUCTS SINCE 1972 HAVE NEVER HAD THE CORRISON PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK.ROTORS BRAKES BRAKE LINES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461501June 13, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
MY BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING IN A PARKING LOT. CAREFULLY, I MADE IT HOME WITH NO BRAKES AND FOUND THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL CORRODED AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID. BRAKE LINES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE FROM NON-CORROSIVE MATERIAL. FIXING BRAKES ON THIS MODEL PICKUP IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. ONE BRAKE LINE IS LOCATED UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK. *TR WHEN THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE, HE WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE EXTENT OF CORROSION ON THE MEAL BRAKE LINE. HE WAS ALSO SHOCKED TO FIND THAT FOR ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES, HE HAD TO REMOVE THE TRUCK BED, IN ORDER TO SEE IT. THE FIRST RUPTURE OCCURRED ON THE LINE RUNNING FROM THE METERING OR PROPORTIONAL VALVE TO THE REAR BRAKES. THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD SEE THAT AREA. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED DURING BLEEDING AND TESTING OF THE FIRST REPAIR. THE THIRD LEAK APPEARED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE LINE DURING THE SECOND REPAIR. ALL WERE DUE TO CORROSION IN WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NON-CORROSIVE MATERIAL. THE CONSUMER STATED THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE LINES AND THE MATERIALS USED WERE TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND HE IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR PARTS AND LABOR. UPDATED 06/29/12. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461359June 12, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CLEANED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WAS AN OPEN RECALL ON THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10460668June 5, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN SHE WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES ON OUR 2000 CHEVY PICKUP WHEN THE BRAKE LINE ON THE TRUCK RUPTURED AND SHE COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN REARENDED THE JEEP IN FRONT OF HER CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. WE THEN HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO ARE RESIDENTS WERE I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO FIND THE LEAK AND HOW BADLY THE TRUCK HAD RUSTED LINES AND THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK. I FEEL THIS A LIVE AND DEATH PROBLEM TO ANY 1 DRIVING THESE VEHICLES AND IF MY WIFE HAD NOT TAKEN EVASIVE ACTION THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A DEATH INVOLVED. CHEVY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE ON LINE HAVE HAD THE SAME TROUBLES WITH THESE RUSTED LINES RUPTURING. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10460352June 2, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TURNED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. AS I PUMPED BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE SLOWLY CAME TO STOP. I OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW BRAKE FLUID AROUND BRAKE LINES. I NOTICED RUST ON BRAKE LINES. MY WIFE PRESSED ON BRAKE PEDAL AS I SAW FLUID SPRAY FROM RUSTED AREA OF BRAKE LINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10458816May 17, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT NO DIAGNOSIS WAS PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10458662May 16, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINE CORRODED TO THE POINT WHERE THE LINE RUPTURED AND I LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY. I NEEDED TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10456943April 30, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH YOU IN APPROXIMATELY 2008/09. AT 20 MPH THERE ARE ALMOST NO BRAKES (NOT ABS BRAKES, NO BRAKES). I PULLED THE FUSE FOR THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM AND THE PROBLEM ENDED. I HEARD NOTHING BACK FROM YOU. FRIENDS WHO DROVE MY TRUCK COMPLAINED OF EXCESSIVELY SOFT BRAKES SINCE IT WAS NEW. I WAS CHECKING YOUR WEBSITE 3 DAYS AGO WHEN I CAME ACROSS RECALL #GM05068, NHTSA 05V379000. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT RECALL REPAIRS. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL HAD BEEN DONE ON MY VEHICLE ON 02-17-06. THEY SAID THEY ARE ONLY AUTHORIZED TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS ONCE. I ASSUME THIS WAS DONE WHEN I HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR OTHER ISSUES, AS I HAD NO BRAKE PROBLEMS AT THE TIME. SO APPROXIMATELY 2 YRS AFTER THE RECALL SERVICE WAS DONE THE PROBLEM PRESENTED ITSELF. I CALLED GM TODAY (REF # 71-106-286-2771) THEY SAID THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON THE RECALL BUT IT IS "POSSIBLE" THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME ASSISTANCE UNDER ANOTHER PROGRAM IF I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND PAY FOR A DIAGNOSIS "OF A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT". I WAS ALREADY TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE FIX WOULD COST BETWEEN $200-350.00, AND DIAGNOSIS IS LIKELY TO ADD ANOTHER 100.00, WITH NO ASSURANCE OF ANY REIMBURSEMENT. MY PROBLEM IS THREE FOLD: THE ORIGINAL FIX DID NOT ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM IS A DESIGN WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS SAFETY AND APPEARS TO RE-OCCUR RANDOMLY EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, A REAL FIX MUST HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED SINCE TRUCKS AFTER 2002 ARE NOT SIMILARLY AFFECTED. FOR MY WIFE'S SAFETY I HAVE CHOSEN TO PULL THE FUSE AND DISABLE THE ABS SYSTEM, RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO PRE-ABS STATUS, AND THE BRAKES WORK FINE. THE CALIPERS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED. SHOULDN'T AN ABS SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNED TO FAIL BACK TO REGULAR BRAKES RATHER THAN ALMOST NO BRAKES? QUESTIONS: SHOULD THE PROBLEM STILL BE COVERED BY THE RECALL? WHAT REDESIGN WAS MADE TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM? *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10456116April 23, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT PUMPED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10456065April 22, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
07/06/2008 - LEAVING A PARKING LOT. ATTEMPTED TO STOP. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. BRAKE LINES CRACKED DUE TO RUST. BRAKE FLUID WAS COVERING GROUND UNDER TRUCK. THREE OUT OF FOUR MAIN LINES WERE REPLACED. 04/22/2012 - MILEAGE-98,600 - LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY AND DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD HOLES DUE TO RUST. THIS LINE WAS A SEPARATE LINE FROM THE OTHER THREE OUT OF FOUR LINES THAT WERE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10455326April 16, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
SUPPLY LINE TO REAR BRAKE RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND SEVERELY REDUCED BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10455293April 15, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
APPLYING BRAKES FOR SLOW TRAFFIC THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. RAN OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT. NOTED FAILURE OF REAR BRAKE STEEL LINE WHICH WAS HEAVILY RUSTED. NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO BRAKE FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10454309April 5, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REAR BRAKE LINE CORROSION LEAK WITHOUT WARNING. LOSS OF BRAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10454171April 4, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, STRUCTURE:BODY
THE REAR BRAKE LINES STARTED TO RUST OUT ON 2005 CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL, IN 2009 ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE, NO ACCIDENT. I REPLACED AT THE BRAKE LINES MYSELF. *TR THE REAR FRAME RAILS ARE RUSTING AND HOLES HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE FRAME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453640March 31, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
RUSTED STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AND LOSS OF BRAKES. FORTUNATELY(?) THIS OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED AS BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO SHIFT TRANSMISSION OUT OF "PARK" . IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR COLLISION. UPON INSPECTION, ALL OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY CORRODED, AND NEED TO BE REPLACED TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VEHICLE. 3 YEARS AGO, I HAD TO REPLACE CORRODED ROTORS DUE TO CORROSION AS WELL. FROM WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC FOR GM TRUCKS OF THIS ERA. IS GM LIABLE FOR THESE COSTLY REPAIRS? *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10452897March 25, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1. 8/27/2008 BRAKES FAILED DURING SUDDEN STOP WHILE TOWING TRAILER. ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVOIDED. FAULT: BURST BRAKE LINE. HAD BAD LINE REPLACED. 2. 3/5/2012 BRAKES FAILED. FAULT: BURST BRAKE LINE. HAD ALL LINES REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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