2000 CHEVROLET PICKUP Problems & Recalls

VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKES, I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WENT TO APPLY BRAKES PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR, LUCKY THERE WERE NO VEHICLE PASSING WHILE BACKING UP. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED, HAD TO GET TOWED TO MECHANIC FOR REPAIR AT A COST OF ...

Mileage: 86,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A GRAVEL ROAD WHEN MY SPARE TIRE UNDER MY 2000 Z71 CHEVROLET EXTENDED CAB PICKUP FELL FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. IT MADE THE REAR END OF MY TRUCK BOUNCE UP AS IT TURNED SIDEWAYS COMING UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK. I WAS PULLING A TWO WHEEL TRAILER AT THE TIME AND THE TIRE WENT UNDER THE T...

Mileage: 28,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT FELT AS THOUGH SOMETHING GRABS THEN IT WILL RELEASE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ABS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 18,000

2000 CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS FREEZING AND NOT OPENING WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW 32 DEGREES. *MR IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 30 MILES BEFORE THEY WOULD UN-THAW. BOTH CABLES HAD BROKEN AT A COST TO THE CONSUMER. (DRIVER SIDE) GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS PL...

WHILE SITTING ON THE TAILGATE, THE SUPPORT STRAPS SNAPPED. *JB *SC

Mileage: 89,000

THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE TAILGATE IN PLACE CONTINUALLY BREAKS. *AK THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER TO BRING THE TRUCK IN TO BE REPAIRED BUT WHEN HE GOT THERE THEY TOLD HIM THE REPAIR WAS ONLY FOR THE FULL SIZE TRUCK. *NM

Mileage: 38,000

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING A BLOWOUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO CHANGE TIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. GOODYEAR , 275/75R16, DOT#M63DEKWR200. *AK IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE STEEL BAND BROKE. THE CONSUER REQU...

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE. *AK *SCC *JB

Mileage: 46,000

WHILE LOADING THE VEHICLE TAILGATE SNAPPED AND COLLAPSED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR BACK INJURIES (MILD PAIN). *AK

Mileage: 51,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. CONSUMER COULDN'T CONTROL THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE ENTIRE TREAD COMING OFF THE TIRE. TIRE DIDN'T BLOW. *PH

Mileage: 23,000

THE REAR DRIVELINE CAME OFF AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NLM. *AK

EMERGENCY BRAKE ON 2000-1500-Z71-PICK UP FAILED AT 37,000. SERVICE SHOP CLAIMS THEY HAVE THIS TROUBLE QUITE OFTEN--BETWEEN 10,000 MILES ON UP. SHOP CLAIMS FACTORY PROBLEM. COST TO REPAIR-$300.00 *JB

Mileage: 37,000

THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED AND DOES NOT WORK. *NLM

THROTTLE WOULD STICK IN IDLE POSITION DISTRACTING THE CONSUMER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

SEEMS TO BE A SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON EVEN WITH A FULL TANK. SOMETIMES WHEN U OPEN PASSENGER DOOR THE FUEL GUAGE GOES BACK TO FULL AND THE LIGHT GOES OUT. THE THROTTLE SEEMS TO STICK ALL THE TIME I RUN 89 OCTANE FUEL IN IT AND RUN FUEL SYTEM CLEANER THRU IT ALSO BUT NOTHI...

SEEMS TO BE A SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON EVEN WITH A FULL TANK. SOMETIMES WHEN U OPEN PASSENGER DOOR THE FUEL GUAGE GOES BACK TO FULL AND THE LIGHT GOES OUT. THE THROTTLE SEEMS TO STICK ALL THE TIME I RUN 89 OCTANE FUEL IN IT AND RUN FUEL SYTEM CLEANER THRU IT ALSO BUT NOTHI...

THE END OF JULY, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE DEVELOPED A BUBBLE AND SOME SEPARATION. I HAD THE TIRE REPLACED AND HAD THE REMAINDER CHECKED AND ROTATED. ON AUGUST 17 WHILE ON MY WAY HOME FROM TUCSON, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AND BLEW. WE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLED INTO A PALO VERDE TREE. LUCKILY, ...

10/12/2000 (MILEAGE18879) MACHINED REAR DRUMS DUE TO BEING OUT OF ROUND, 12/08/2000 (MILEAGE22107)REPLACED BOTH REAR DRUMS, 12/12/2000 (MILEAGE22280) REPLACED BOTH REAR DRUMS, 01/10/2000 (MILEAGE24197) REPAIR: RESURFACED AND CLEANED FRONT ROTORS, 1/26/2000 (MILEAGE24714) BRAKES PULSATING. TECHNICIAN...

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN DEC. 2001. I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS FROM THE BEGINNING. THE DEALER HAD CERTAIN PART OF THE ABS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEMS PERSISTED. THE ABS DOES NOT STOP THEW VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS( UNDER 35MPH) AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN 2 CRASHES AND VEHICLE DAMAGE. DEALER CAN NOT SEEM TO RE...

CLUNKING NOISE COMMING UP STEERING SHAFT TO STEERING WHEEL INDICATES SOMETHING LOOSE IN STEERING LINKEAGE WHEN TURINING EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT AT ALL SPEEDS. AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHEN TURNING SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT OR LEFT ON CURVES CLUNKING NOISE IS LOUD AND STARTS TO VIBERATE UP SHAFT TO STEERING WHEEL INT...

BRAKE PEDAL PUSHES TO THE FLOOR AND ANTI LOCK VERY SENSITIVE, ENGAGE UNDER NORMAL PRESSURE ON BUMPY ROAD. A VERY INSECURE AND UNSAFE FEELING.

EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL NOT WORK. DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS DEFECT.*AK

TRUCK HAS BEEN IN FRIENDLY CHEV 6 TIMES FOR BRAKES AND RIM WORK AT 1600 MILES FIRST BRAKE JOB AND 3 TIMES FRONT PADS 2 BACK . DEAL TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING SAME ON MOST 3500 TRUCK FOR YEARS THEY TELL ME TO BRING BACK EVERY TIME WITH IN A WEEK OR SO SAME PULL TO LEFT PEDAL TO FLOOR .. THEY ...

UNEVENTREADWEAR-TREAD SEPARATIONCAUSINGREARSIDEPANELDAMAGE-POWERSTEERING PUMPSHAFT BROKEWITHLOSSOF STEERING AND BRAKES. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

UNEVENTREADWEAR-TREAD SEPARATIONCAUSINGREARSIDEPANELDAMAGE-POWERSTEERING PUMPSHAFT BROKEWITHLOSSOF STEERING AND BRAKES. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

I HAVE HAD 3 TIRES FAIL BEGINING AT 13,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND 7500 MILES ON THE FIRST TIRE. THE SECOND AND THIRD TIRE FAILED 8/30/01 AND HAD 13850 AND 21980 MILES ON THE TIRES RESPECTIVELY. ALL FAILURES WERE TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE FAILURE CAUSED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245 75R 16)

GROUND STRAP TO ENGINE BLOCK CAME LOOSE. STARTER GROUND CURRENT THEN PASSED THROUGH A HYDRAULIC HOSE CAUSING IT TO SEVERELY OVERHEAT. HOSE LATER FAILED RESULTING IN SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 60-75 MPH FRONT END WAS VIBRATING. VIBRATION COULD BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL AND FLOORBOARD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED TIRES, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. DEALER HAS MADE NOTE OF PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT CORRECT IT. ALSO, A TSB HAS BEEN ISS...

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 60-75 MPH FRONT END WAS VIBRATING. VIBRATION COULD BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL AND FLOORBOARD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED TIRES, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. DEALER HAS MADE NOTE OF PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT CORRECT IT. ALSO, A TSB HAS BEEN ISS...

BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CONSUMER HAS HAD PADS/ROTORS, AND DRUMS REPLACED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CAN'T FIND CAUSE. *AK

REAR DISC AND COMPONENTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO PREMATURE WEAR AND /OR FAILURE. REAR BRAKE DISK C ON FOUR OF 15 OUR 2000 AND 2001 CHEVROLET 1/2 TON PURCHASED LAST YEAR. REAR BRAKE PADS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACE BEFORE THE FRONT PADS IN TWO INSTANCES. EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM PARTS HAVE FAILED LEADING TO DAM...

REAR DISC AND COMPONENTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO PREMATURE WEAR AND /OR FAILURE. REAR BRAKE DISK C ON FOUR OF 15 OUR 2000 AND 2001 CHEVROLET 1/2 TON PURCHASED LAST YEAR. REAR BRAKE PADS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACE BEFORE THE FRONT PADS IN TWO INSTANCES. EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM PARTS HAVE FAILED LEADING TO DAM...

REAR DISC AND COMPONENTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO PREMATURE WEAR AND /OR FAILURE. REAR BRAKE DISK C ON FOUR OF 15 OUR 2000 AND 2001 CHEVROLET 1/2 TON PURCHASED LAST YEAR. REAR BRAKE PADS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACE BEFORE THE FRONT PADS IN TWO INSTANCES. EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM PARTS HAVE FAILED LEADING TO DAM...

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE (P265 75 R16) EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT. *SLC

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES (P265 75 R16) EXPERIENCED 5 FLAT TIRES, 2 OF THOSE WERE UNREPAIRABLE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES. *SLC

AT TIMES WHEN PUSHING THE BREAKS TO STOP, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *SLC