2000 CHEVROLET EXPRESS Complaints

2000 CHEVROLET 12 PASSENGER EXPRESS VAN: ONE OF THE SEAT BELTS IN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES AND CONTINUES TO MALFUNCTION BY LOCKING IN THE FULLY RETRACTED POSITION. THIS HAS CAUSED ONE PASSENGER TO RIDE WITHOUT A SEAT BELT ON A RETURN TRIP. CHEVROLET NO LONGER WILL HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THIS SAFETY RELATED PART. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR WHEN STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP WAS REPLACED. THIS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE.*AK UPDATED 12/07/05. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET EXPRESS. THE DRIVERS SEAT IS BROKEN. TWO DAYS AGO I REALIZED THAT THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD THE SEAT IN BROKE. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO MAKE THE BRACKET BIGGER SO THAT THE SEAT DOES NOT PUSH BACK OR FORWARD. *AK

THE GROUND WIRE ON THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET COMES LOOSE. WHEN THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE OFF THIS CAUSES THE BRAKE LIGHT TO VERY DIM. WHEN THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE ON THERE ARE NO BREAK LIIGHTS. THIS HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON MANY VANS ON THE STREET.

2000 CHEVORLET VAN W/28128 MILES HAD POWER STEARING COLUMN BREAK CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE TOWED BECAUSE OF BEING UNABLE TO STEER IT. COST TO US $733.78. GM WAS NOTIFIED WITH NO SATISFACTION. COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL . WANT TO KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS. GM SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET EXPRESS. RECALL 00V085000 CONCERNING POWER ASSIST HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS WAS ISSUED. SOME VEHICLES WERE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. HE CALLED CHEVROLET, AND WAS TOLD THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE POWER STEERING COOLER HOSE SEPARATED FROM THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER FLUID FLOW SWITCH ASSEMBLY. *AK

DT: RECENTLY PURCHASED 2000, CHEVROLET EXPRESS WHICH EXHIBITED A DOOR PROBLEM. THE DOOR IS LOOSE. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE SIDE DOOR THERE IS EVIDENCE OF POOR WELDING. THE WELD IS STILL PARTLY INTACT , AND THE OTHER HALF IS LOOSE. THE TWO DOOR ASSEMBLIES ARE VERY LOOSE DUE TO THE POOR WELDING. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE PART WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

ON A RECENT TRIP TO THE NC MOUNTAINS, I WAS NEGOTIATING A CURVE AND HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO GO OFF THE ROAD IN A NEAR WRECK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED DUE TO HAVING A BROKEN SHAFT. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ON OTHER SERIES OF THE SAME MODEL, BUT NOT ON MY VEHICLE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD EASILY CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH. *JB

FAILURE OF DRIVER SEAT POWER ADJUSTABLE SEAT MECHANISM. TWO REAR PIVOTS ARE FAILING. THE STEEL OF THE UPPER PIVOT LINK IS FATIGUING UNTIL COMPLETE FAILURE. SEAT CAN MOVE DURING RAPID TURNING OR HARD BTEAKING. SEAT ROTATES ABOUT FRONT PIVIT POINTS. WE HAVE HAD VEHICLE ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SEAT ADJUST MECHANISM TWICE.*AK