2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

THE PARKING BRAKE SHOE WAS COMING LOOSE AND GOUGING INTO THE ROTOR AND ALSO THE BACKER PLATES RUSTED AWAY. *SC *JB

RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED. WHEN STOPPING AND APPROACHING 5-10 MPH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING ACTIVATES AND CAUSES A "SKID" EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT.

2000 CHEV SUBURBAN PARKING BRAKES LOST EFFECTIVENESS ABOUT 40000 MILES. AT 79550 MILES ALL PADS, ROTORS AND PARKING BRAKE LININGS WERE REPLACED. VERY SIMILAR TO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS TO NHTSA. ONE SIDE LINING WAS GOOD, THE OTHER GONE. ONE REAR ROTOR COULD HAVE BEEN RESURFACES, THE OTHER VERY BAD. GOOD LIFE FOR SERVICE BRAKES. VERY POOR LIFE FOR SELDOM USED PARKING BRAKES.*AK

FUEL LEAK WITH FULL TANK ON LEVEL GROUND. APPEARS SIMILAR TO DEFECT SUMMARY EA04026. VEHICLE HAD HAD FUEL SENSOR REPLACED 06/2002 AT 36000 MILES FOR SPORADIC FUEL GAGE / TEMP GAGE FAILURES. EXPECT THIS IS CAUSED BY THE MELTED ELECTRICAL TERMINALS AT PUMP MODULE. POSSIBLY RELATED TO SENSOR REPLACEMENT.*AK DOES NOT LEAK ON LEVEL AFTER DRIVING 10 MILES AFTER FILLUP, BUT WILL LEAK IF POINTED DOWN HILL - VERY NOTICEABLE FUEL LEAK. CERTAINLY A FIRE HAZARD. HAVE TALKED WITH CHEVROLET 1-800-222-1020. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE "ENGINEERING ANALYSIS" BUT WILL NOT AUTHORIZE FOOTING THE BILL FOR REPAIRS.

THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE WIRING ON THE FUEL PUMP MODULE OFTEN MELTED WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS ROUTINELY RUN BELOW A QUARTER TANK OF GASOLINE. THIS CAUSED A SHORT AND A FUSE TO BLOW IN THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS ALSO AN IMMEDIATE LOST OF ALL POWER. WHICH CAUSES A DANGEROUS POSITION FOR THE DRIVER. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED 4 TIMES. *JB

POPPING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT, ALWAYS HEAR THIS NOISE WHEN TURNING ,LEFT OR RIGHT.NOISE STARTED WHEN VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 38,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH POWER WINDOWS. THE POWER MECHANISM FAILED, AND WINDOWS DID NOT WORK. THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE BATTERY. THERE WAS A BAD CELL. ALSO, THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE FUEL PUMP MODULE. IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM A PRIVATE SELLER AND SOON FOUND THAT THE PARKING BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESISTANCE AND WOULD NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE ON EVEN THE SLIGHTEST GRADE WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL. THE PARKING BRAKE SHOES WERE WORN DOWN TO THE METAL AND ONE OF THE PARKING BRAKE DRUMS WAS DEEPLY GOUGED. THE SHOES AND ONE ROTOR WAS REPLACED, WHICH ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO PASS STATE INSPECTION, BUT NOW THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AGAIN AND THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD. IT IS DUE TO BE INSPECTED IN SEPTEMBER AND PROBABLY WILL NOT PASS WITHOUT ANOTHER $500.00 IN REPAIRS. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON. I HAVE FOUND THROUGH INTERNET RESEARCH THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND FEEL THAT GM SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE THE OLD ROTOR BUT NOT THE SHOES.*AK

THE LOCK ACTUATOR ON THE DOOR BROKE AND MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT AN ISOLATED ONE BUT HAS OCCURRED IN MANY CHEVY SURBURBANS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT SOMEONE COULD GET TRAPPED IN THE CAR. *JB

I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED BY MECHANIC AS I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION THAT IT COULD NOT BE PASSED DUE TO "EMERGENCY BRAKE" ISSUE. I DO NOT USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE YET THE REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES HAVE WORN BEYOND USE. I WAS ALSO INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT 3 OUT OF 4 OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WHO OWN THE SAME MAKE/MODEL OF VEHICLE (2000 CHEV SUBURBAN) HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY "SAFETY RECALL" I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED. BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE THAT MY BRAKES WERE WEARING, THIS COULD HAVE POSSIBLY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN I MAY HAVE NEEDED TO USE THEM. ALSO INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE ISSUE COULD CAUSE POOR FUEL EFFICIENCY. NOT GOOD IN THIS DAY & TIME (GAS IS TOO EXPENSIVE.). ANY HELP/INFO YOU COULD ADVISE AT THIS POINT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP. /TM. *NM