2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

CENTER HUB OF FACTORY ALLOY WHEEL (LEFT FRONT) HAS 2 VISIBLE RADIAL CRACKS. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE AND GM IS REPLACING THE CRACKED WHEEL AND CHECKING THE OTHER 3. *NLM

THE 16 LIFTERS IN THE ENGINE FAILED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, PER CONSUMER. PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD. THE DEALERSHIP AJUSTED THE BRAKE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP 3 TIMES BY 70000 MILES IT WAS BAD WHEN I TRADED IT IN ON A 2000 SUBURBAN, HAVE 66500 MILES ON SUBURBAN AND HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP TWICE AND ITS BAD AGAIN, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE I'M STARTING TO LOOK AT...GULP... FORDS. *NLM

WE HAVE TAKEN OUR 2000 SUBURBAN IN 9 TIMES TO GET THE WATER LEAK PROBLEM FIXED AT ASHEVILLE CHEVROLET. THE MOISTURE CAUSES HEADACHES IN MY 9 YR OLD SON. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL MIGHT BE GROWING IN THE CARPET. WE BOUGHT NEW CARPET THE LAST TIME AND WERE TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. 2 WEEKS LATER (THE FIRST RAIN) AND WE HAVE A WET CARPET AGAIN AND OUR SON HAS ANOTHER HEADACHE.

CHEVY SUV STALLS CHEVY 2000 SUBURBAN 5.3L BI FUEL CNG AND GASOLINE SPENT MOST OF THE SUMMER DRIVING AROUND MESA ON JUST CNG, SOMETIMES FOR A WHOLE MONTH. GASOLINE TANK WAS ALMOST ALWAYS FULL. DURING THE PAST 2 YEARS HAVE USED ABOUT 50 % GASOLINE AND CNG EACH AND HAVE 29,500 MILES ON VEHICLE. TOOK A TRIP ON FRIDAY 23 AUGUST UP TO AN AREA NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMS AZ STARTED TO DRIVE HOME ON SUNDAY 25 AUGUST AND WAS NOW RUNNING ON CNG AT 79 MPH (SPEED LIMIT WAS 75MPH), 107 DEGREES OUTSIDE WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY ON A MODERATE ACCELERATION. WHILE STILL MOVING I TRIED TO SWITCH TO GASOLINE BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. NOTICED THE ENGINE HAD STOPPED AND THE SUBURBAN WENT INTO NEUTRAL. BRAKES FADED AND STEARING WENT TO MANUAL. TRANSMISSION WENT TO NEUTRAL. COASTED TO A STOP. COULD NOT RESTART. GOT A TOW TO CHEVY DEALER IN PRESCOTT AZ AND TRIED TO START THE SUBURBAN BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. FOUND THE ECM B FUSE HAD BLOWN. REPLACED FUSE. DROVE 94 MILES ON GASOLINE AND THE FUSE BLEW AGAIN AT 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. REPLACED FUSE AND DROVE 18 MILES HOME WITHOUT A PROBLEM. GASOLINE FUEL TANK AT 1/3 FULL. MONDAY 26 AUGUST, DROPPED THE SUBURBAN OFF AT THE CHEVY DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A MODULE THAT THEY SAID HAD AN INTERNAL GROUND IN IT. FUSE BLEW AT LEAST 6 MORE TIMES, VERY SCARRY. REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THEY SAID PUMP WAS DRAWING TO MUCH CURRENT AT TIMES AND WAS FAILING.

AT THE END OF A 1320 MILE (ROUND) TRIP FROM FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA TO BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA AND BACK, THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL HUB SUDDENLY DISASSEMBLED, LOCKING UP THE WHEEL AND SENDING MY 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN OUT OF CONTROL. FORTUNATELY, I HAD LEFT I-95, WHER I HAD BEEN TRAVELLING FOR 10 1/2 HOURS AT 70 MPH, AND WAS TRAVELLING ON A SIDE ROAD. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE WHEEL MADE A LOUD, GRINDING NOISE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY LOCKED UP. UPON HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER FOR REPAIR, THE TECHNICIANS EXAMINED THE WHEEL AND FOUND NO APPARENT REASON WHY THE WHEEL SHOULD HAVE DISASSEMBLED ITSELF. I SEE NO OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN A DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT. CONSIDERING THE WAY THAT THE VEHICLE HANDLED WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I AM SURE THAT IF IT HAD HAPPENED 10 MINUTES EARLIER, WHILE I WAS TRAVELLING ON I-95 AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD HVE CAREENED OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING MAXIMUM DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND SERIOUS INJURY TO MYSELF AND FAMILY. COINCIDENTIALLY, I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED JUST THE DAY BEFORE AT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER IN BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, AND HAD REQUESTED THAT THE FRONT END BE EXAMINED PRIOR TO THE LONG DRIVE AHEAD AND DUE TO A RATTLE THAT I HAD NOTICED. IT HAD ALSO BEEN CHECKED APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS PRIOR. I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING OTHER THAN LUBRICATION THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN THE DRIVE SHAFT. THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL NOTICED WITH THE WHEELS, ETC. THE FINAL NOTE IN THIS SITUATION IS THAT I HAVE PAID $570.80 FOR THIS DEFECT TO BE REPAIRED, AND BEEN WITHOUT MY VEHICLE FOR A WEEK. AGAIN, THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS OCCURANCE, EVEN AT A SLOWER SPEED THAN I HAD TRAVELLED AT ALL DAY LONG.

TWICE WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH THE ENGINE CONTROL FUSE HAS BLOWN SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE AND CAUSING THE POWER STEERING AND ABS BRAKING TO ALSO QUIT. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. COULD CAUSE A BIG PROBLEM IN BAD WEATHER AND CURVY ROADS. HAVE SEEN THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SIMILIAR INCIDENT IN YOUR COMPLAINT FILES FROM THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL

THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ON THE CAR WILL NOT HOLD ON EVEN A SLIGHT GRADE. THEY HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED MULTIPLE TIMES, AND RECENTLY I AUTHORIZED RE-LINING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. I WAS TOLD ONLY ONE SIDE WAS WORN THE OTHER WAS LIKE NEW, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE TECHNICIANS THAT THE DESIGN IF FAULTY. ONLY THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PARK SETTING KEEPS MY CAR FROM ROLLING DOWN THE HILL. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED BY NHTSB, BUT I WANTED TO LOG THE COMPLAINT. DT

CONSUEMR STATES THAT LEAVING OUT THE GRAB BAR THAT THE EARLIER MODELS HAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDOW IS A SERIOUS MISTAKE. *JG *TS