2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

BRAKES FAILED, HAD TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD IN FEAR OF HITTING CAR IN FRONT OF ME. CORRODED REAR BRAKE LINES, REAR BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. *TR

I WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE TO ENGAGE REVERSE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL BRAKING FOR OUR SUBURBAN. BRAKE FLUID WAS ADDED TO THE BRAKE FLUID COMPARTMENT AND BRAKES WERE RE-TESTED; BRAKE PEDAL CONTINUED TO GO TO FLOOR. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE VEHICLE OUTSIDE THE SUBURBAN FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM BRAKE LINE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED. THE TECHINICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000. UPDATED 11/7/14*CN UPDATED 7/27/2015*JS

2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR RECALL CLAIM DENIED. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD THE HUB ASSEMBLIES AND SENSORS REPLACED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC DUE TO THE SPEED SENSORS BEING RUSTED. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD THEM REPLACED, FOR MUCH LESS THAN THE DEALER WOULD HAVE CHARGED.

MY FAMILY AND I (2 ADULTS AND 2 CHILDREN) ALONG WITH 2 OTHER BOYS (AGE 14) WERE DRIVING DOWN A HILL AND EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A LIGHT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKES WERE INACTIVE. THE ROAD DECLINED STEEPLY FOR SOME TIME AND IT WAS A NIGHTMARE AS HE TRIED EVERYTHING (E.G., SHIFTING TO LOWER GEAR, EMERGENCY BRAKE, PARK) TO STOP THE CAR. AS WE WERE CLOSE TO A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND RIVER, MY HUSBAND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO STOP THE CAR BY CRASHING INTO AN EMBANKMENT. GIVEN THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS A HORRIFIC CRASH. I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES. MY SON HAD TO HAVE EXTENSIVE SURGERY ON HIS FACE. WE ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. IT APPEARS BRAKE FAILURE IN THIS AGE AND MODEL OF CHEVY IS NOT UNCOMMON AND THE COMPANY IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. HOW CAN THEY STAND ASIDE AND RISK SO MANY LIVES? ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE CRASH, OUR CAR HAD PASSED ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION AT A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. NO BRAKES ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED. BETWEEN THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CHORES OF RECOVERING, IT HAS TAKEN ME THIS LONG TO GATHER THE ENERGY TO WRITE THIS COMPLAINT. OWNERS SHOULD BAND TOGETHER TO SUBMIT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. CHEVY NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. OUR FAMILY IS LUCKY TO BE HERE. WE WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER CHEVY VEHICLE AGAIN. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACE DUE TO CORROSION IN JUNE 2012. NOW THE FRONT BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION JULY 2013. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING A PARKING SPOT AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 238,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL OF THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHILE I WAS IN TRAFFIC GOING ABOUT 20 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY SUBURBAN WITHOUT HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BY PUTTING THE CAR IN 2ND GEAR AND USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS LIGHTS OR MESSAGES IN THE MESSAGE CENTER BEFORE OR AFTER THIS HAPPENED. THE BRAKE LINE BURST ALONG THE FRAME RAIL AT A SPOT APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON YORK ROAD IN MARYLAND GOING ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY STOPPED. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY I HAD KEPT A GOOD DISTANCE BETWEEN MY CAR AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP ABOUT HALF AND INCH AWAY FROM THE CAR IN FRONT. AFTER THIS I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. DEALER FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING HENCE THE REASON FOR THE CAR NOT BRAKING PROPERLY. *TR

STEEL BRAKE LINE ALONG RIGHT REAR FRAME MEMBER CORRODED AND FAILED RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKING ACTION. INSPECTION OF OTHER STEEL BRAKE LINES SHOW EXTENSIVE CORROSION, DRAWING REASONABLE CONCLUSION THAT OTHER LINES WILL FAIL. ALL STEEL BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED TO MAKE VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR