2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD MOMENTARILY BEFORE STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 126,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AT LOW SPEEDS (AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR)THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WILL ENGAGE FOR NO REASON. THIS ACTION EXTENDS MY STOPPING DISTANCE AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ALMOST CAUSES AN ACCIDENTS. I'M TOLD IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEED SENSORS ON THE FRONT WHEELS. *TR

HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKES ON 2000 CHEVY SUBURBAN. TWICE HAVE HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE FOR LOW SPEED ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE. 10/27/2010 BRAKES FAILED AT 50 MPH AND RESULTED IN CRASH. INVESTIGATION THUS FAR SHOWS NO FAULTS ON SYSTEM COMPUTER AND MECHANIC HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE INCIDENT. WEATHER AT TIME OF INCIDENT WAS LIGHT MIST AND ROAD WAS NOT SLIPPERY. *TR

FROM THE DAY I PICKED UP THIS TRUCK NEW I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE RUSTY CHASSIS. I WAS TOLD IT WAS SURFACE RUST AND THAT IT WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS. NOW THE CHASSIS IS RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT I DO NOT THINK THE TRUCK IS SAFE. *TR

BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY AND RAPIDLY WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE TO NO BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS. FRONT BRAKES RETAINED MINIMAL BRAKING WHILE REAR APPEARED TO HAVE NO BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS. WAS ABLE TO BRING VEHICLE TO STOP AND LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND OBSERVED BRAKE FLUID RUNNING ONTO THE GROUND FROM UNDER THE LEFT (DRIVER SIDE) REAR PASSENGER SEAT ALONG THE FRAME RAIL BY THE GAS TANK. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THE MAIN BRAKE LINE FROM THE ABS UNIT TO REAR AXLE HOSE CONNECTION WAS SEVERELY CORRODED AND BLOWN. THE REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE AFFECTED BRAKE LINE AND THE SYSTEM REQUIRED BLEEDING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED HE NOTICED AN UNKNOWN FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SIDE BRAKE LINES. THE DEALER ADVISED THE BRAKE LINES WERE LEAKING DUE TO CORROSION. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER AND THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL FAILURES. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE10010 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: POWER ASSIST: HYDRAULIC: HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULSATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR AN IDENTICAL FAILURE, BUT THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR AN IDENTICAL FAILURE, BUT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN WET OR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES LOCKED. WHILE DRIVING AROUND A CURVE, ALL FOUR WHEELS LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE SLID FOR 20 OR 30 YARDS. THE SURFACE WAS WET AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB, WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE RIM WAS CRACKED. THE WHEELS UNLOCKED AFTER THREE TO FIVE SECONDS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WHEELS USUALLY LOCK WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES: HYDRAULIC, ANTILOCK). THE REPAIR WOULD COST $900. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000. UPDATED 04/23/08. *LJ

EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE,WENT TO HAVE SUBURBAN INSPECTED ,HAD NO BRAKES ,HAD BRAKE PADS AND BOTH DRUMS REPLACED,NEVER EVEN USED EMERGENCY BRAKE ONCE SINCE I OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE 2001. *TR