2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

SUBURBAN DASH FIRE WHILE SITTING IN COSTCO PARKING LOT. CAR FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITHIN THREE MINUTES. FIREMAN SAYS IT WAS A ELECTRICAL DASH FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

WHILE MAKING A LOW SPEED SHARP LEFT TURN, MY POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID HITTING ANYTHING. DIAGNOSIS AT THE DEALER WAS THAT THE SHAFT ON THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD SNAPPED. WHILE LOOKING AROUND ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF OTHERS HAD THIS PROBLEM, I DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 05V005000 ISSUED IN JANUARY 2005 WHICH APPEARS TO DESCRIBE MY EXACT PROBLEM. I HAD BEEN INFORMED OF SEVERAL RECALLS BY CHEVROLET FOR OTHER PROBLEMS BUT HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE OF THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND WAS UNAWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE VIN NUMBER OF MY SUBURBAN WAS NOT ON THE LIST OF AFFECTED VEHICLES. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS CUSTOMER CARE (CASE #71-523372221) AND THEY VERIFIED THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE POPULATION OF SUBURBAN COVERED BY THIS ACTION. THIS IS A DANGEROUS MATTER. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING OR IF I HAD BEEN TRYING TO AVOID SOMETHING IN THE ROAD AT HIGH SPEED, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. I DO NOT KNOW IF I JUST HAPPENED TO RECEIVE AN ISOLATED DEFECTIVE PUMP OR IF THE POPULATION OF DEFECTIVE SUBURBAN IS LARGER THAN CHEVROLET CURRENTLY ACKNOWLEDGES. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED. *TR

WHILE MY CARWAS JUST SITTING AT A LIGHT AND THE MOMENT I TRIED TO PULL OFF THE CAR STALLED AS IF IT WAS NOT RECEIVING ANY GAS. IT PUTTED AND THEN IT STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. WHILE THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS CLEARLY NOT PAYING ANY ATTENTION I WAS REAR-ENDED. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS DUE TO MY FUEL PUMP. I JUST PURCHASED MY 2000 CHEVY SUBURBAN IN OCT. 2006. MY QUESTION TO IS HOW LONG DOES THE RECALL LAST? *AK

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2000 SUBURBAN ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD SOUND WHICH SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING HIT THE VEHICLE. UPON INVESTIGATION, WE SAW THAT THE TOP OF THE REAR WINDOW HAD AN INDENTING LIKE SOMETHING HAD HIT IT AND DAMAGED THE REAR GLASS. SO WE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH STATE FARM AND TOOK IT TO A BODY SHOP. THE BODY SHOP LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE RIGHT HINGE BREAKING WHICH HOLDS THE REAR GLASS TO THE BODY. THE HINGE JUST BROKE ON ITS OWN. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I HAVE FOUND OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. IT WILL COST ABOUT $1000 TO REPAIR THIS AS THERE IS NO FORMAL RECALL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. *TR

IN JULY 2006 MY REAR PASSENGER WINDOW STARTED TO NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. THE WINDOW WOULD STICK PART WAY UP, OR DOWN. THE DOOR HINGES ALSO STARTED TO SQUEAK REALLY BAD. ON ONE DAY WHILE TRAVELING WITH 4 YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE BACK A CHILD HAD OPENED THE WINDOW ABOUT THREE INCHES, IT THEN STUCK. WHEN WE PARKED HE TRIED TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR, THE DOOR STUCK AT ABOUT SIX INCHES OPEN. AN ADULT PASSENGER PULLED THE DOOR OPEN. THE WINDOW EXPLODED IN ALL DIRECTIONS SPRAYING GLASS ON ALL THE CHILDREN AND THE ADULT. THE CHILD HAD DOZENS OF SMALL CUTS ON HIS LEGS AND ARMS. I HAD THE WINDOW REPAIRED , BUT THE MOTOR WORKED JUST FINE AT THE BODY SHOP. ON SEPTEMBER 10TH THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS MY 12 YEAR OLD SON WHO OPENED THE STICKY DOOR. (THE WINDOW WAS UP THIS TIME) THE WINDOW EXPLODED AGAIN. HE WAS CUT ALL OVER HIS ARMS AND THE FLYING GLASS TOOK PAINT OFF THE DOOR. I HAVE THE CAR AT THE BODY SHOP AGAIN AND THEY WILL TRY AND FIND THE PROBLEM. THE NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALER IS 45 MILES AWAY, WHEN I CONTACTED THEM THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS OR DOOR HINGES ON THE SUBURBAN. SINCE THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN A WRECK AND HAS HAD MEDIUM USAGE THIS PROBLEM IS VERY SCARY. THESE CARS ARE THOUGHT OF AS RELIABLE AND SAFE FAMILY CARS, BUILT "CHEVY TOUGH". DOORS AND WINDOWS SHOULD OUT LAST EVERYTHING ON THE CAR!!!. PLEASE DON'T LET ANY MORE CHILDREN GET HURT!!! *NM

EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE ON MY 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN , I NEVER USED IT, INSPECTION TIME CAME AND I SPENT EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS GETTING BRAKE FIXED. BAD E-BRAKE DESIGN ON TAHOE AND SUBURBANS, NEED TO HAVE RECALL GM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH ON DRY ROADS, THE ABS ON THE VEHICLE ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING WHICH NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ABS SENSORS ON BOTH FRONT BRAKES WERE CORRODED. THE SENSORS WERE CLEANED AND REPAIRED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL # 05V379000. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

REAR BACK GLASS IS DETACHING ITSELF FROM THE MOLDING THAT HOLDS THE WINDOW TO THE HINGES OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER LOOK AT THE WINDOW AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE,(ONLY 4 YEARS OLD WHEN PROBLEM FOUND). NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS BUT I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BY GMC SINCE I'VE TALKED WITH BODY SHOPS IN THIS AREA AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE SEEN THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. FOR SAFETY IF THIS WINDOW WERE TO SEPARATE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING IT MAY POSSIBLY CAUSE A MISHAP ON THE ROAD. *JB

IN 2004 I HAD A FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE. A LOUD WHINING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FUEL TAKE AREA. ALL OF A SUDDEN I BEGAN HAVING FUEL FLOW PROBLEMS. AS I ENTERED AN INTERSECTION I HAD A FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A VEHICLE COLLISION. FORTUNATELY THE OTHER DRIVER WAS ABLE TO AVOID MY STALLED OUT VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AT 900+ COST. MAY 2006 I AM NOW AGAIN NOTICING SOME FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS LIKE THE ONES BEFORE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS WEBSITE AN OBSERVING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON FUEL SYSTEMS ON 2000 SURBURBAN'S SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER 900 DOLLAR REPAIR BUT WILL HAVE TO FIND SOME WAY TO PAY IT. THIS SHOULD BE A COST CHEVY NEEDS TO PAY. IT TRULY SEEMS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2000 SUBURBAN IN FEBRUARY 2004 NAD THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING THEN. I HAVE ADJUSTED THE CABLE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE AND STILL NO HELP. FROM THE RESEARCH I HAVE DOWN THIS APPEARS TO BE A TREMENDOUSLY COMMON PROBLEM, WITH NO FIX FROM GM OTHER TO REPAIR THE PARKING BRAKE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE EVERY 5K TO 20K MILES. *NM