2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ALONG A 3 LANE STRETCH OF DIVIDED ROADWAY IN THE FAST LANE. I APPROACHED A NEW INTERSECTION, THE LIGHT CHANGED TO RED AND CARS IN ALL THREE LANES AHEAD OF ME PROCEEDED TO STOP. I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR. BEING IN THE FAST LANE AND TRAVELING AT 55 MPH WITH A CONCRETE DIVIDER WALL AND NO SHOULDER TO MY LEFT I IMMEDIATELY DOWNSHIFTED WHILE HOLDING THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND CUT THE WHEEL HARD TO HEAD ACROSS LANES OF TRAFFIC. THE REAR END FISHTAILED OUT TOWARDS THE DRIVERS SIDE BARELY MISSING THE LINE OF TRAFFIC IN THE FAST LANE. LUCKILY I HAD ENOUGH DISTANCE TO SLIDE THE CAR SIDEWAYS FACING SLOW LANE SHOULDER, AND THEN CUT THE WHEEL OPPOSITE TO AVOID THE CARS IN THE SLOW LANE. I BARELY GOT AROUND THEM AND FISHTAILED THE BACKEND THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN THE SUBURBAN AS IT GRAZED THE GUARDRAIL. AT THIS POINT THE BRAKES WERE STILL OUT, PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, AND I TRAVELED THROUGH A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION (RT 24 AND RT 95) STILL ROLLING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. I GLIDED ALONG THE SHOULDER SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LOW RANGE GEAR WITH PEDAL MASHED TO THE FLOOR BEFORE USING PARKING BRAKE TO STOP! ONCE HOME I INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE LINES AS OTHERS HAVE FOUND, ARE CORRODED BEYOND BELIEF. I LIVE IN MARYLAND AND WE SEE ICY CONDITIONS, BUT I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A VEHICLE AS HEAVY AS A SUBURBAN WAS EQUIPPED WITH BRAKE LINES THAT WOULD CORRODE AWAY TO NOTHING. ALL THE LINES RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME RAIL ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED OUT NOW AND ALL LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND FROM A SIMPLE SEARCH I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE. THE ONLY REASON THERE WASN'T A FOUR CAR MANGLED 55 MPH CRASH WAS DUE TO ME SLIDING A 5000 LB VEHICLE COMPLETELY ACROSS A THREE LANE HIGHWAY. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE LIKE MY WIFE IS KILLED DUE TO THESE BRAKE LINES! *KB

JUNE 29,2011-MY 2000 CHEVY-SUBURBAN 1500 BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. DUE TO SEVERE RUST,MECHANIC HAS TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES,HOSES AND 4 BRAKE CALIPERS. APROX. COST $1,000. *TR

BRAKE LINES ON MY 2000 GM SUBURBAN ROTTED OUT, LOST MY BRAKES WHILE DRIVING. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM SO THERE MUST BE A RECALL BY NOW, HOW DO I GET THIS RECALL, THANK GOD KNOW ONE GOT HURT. I WILL BE GOING TO TV AND THE LOCAL PAPERS WITH THIS PLUS MY LAWYER TO MAKE SURE KNOW ONE GETS HURT. *TR

BRAKE LIGHT ON DASH INTERMITTENTLY TURNS ON AND FLASHES. TURNS OF WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF A RESTARTED. DEALER SAID THEY HAD TO REGROUND THE WIRES BECAUSE A THE GROUNDING WAS AN ISSUE. $250 TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. PROBLEM REAPPEARED A WEEK LATER. THEY THEN SAID THE EBCM (ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE) NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT AN ADDITION $1100 CHARGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES THE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. HE WAS FORCED TO STOP TO THE VEHICLE BY PLACING APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT CONFIRMED THE FAILURE WAS CORRODED BRAKE LINES. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILES WERE 116,000. UPDATED 11/17/11 *BF UPDATED 01/03/12

I OWN A 2000 CHEVY SUBURBAN 1500 4X4, ON MY WAS BACK FROM CAMPING WITH MY TWIN 3YR OLD GIRLS THE WIFE AND THE DOG. AS SOON AS I PARKED THE CAMPER IN MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, FOUND TWO BRAKE LINES UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR ABOVE THE FUEL FILTER HAD EXPLODED. THANKFULLY IT HELD OUT TILL WE GOT HOME RATHER THAN ON THE INTERSTATE! HAVE NOT MADE REPAIRS YET, BUT I HAVE ORDERED A 7PC STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINE SET PRE BENT. $300.00 FOR PARTS SO FAR DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SHOP IS GOING TO CHARGE FOR LABOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON OCTOBER 28, 2010, WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH, THE REAR END MAKING NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR BRAKE SPIDER GEAR FAILED CAUSING THE REAR BRAKE LINES TO FAIL; THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. A MONTH LATER, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 46,000. UPDATED 01/26/11*LJ UPDATED 03/28/11

THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY 2000 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. IT ACTIVATED WHILE STOPPING AT SLOW SPEEDS. THERE IS A PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL ISSUED #050683 FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CORROSION. THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOW REGISTERED IN KANSAS, HOWEVER MISSOURI IS COVERED. I GUESS LESS THAN AN INCH OF GEOGRAPHY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS SAFE AND COVERED AND WHAT IS NOT SAFE AND COVERED. I PAID TO HAVE IT REPAIRED FOR THE SAFETY ISSUES CONCERNED. I PURCHASED THE USED VEHICLE IN MISSOURI, AND IT WAS REGISTERED AND DRIVEN IN MISSOURI. I PUT MOST OF THE MILES DRIVING TO WORK IN MISSOURI. I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE LOGIC AT GM. WILL BE THE LAST GM VEHICLE IN MY LIFE. *TR

THE BRAKES IN MY 2000 SUBURBAN FAILED DUE TO AT LEAST ONE CORROSION-RELATED LEAK IN A BRAKE LINE AT THE ABS CONTROLLER UNDER THE TRUCK. THE BRAKES SEEM TO HAVE FAILED COMPLETELY, AND I HAD TO RELY ON THE PARKING BRAKE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. I HAD A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACE THE FIRST LEAKING LINE HE COULD FIND, BUT WHILE TESTING THAT HE FOUND THAT OTHERS WERE LEAKING. BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE CORROSION, HE COULD NOT SAY WHETHER THE SECOND LEAK WAS THERE BEFORE HE STARTED WORK. I AM HAVING ALL THE BRAKE LINES ATTACHED TO THE FRONT OF THE ABS CONTROLLER REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN 2000 SUBURBAN ON 8/3/10....STEPPED ON BRAKE AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. FLUID WAS GUSHING OUT OF THE REAR BRAKE LINE. I MANAGED TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE THE FRONT BRAKE LINE STILL WORKED PARTLY. BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE LINE FOR FIVE MILES AND WHEN I PARKED THE CAR. MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE BRAKE LINE AND SAID IT WAS ROTTED OUT AND THE ROT EXTENDED TO THE FRONT BRAKE LINE. THE CAR HAD 75,000 MILES ON IT. *TR