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2000 Chevrolet Express 2500 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 17, 2008
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 22, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Chevrolet Express 2500. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Airbags
Filed Jan 17, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 2500. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE AIR BAGS SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. THE DEALER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO GENERAL MOTORS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A TWO-WAY RADIO THAT WAS INSTALLED IN 2000. A WIRE WAS PINCHED DURING THE INSTALLATION. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 84,000.

NHTSA ID
10215251
Incident
Dec 29, 2007
Mileage
84,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Jan 22, 2007
Fire reported

MY 2000 CHEVROLET CARGO VAN V8 5.7 L WAS PARK IN MY GARAGE FOR 7 HOURS AND I WAS ALERTED TO THE SMOKE BY THE SMOKE ALARM IN MY GARAGE. TURNS OUT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE SEEM TO HAVE STARTED IN THE FUSE BOX. STILL WAITING ON DEALER FOR EXTENT OF DAMAGE. I WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH MY HOME WATER HOSE. *NM

NHTSA ID
10179420
Incident
Jan 8, 2007
Mileage
74,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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