2000 Chevrolet Silverado Other / unspecified Problems

ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT 10 MPH DRIVING STRAIGHT ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED, HAD NO BRAKES, PUT TRANSMISSION INTO 1ST GEAR STOPPED 1 FOOT FROM BUILDING. ALMOST WENT THROUGH PLATE GLASS WINDOW! I JUST CHANGED BOTH MY FRONT ANTILOCK SENSOR'S AND HAD NO EFFECT ON THE LOSS OF THE BRAKES, THEY JUST PULSED. OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE 2001 AND HAVE HAD TWO ANTILOCK BRAKE COMPUTERS REPLACES AT A COST OF $800.00 EACH TIME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10465331

Incident

Jul 6, 2012

Mileage

144,000 mi

TYPE : VEHICLE YEAR : 2000 MAKE : CHEVROLET MODEL : SILVERADO MAKE : GMC; MODEL : SILVERADO; I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT AND I THINK MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THUS I WAS IN A EXTREMELY BAD. MY TRUCK ENDED UP ROLLING OVER 3 TIMES DOWN A HILL BEFORE STOPPING. I WANT TO KNOW IF THE BRAKE ISSUE I WAS READING ABOUT UNDER YOUR INVESTIGATION WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10251673

Incident

Dec 9, 2008

FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS RUSTING ON 2000 CHEVY SILERADO 4X4. DEALER REPLACE REAR ONLY LAST YEAR. I WANTED ALL 4 REPLACED THEN. JUST HAD A CLOSE CALL WITH STOPPING DISTANCE. INSPECTED BRAKES AND FOUND REAR ROTOR RUSTED COMPLETELY AND FRONT INSIDE OF ROTORS RUST.

NHTSA ID

10125886

Incident

Jun 19, 2005

Mileage

20,000 mi

THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE ABS SYSTEM IS BEING ENGAGED WHEN YOU STOP AND INCREASES THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE ACCERATOR STICKS. YOU HAVE TO PUSH HARD AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT MAKE THE TRUCK LEAP FOREWARK OR BACKWARD.*AK

NHTSA ID

10112573

Incident

Feb 1, 2004

Mileage

45,000 mi

TAILGATE CABLES RUSTED THROUGH. TAILGATE WAS PUT IN UPRIGHT POSITION AND THE TAILGATE CAME OFF OF THE TRUCK BEING DRAGGED BY A DECENT CABLE. CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF THE TAILGATE AS WELL AS THE HINGES THAT ONCE HELD IT. *LA

NHTSA ID

10045477

Incident

Aug 10, 2003

Mileage

53,000 mi

LTR FM AUDREY WISSINGER (PA) CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS SHE EXPERIENCED WITH HER 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK.*MR BOTH FRONT/REAR ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE OLD BRAKE LININGS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW ONES. THE ROTORS WERE LITERALLY FALLING APART-INFERIOR METAL. DEALER STATED THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE VEHICLE NOT BEING DRIVEN ENOUGH. THERE WAS A TERRIBLE "KLUNCKING" SOUND IN THE REAR END OR DRIVE SHAFT. THIS HAPPENED IN A DOWNSHIFT OR UPSHIFT. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL PLAY IN THE DRIVETRAIN. ALL FOUR WHEELS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 6000 MILES BECAUSE THEY WERE RUSTED. TAILGATE STRAP BROKE AT 17000 MILES. WHEN THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE WAS ENGAGED, IT MADE A TERRIBLE GROWLING THAT DIDN'T SEEM NORMAL. *PH *JB

NHTSA ID

10037613

Mileage

12,000 mi

PROBLEMS WITH 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO ROTORS, WHEELS, TAILGATE STRAP, DRIVE SHAFT, AND 4-WHEEL DRIVE.*MR NAR SEE ODI#10037613 ES03-006296. AT 12000 MILES BOTH REAR ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED, 2000 MILES LATER BOTH FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. A CLUNKING SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES IT EITHER THE REAR SUSPENSION OR DRIVE SHAFT. ALL FOUR OF THE VEHICLE'S WHEELS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 6000 MILES BECAUSE THEY WERE RUSTING. THE TAILGATE STRAP BROKE AT 17000 MILES. WHEN THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WAS ENGAGED THERE WAS A GROWLING NOISE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10034527

Incident

Aug 1, 2003

I HEARD NOISE FROM THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL. JACKED UP THE TRUCK AND FOUND THE ENTIRE WHEEL LOOSE. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TORQUED THE HUB NUT AND SAID IT WAS FINE TO DRIVE. TOOK THE TRUCK ON A TRIP AND HAD CONSTANT PROBLEMS AND NOISE FROM THAT SIDE OF VEHICLE. RETURNED THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW HUB BUT WAS OK TO DRIVE. DROVE TO A CONFERENCE 200MILES AWAY AND BROKE DOWN. TOWED THE TRUCK TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH HUBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRUCK HAS 75K MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE ADVISORS AT BOTH DEALERSHIPS THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES ON THIS MODEL TRUCK. I ASKED IF GM WAS LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE RECALL AND GOT A NEGATIVE. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FILED A COMPLAINT (CASE# 1-60491961) AND WAS POLITELY TOLD THAT SINCE I WASN'T THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY "TUFF BEANS." I TOLD THE REP I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GM WOULD WANT TO WAIT FOR AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES TO LOOK INTO THIS TYPE OF A PROBLEM. NO RESPONSE. IF THE LOOSE, OR IMPROPERLY TORQUED, HUB NUT CAUSED THE HUB TO FAIL, SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR GM TO CONSIDER. TS

NHTSA ID

10000501

Incident

Oct 1, 2002

Mileage

65,000 mi

DEVICE USED TO LOWER THE SPARE TIRE SO IT CAN BE REMOVED HAS A DESIGN FLAW, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE.CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

NHTSA ID

8016650

Incident

Aug 19, 2002

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT RIMS STARTED TO FALL APART. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST. *AK *CB *JB

NHTSA ID

8016643

Incident

Aug 2, 2002

THE HITCH TO THE VEHICLE BROKE OFF. THE FRAME BROKE AND FELL OFF TO ONE SIDE. CONSUMER CONTACTED CHEVROLETS CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NO REMEDY HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED AS OF YET. *JG

NHTSA ID

566596

CONSUMER STATES THE REAR DISC BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING IS OF SUCH SIZE, SHAPE AND PLACEMENT AS TO CAPTURE DEBRIS BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND THE ALUMINUM ALLOY WHEEL, THE TRAPPED DEBRIS SERVES TO SCORE THE SURFACE OF THE ALUMINUM WHEEL CAUSING IT TO EVENTUALLY SEPARATE, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON ONE OF THE VEHICLES, HOWEVER AFTER EXAMINATION CONSUMER FOUND SIMILAR WHEEL SCORING IN OTHER VEHICLES (1500, 2500 AND 2500HD SERIES). *SLC

NHTSA ID

565531

WHILE DRIVING HUB CAPS KEEP COMING OFF VEHICLE. IT'S WORSE WHEN PULLING TRAILER. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE PLASTIC NUTS THAT HOLD THE HUB CAPS WERE COMING LOOSE. *YH

NHTSA ID

8005734

Incident

Sep 1, 2001

VEHICLE IS PULLING TO LEFT AND RIGHT UPON BRAKING. CONSUMER IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT DRIFTING TO LEFT BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC. *AK DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOLDING COMES LOOSE WHEN THE WINDOW ROLLS DOWN. RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AND SPARE WHEEL ARE BENT. CRUISE CONTROL IS INOPERATIVE AT TIMES. RIGHT REAR AXLE EXPERIENCED A LEAK. BLOWER IS NOISY ON LOW SPEEDS. *JB

NHTSA ID

899428

Incident

Oct 1, 1999

THE POWER STEERING PUMP CONTROLS BOTH THE BRAKES & STEERING, WHEN THE PUMP GOES OUT YOU LOOSE BOTH. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE.

NHTSA ID

9002647

Incident

Jan 25, 2001

MANUFACTURER STATED A TOOL BOX MOUNTED IN THE TRUCK BED CAUSED THE SEPARATION. TOOL BOX WAS INSTALLED PER RECOMMENDATIONS OF SCHMITT MOTORS' BODY DEPT. BRACKETS WERE INSTALLED UNDER THE TOOLBOX TO KEEP WEIGHT OFF SIDERAILS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO 3 TRUCKS WE'VE OWNED IN THE PAST 3 YEARS. TOOL BOX HAS BEEN INSTALLED 3 DIFFERENT WAYS, ALL WITH THE SAME RESULTS. WE HAVE SINCE TRADED THIS TRUCK FOR A DODGE RAM TRUCK, BUT STILL FEEL THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE REPORTED. THANK YOU.*AK

NHTSA ID

741376

Incident

Dec 15, 2000

I FEEL THIS VEHICLE SUFFERS GREATLY IN BUILD QUALITY. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

NHTSA ID

740875

TIRES WILL NOT STAY BALANCED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH WHEELS. DEALER SAYS HOLE IN CENTER NOT ROUND. REPLACED TIRES AND BALANCED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WILL NOT STAY BALANCED.

NHTSA ID

730881

CONSUMER BELIEVES THERE IS EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT ALLOWED OF THE FACTORY INSTALLED HITCH RECIEVER WHICH MAY CAUSE PREMATURE FATIGUE ANF CRACKING.

NHTSA ID

553935

THERE HAVE BEEN NO FAILURES, BUT I HAD TO PUT "ONE" IN AN EARLIER FIELD TO GET THIS THING TO WORK/SUBMIT. ISN'T IT BETTER TO KNOW OF A PROBLEM BEFORE AN ACCIDENT? ON PAGE 6-72 OF THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR 2000 SILVERADO TRUCKS IT INDICATES A WHEEL LUG SPEC. OF 140 FT LBS. THAT SEEMS UNUSUALLY HIGH FOR AN ALUMINUM ALLOY WHEEL (NORMALLY 80-100). I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THEY ON 12/23/99 CONFIRMED THAT NUMBER. I CHECKED THE ACTUAL TORQUE SETTINGS AS THE TRUCK WAS DELIVERED, AND NOTICED THAT MOST OF THEM WERE ABOUT 90 FT LBS. I CHECKED WITH MY DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THE SHOP MANUAL INDICATED, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO REFERENCE IN THE SHOP MANUAL, BUT I SUSPECT THE SERVICE WRITER DID NOT KNOW FULLY ABOUT HOW TO USE THAT SCREEN. I AM GOING TO USE 95 FT LBS AS MY SPEC. I AM CONCERNED THAT 140 FT. LBS. WOULD RESULT IN A WHEEL LUG BREAKING WHEN IN A HOT AND STRESSED SITUATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

716550

Incident

Dec 23, 1999