Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Chevrolet Tracker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
SERPRNTINE BELT CONTINUALLY GLAZES, HAVE REPLACED EVERY 6 MONTHS SINCE ORIGINAL PURCHASE. DEALER NOW ADVISES BELTS WILL NO LONGER BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND CHARGES $150.00 EVERY TIME BELT IS REPLACED. DEALER ADVISES THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND I'LL JUST "HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.*AK
I BOUGHT THE CHEVROLET TRACKER AS A USED CAR FROM FREEMAN TOYOTA THE CAR HAD 33817 MILES WE HAD TILL 36000 AN THE WARRANTY WOULD BE UP THAT WENT REALLY FAST, NEEDLESS TO SAY IT SEEMS RIGHT AFTER THAT I HAVE ACQUIRED A HIGH SQUEAL COMING FROM IT SEEMS THE BELTS OR MAYBE THE PULLEYS WE HAVE USE A CYCLON SPAY THAT WAS SUGGESTED IT GOES AWAY FRO A FEW DAYS AN COMES BACK AGAIN I HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR NOW HAS THE MILES OF 47082, A CAR OF LESS THAN 50000 SHOULD STILL RUN QUIETLY AND HAVE NO LOUD SQUEALS AS YOU DRIVE. AS TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM, THE LITTLE BLACK WASHER NOLDS ON THE HOOD YOU CANNOT CLEAN THEM, HOURS OF TAKING APART FROM THE HOOD INSIDE BLOWING AND SOAKING THEM AND 2 WEEKS LATER PLUGGED AGAIN, SINCE I DONOT HAVE A WARRANTY THE CHEVROLET PLACES IN THIS AREA WANT $70.00,JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR , I FEEL THIS IS VERY UNFAIR AND THE BOOK BY [XXX] SAYS YOU MIGHT CAN FIND A SECRET WARRANTY THAT COVERS THE PULLEY'S FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER OR THE BELT SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT JUST ABOUT IS WANT HELPS THE CAR GO IF ONE BREAKS IT WILL NOT WORK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY ACCIDENTS WITH THIS CAR BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ANY BOLTS HOLDING THE BACK BUMPERS AND FRONT BUMPER AND FRONT OUTSIDE PANEL ONTO THE MAIN PART OF THE CAR THE CAR COMPANY SAID THEY RATTLED OUT, NEEDLESS TO SAY ON THAT ONE I FUSSED TELL THEY PLACED AT LEAST 5 BOLTS IN BACK AND ON THE SHIRT OF THE CAR AT LEAST 6, ( 3 ON EACH SIDE AN ON THE FRONT AREA AT LEAST 6 ACROSS THE TOP, THAT IS A REALLY NOT VERY GOOD IN MY ESTIMATION, IT A BAD JOB OF THE 200, SOMETHING CHECK POINTS THAT THEY GO THRU ON YOUR NEW-USED CAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, I HOPE THERE IS SOMETHING YOU MIGHT CAN HELP ME OUT WITH, AGAIN THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
BELT SQUEALING IN COLD START, ALWAYS IN RAINY OR COLD DAY. HAVE 4 REPAIRS N THIS PROBLEM OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH THE SAME DEALER, DENOOYER CHEVROLET, ALBANY, NY. DEALER JUST REPLACED BELT TENSIONER AND SERPENTINE BELTS, HOWEVER, NOT ABLE TO FIX IT PERMANENTLY. *LA
SEVERE BELT SQUEALING WHEN IT IS COLD AND HUMID. ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN COLD START. DEALER REPLACED BELT THREE TIMES AND REPLACED BELT TENSIONER. DEALER SAY BELT IS GLAZED ALTHOUGH THE MILAGE IS 20,000. BELT WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES! DT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING ANTI- FREEZE FLUID BEGAN LEAKING THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. CONSUMER COULD SMELL THE FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. PASSENGERS BECAME SICK DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A VERY STRONG SMELL THAT GOES INTO CAB OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
SERPENTINE BELT MAKES HIGH PITCH SQUEELING NOISE WHEN IT IS COLD OR HUMID. COOLANT IS LEAKING. NLM
SEVERE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING FROM 32 UP TO 45 MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON 6-7 OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK GAS PEDAL WAS CLICKING, DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE VALVE CONTROL. CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF A NOISE UNDER THE HOOD, DEALER REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DOME LIGHT BULB WAS REPLACED. WINDSHIELD BLADE WAS WORN, DEALER REPLACED. SERPENTINE BELT WAS CAUSING A SQUEALING SOUND, DEALER REPLACED. DEALER HAS REPAIRED BRAKES AND MUFFLER THINKING THESE 2 COMPONENTS COULD BE RELATED TO VIBRATION, HOWEVER NEITHER WERE THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
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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