2000 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

NOVEMBER 18 2000 DRIVING TO A MC DONALD'S RESTAURANT WENT TO STOP AND BRAKES FAILED. A LOUD SOUND OF AIR AND THE PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THANK GOD I WAS NOT DRIVING ON A MAIN ROAD OR MY 3 KIDS AND I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLY INJURED. I AM AWARE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE. *TR

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

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