2000 Chevrolet Tracker

FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER CORROSION SERVICE BULLETIN #06186 10/17/2007 NOT BEING HONORED BY GM. STATES OUT OF AGE PARAMETERS. PURCHASED NEW STILL OWNED BY ORIGINAL OWNER. BARNES CHEVROLET WHERE PURCHASED, WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 2007 - OWNER NEVER NOTIFIED OF CROSSBAR ISSUE. GARAGE KEPT SINCE NEW. NOW BEING USED BY 19 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT WORKING HER WAY THROUGH COLLEGE. GM CASE NUMBER 71-1021471764. OSCAR AT GM STATES THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ONE OF THE VIN NUMBERS INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL BULLETIN (NOT A RECALL). ESCALATED TO [XXX], HIS SUPERVISOR. SHE STATED NOT INCLUDED BUT OFFERED A $1000. VOUCHER TO BUY A NEW CAR (DUH - A COLLEGE STUDENT CANNOT AFFORD A NEW CAR IF SHE CANNOT AFFORD THE $2000. REPAIR BILL - MOM & DAD CANNOT HELP) TRIED TO GO ABOVE [XXX] BUT HER DISTRICT MANAGER DOES NOT SPEAK TO REGULAR CUSTOMERS. (???). ALL I WANT OF GOT GM TO PAY THE REPAIR BILL AND FOR NEW BRAKES THAT WERE REPLACED 1 YEAR AGO BUT RUINED BY THIS FAULT. GOOD MECHANIC FOUND THE ISSUE BEFORE SHE WAS INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION FOUND ON THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET AND CROSS MEMBER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND CROSS MEMBER CORROSION BUT THE CONTACTS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,554.

I BOUGHT A 2000 CHEVY TRACKER OFF A USE CAR LOT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO WE TEST DROVE IT AND IT DONE FINE UNTILL ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY GRAND DAUGHTER TO HER PRACTICE AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE STARTED A VOILENT WOBBLE SO I LOOKED UNDER THE FRONT END AND DESCOVERED THAT THE SUB FRAME CROSS MEMBER ON THE LEFT SIDE HAD RUSTED AND COLLAPSED INSIDE ITS SELF AND IT HAS DONE IT A FEW TIMES AFTER THAT AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO PUT ON THE BRAKES AND GO UNDER 30 MPH AND THATS DANGEROUS WHEN CARS ARE RIGHT BEHIND YOU I JUST WAITING FOR A WRECK SO I STARTED RESEARCHING ABOUT THE TRACKER AND IT APPEARS THAT THE CROSS MEMBER RUSTING IS A DEFECT PROBLEM AND IVE TRIED TO FIND ONE TO DO THE REPAIRS MYSELF IF I COULD I THINK CHEVY COMPANY SOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEING IT WAS A DEFECT NO MATTER WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE VEHICAL OR MISSED THE RECALL IF ANY BECAUSE ITS STILL A ON GOING HAZZARD THAT COULD GET SOMEONE KILLED OR INJURED THE USED CAR LOT WAS PROBLEY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT ANY HOW I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE EXCEPT THE OBVIOUS FIX MYSELF. THANK YOU. *TT

I WAS BACKING UP DOWN A SHORT LANE OF 25 FEET OR LESS. I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND. I THEN PULLED OUT ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY (US-41). I TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE, COMING UPON A STOPLIGHT, THE LIGHT TURNED RED, UPON APPLYING MY BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY PULLED DRASTICALLY TO THE LEFT, AT WHICH TIME THE RIGHT BRAKES LOCKED UP, THE LEFT BRAKES, DID NOT WORK AT ALL. I PROCEEDED VERY CAUTIOUSLY HOME ( A TRIP OF 15 MILES). AT WHICH TIME I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC, AFTER HIS EVALUATION OF THE VEHICLE, AND A VERY BRIEF ROAD TRIP, INFORMED ME OF "SOMETHING HE HAS NEVER SEEN IN HIS 25 YEARS OF BEING A MECHANIC) THE CROSSMEMBER THAT SUPPORTS THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS RUSTED THRU. THIS CAUSED THE ERRATIC STEERING, AND THE LOSS OF ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE DURING A BRAKING SITUATION.THIS VEHICLE DOES HAVE A RECALL (06186) BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED! I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS NEW, IF I WAS NOTIFIED, I WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY HAD IT CHECKED, SINCE IT IS A VEHICLE MY WIFE DRIVES DURING THE WINTER. GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD NOTIFY OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IT IS DANGEROUS........NO QUESTIONS. *TR

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHEVY DEALER TO REPLACE RUSTED CROSSMEMBER ON STEERING SUSPENSION SYSTEM IN MAY 2010. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED A LONG TIME AGO AND THE COST OF REPLACEMENT WOULD BE ABOUT $800. THE RECALL, WHICH THE DEALER KEPT, CLEARLY STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS VALID FOR TEN YEARS FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN DECEMBER 2000. THE DEALER REFUSED ON TWO ADDITION DATES TO HONOR THE RECALL OR GM'S AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THEIR WARRANTY TO A FULL TEN YEARS OR 150,000 MILES AS YOUR WEBSITE INDICATES. HELP US IF YOU CAN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERABLE. AFTER RETRACTING THE BELT TO USE ONCE, THEY WOULD NOT RETRACT AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER HARD TOP CORRODED SUSPENSION FRONT CROSS MEMBER, NOTICED THE STEERING WAS NOT RIGHT WHEN I WOULD TAP THE BRAKE-PULLED TO THE LEFT--HAD IT CHECKED AND THE 2 FRONT CROSS MEMBERS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND HANGING DOWN! I CALLED GMC AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP SAYING ITS NOT BEEN REPORTED AND I HAD TOO MANY MILES ON MY CAR, 109,000. I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND GMC HAS FIXED THIS PROBLEM ON VEHICLES OVER 150,000 MILES UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES-SAFETY ISSUE. I ALSO FOUND RECALLS ON SAME VEHICLE-BUT SOFT TOP NOT HARD TOPS. I WANT THEM TO FIX MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THIS TRACKER IS BARELY 10 YEARS OLD. GMC KNOWS ABOUT THIS, I HAVE SAW WHERE THIS HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED IN 2007 BY YOU, AND IF NOT FIXED SOMEONE COULD SERIOUSLY GET HURT! *TR

THERE IS NO INCIDENT SO FAR. BUT ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, ONE HIT ON A POTHOLE COULD CAUSE IT TO BREAK/CRACK. FROM SERVICE CAMPAIGN BULLETIN GIVEN TO ME BY MY MECHANIC-FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSOVER CORROSION ON 2000 CHEVY TRACKER. I AM LESS THAN 2 MONTHS PAST THE COVERAGE, 10 YRS OR 150,000 MILES. MY TRUCK WAS FROM 12.15.99 CHEVY WILL NOT HONOR RECALL, SAYS IT'S NOT A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF DAMAGE & SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. *TR