2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: problems, recalls and reliability

“While driving home from work, while braking for a stoplight, the brake pedal suddenly went soft. Using an abundance of caution, i drove slowly home, though pumping brakes was required even when driving 5 mph. When i made it home, it was obvious there had been a catastrophic brake line failure, as fluid trailed across my driveway and pooled under my truck. On closer inspection, it's amazing how corroded all visible brake lines were. This failure could have happened at speed and would likely have resulted in a crash. I am appalled these have not been recalled.”Owner report · Service Brakes · Oct 2021

“The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving with cargo, the cables fractured, and the items in the bed of the truck shifted to the tailgate and cause the tailgate to become inoperable. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 04V129000 (Structure) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who declined to repair the vehicle. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 174,000 Parts distribution disconnect.”Owner report · Structure · Sep 2021

“My son fell asleep while driving and hit a tree and none of the airbags deployed. He had his seatbelt on however I don't think it worked properly either due to his chin hit the steering wheel and head hit the windshield. He pushed the entire steering column into the dash about 4-5 inches and couldn't even move the shifter on the column. The truck is totaled and there is major damage to the entire front of the vehicle as he hit the tree head on but toward the passenger side. This is a 2000 chevy silverado crew cab, 4x4, stepside”Owner report · Air Bags · Oct 2020

“Started smelling gas from under my truck. Looked for a leak and could not locate at that time. Then got a code po 457, evap leak. Then after driving noticed odor of gas getting stronger as time went on . Checked under the truck again and found gas spraying from the pressure line right onto the exhaust ! Huge potential fire hazard ! After further investigation fuel lines are very corroded and now compromised. This is a fire bomb waiting to go !”Owner report · Fuel/Propulsion System · Aug 2020

“Hello, I was driving and all of all sudden the car was not able to make another change and I stopped and checked the fron of my car and notice something was leaking from the engine, and had been told that if the engine hot damage I would have to have a new one put in. I could only spped up to 35 mph”Owner report · Engine · Mar 2020

“Tl* the contact owned a 2000 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving approximately 80 mph, the contact's vehicle crashed into the rear of a semi truck. Both the front driver and passenger side air bags deployed. The contact indicated that the front passenger side air bag deployed although it was deactivated via the air bag deactivation switch located on the lower middle section of the dashboard. No injuries were reported. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.”Owner report · Air Bags · Nov 2018

“Brake line burst below driver's door. Was able to stop without crashing as I was only moving a few miles per hour in a driveway, though there was very little braking capacity. I see in a search that this is a very common problem with several years of gm trucks. Gm apparently admitted they used inferior steel for brake lines. This is obviously a serious safety hazard.”Owner report · Service Brakes · Oct 2018