2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Structurebody Problems

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.

HAD TO DISCONNECT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SO I COULD STOP. WHEN DRIVING SLOW AND PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL IS SOLID AND DOES NOT MOVE. VERY DANGEROUS. CANNOT STOP THE VEHICLE AT ALL. BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT. HAS TO REPLACE. TRANSMISSION LINES ROTTED OUT. HAD TO REPLACE. TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER ROTTED OUT. HAD TO REPLACE. FUEL LINES ARE ROTTING OUT. NOT REPLACED YET. DRIVE SHAFT IS QUESTIONABLE. SEVERELY RUSTED. REAR BACKING PLATES ROTTED OFF, NO MORE PARKING - EMERGENCY BRAKE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT. REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER MANY TIMES WITH NO RESULTS. ENGINE LEAKS OIL. LOOSING COOLANT, POSSIBLE BURNING IT. FUEL MILEAGE IS TERRIBLE. BODY RUSTED OUT. ROCKER PANELS ARE GONE. CAB CORNERS ARE GONE. REAR BUMPER IS GONE. PUTTING THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH IS A STUPID IDEA. THE COST TO REPLACE THESE PARTS IS TOO EXPENSIVE. FOR WHAT THESE VEHICLES COST NEW ALL...

WENT TO GET VEHICLE INSPECTED WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME IS RUSTED OUT AND IS UNINSPECTABLE AND THAT I NEED TO JUNK THE TRUCK THE BODY IS GREAT HAS 150000 MILES BUT THE CROSS BRACES ARE RUSTED OUT AND ITS CRACKED OVER THE REAR AXEL WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS OYHERS ARE HAVING AND WITH TOYOTA HAVING RECALL ON FRAME RUSTING OUT GM SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME THEY SAY THAT THE NHTSA IS THE ONE TO TELL THEM TO DO A RECALL AND UNTILL THEY ARE TOLD TO THERE IS NOTHING THAY CAN DO

EXTREME RUST ON UNDER CARRAGE OF VEHICLE. BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE FRAME RUSTED OUT AT REAR LEAF SPRINGS AND FRAME RAIL CROSS MEMBERS. REAR SHOCK HANGERS RUSTED OFF VEHICLE. FRAME RUSTED SO BAD THAT IT PROHIBITS TOUNG OF ANY TYPE OF TRAILER. TOYOTA HAD SAME PROBLEM AND THEY HAD TO DO A RECALL SO WHY HAS GM NOT HAD TO DO THE SAME THING. IT IS A VERY LARGE SAFETY ISSUE AFFECTING MANY VEHICLES ON THE HWY TODAY.

THIS TRUCK HAS HAD ISSUES SINCE I FIRST PURCHASED IT. BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK IN A SAFE DISTANCE WHICH ENDED UP WITH ME HAVING AN ACCIDENT WITH IT. THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT AFTER LESS THAN 100,000 MILES AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THEM ALL. NOW WITH 173,000 MILES THE GAS LINES ARE LEAKING AND THE FRAME IS RUSTED SO BAD THAT IT CANNOT BE PUT UP ON A LIFT TO FIX THE BRAKE LINES.

TYPICAL GM PRODUCT, REAR BUMPER RUST OUT, BRAKE LIKES RUSTED COMPLETELY OUT, REAR CROSS MEMBERS, FUEL TANK CROSS MEMBER HAS RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY ON PASSENGER SIDE WHERE THE SHOCK MOUNTS TO AND THE SAME FOR THE REAR CROMMM MEMBER WHERE THE SHOCK MOUNTS TO ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I MEAN THE FUEL TAN CROSS MEMBER HOLDS THE TANK IN PLACE AND IF THAT TANK DROPPS THEN I'D ASSUME THAT IT WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. ATLEAST I HOPE SO.

IN OCTOBER 2014 WENT TO HAVE ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION TO BE PERFORMED. WAS REJECTED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST ON FRAME. AS TRUCK WAS LIFTED THE FRAME WAS BENDING. INSPECTION STATION SAID TRUCK WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NO RUST IN WHEEL WELLS, TAILGATE, BUMPERS. TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 91,500 MILES DRIVEN. APPEARANCE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. HAVE REPORTED TO GMAC (CASE # 71-1508539581)AND THEY HAVE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO REPLACE FRAME. DO NOT DRIVE IT IN SALT WATER AND DO NOT TRAILER ANY BOATS OR OTHER NEAR SALT WATER. HAVE BEEN WITHOUT VEHICLE FOR OVER A YEAR. WAS TOLD THAT THIS TRUCK IF DRIVEN IS A DANGER TO DRIVE: HAVE REVIEWED YOUR COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VINTAGE VEHICLE AND MANY COMPLAINTANTS WONDER WHY SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN DONE TO REMEDY THIS APPARENT INFERIOR MATERIAL USED IN THESE TRUCKS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS IN MANUFACTURING. HAVE IN EARLIER REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM...

FARM BROKE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND IS CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY A REPAIR SHOPS WHEN I WAS HAVING A FLAT TIRE FIXED.

DURING A SCHEDULED MAINT./REPAIR VISIT AT A MAJOR CHEVY DEALERSHIP, THEY ADVISED THE SHOCK ABSORBERS COULDN'T BE REPLACED; THE UPPER MOUNTS FOR BOTH REAR SHOCKS WERE GONE. THE DEALER SUGGESTED I TAKE THE TRUCK TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP FOR THE NEEDED RESTORATION WORK, THEN RETURN. I LATER INSPECTED THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY TRUCK AND FOUND EXTENSIVE ROT AND RUST ON MAJOR FRAME STRUCTURES. BOTH UPPER SHOCK MOUNTS APPEAR TO HAVE ROTTED AWAY. BOTH FRAME SPREADER TUBES, TO WHICH THE UPPER SHOCK MOUNTS AND THE REAR FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRAP ARE ATTACHED, HAVE LOST MOST OF THEIR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. I ALSO NOTED MOST MAIN FASTENER BOLTS APPEAR TO HAVE LOST THEIR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY,DUE TO ROT AND RUST. IN DECEMBER OF 2009, I REPLACED THE FUEL STRAPS. ONE BRAKE LINE FAILED (ROTTED OPEN), CAUSING BRAKE LOSS, AS I WAS DEPARTING THE SERVICE VISIT. ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAD DETERIORATED TO THE...

BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WENT AT THE SAME TIME RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES DUE TO RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. SEVERE CORROSION ON FRAME CROSS MEMBER. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE LINES STARTED TO RUST OUT ON 2005 CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL, IN 2009 ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE, NO ACCIDENT. I REPLACED AT THE BRAKE LINES MYSELF. *TR THE REAR FRAME RAILS ARE RUSTING AND HOLES HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE FRAME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO K1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. NEITHER THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRAME. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 117,000.

CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71 PICKUP TRUCK, 3 DOOR EXTENDED CAB VERSION. YEAR 2000. SEVERE BODY, BRAKE LINE AND FRAME RUST THROUGH. FRAME MEMBERS AND FUEL TANK, EXHAUST AND SHOCK ABSORBER SUPPORTS RUSTING THROUGH AND FAILING. CREATING VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION TO OCCUPANTS AND OTHER DRIVERS. BRAKE LINES FAILED COMPLETELY TWICE. BRAKE CALIPER FAILURE. VIN: [XXX]. HAVE HAD TO MAKE BODY PANEL REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT TO CONTROL RUST THROUGH, HAVE HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE WHILE EXITING I-10 IN FLORIDA WHILE ON A VACATION TRIP, COULD NOT STOP AT END OF EXIT RAMP AND CONTINUED THROUGH A 4 CORNER INTERSECTION WITH ONLY THE USE OF THE PARKING BRAKE. ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH 3 VEHICLES. HAD TO GET EMERGENCY TOW AND REPAIRS TO CONTINUE RETURN TRIP TO MASSACHUSETTS. SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC AFTER LEAVING REPAIR SHOP HAVING HAD TO REPLACE A RUSTED LEFT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER ! NOW, REAR FRAME CROSSMEMBERS...