2000 Chevrolet Express problems
The 2000 Chevrolet Express has 103 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns brakes. Next are tires (14%) and seats (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 103 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 55,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 34 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 55,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Chevrolet Express with enough data (81 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My wife was sitting in the driver seat of the van. The van was parked. Her leg made contact with the power seat control moving the seat forward and trapping her in the vehicle with her knee stuck under the dashboard. The seat would not return to it's original position and there is no release mechanism other than the power control knob. The seat was installed by mark III conversion vans and sold as new by the d & c chevrolet GM dealer.
While driving about 30 MPH applied brakes, pedal felt spongy and went to the floor. No braking action, hit vehicle in front. $ 1200.00 damage. Dealer said there was nothing wrong with brakes. Consumer then went to another dealer, was told rear brakes were not functional. Chevrolet took no responsibility for accident.
While driving 30 MPH ball joints broke from vehicle with no prior warning. Consumer lost control of vehicle and hit another vehicle, left front side was damaged, contacted dealer and dealer told consumer it was a defective part. GMC would not be responsible for damages. Consumer also states airbags did not deploy, the upper control arm ball joint is what failed, when consumers vehicle was involved in the accident, the ABS sensor and the outside mirror were replaced.
While driving , the driver and passenger side seat snapped off the base, on different occasions. The seat belts unlatched by themselves, the rear bench seat failed to stay tight, the side doors were difficult to open and the outside mirrors vibrated and the brakes were faulty
2000 chevrolet express van, 1500, va 4.3 liter. Catalytic converter fails, dealer says the internals completely break up. Have had catalytic converter replaced 3 times and the one in it has failed also. The exhaust system rattles when converters go bad.