2000 Chevrolet Van problems
NHTSA has received 36 complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Van, and 47% of them involve brakes. After that come tires (8%) and electrical system (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 36 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 47% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 62,000 miles 11 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 11 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 62,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 87% 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 2nd most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Chevrolet Van with enough data (20 complaints in that window).
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.
Returned to pollards chev. For oil lead 3 times, only slow it down. After driving vehicle about 20 miles and/or warm up I would stop at red light and the rpm's would surge 2 to 4 thousand. Lelk inside cab above brake pedal. On september 27,2000 slow down for a dip, left front made a snapping noise and dropped a little. Drove on to a curve and steering wouldn't turn. Vehicle went into ditch, front left wheel, lug nuts, studs, and part of the wheel where the studs screw into was broken off and under the truck.
While traveling at 60 MPH, consumer was involved in a head-on collision in which neither drivers side or passengers side air bags deployed, causing injuries to passengers side occupant.
I have a 2000 chevy venture van w/ only 62043 miles on it. With some of my kids in the car, the engine started to whine. Brought it to a garage, where I was told my transmission was junk and it would cost about $2k to fix. I thank god that I at least got to a garage and there was no accident. This is on the heels of gasket seals leaking in the engine, ABS hub centers failing, all brakes having had work (not just front), suspension work, sliding doors coming off track.