NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Chevrolet Silverado Recalls
The 2000 Chevrolet Silverado has 20 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 8, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Chevrolet Silverado. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 20
- Owner complaints
- 1,305
- Crashes reported
- 140
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
20 recalls on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado
Structure: body: tailgate: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 06V066000
- Reported
- March 8, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 805,368
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 05V379000
- Reported
- August 29, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,353,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Silverado, 6 other models
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 05V161000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,242
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Silverado, 1 other model
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 05V005000
- Reported
- January 7, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 98,221
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Structure: body: tailgate: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 04V129000
- Reported
- March 17, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,662,211
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Silverado, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 02V178000
- Reported
- July 1, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 525,254
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 00V345000
- Reported
- October 30, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,383,922
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 00V055000
- Reported
- February 28, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,674
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 00X001000
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 04E022000
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Silverado, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Silverado, 42 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E042000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Silverado
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E057000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Silverado
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E060000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2006 Silverado, 12 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E075000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Silverado
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2007 Silverado, 7 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2007 Silverado, 14 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2008 Silverado, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Silverado, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Silverado, 46 other models
2000 Chevrolet Silverado complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,305 owner complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado, the newest on February 6, 2016. Of these, 140 describe a crash (11%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 89 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (34%), followed by the power train (8%) and the structure (7%).
4 of the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado's 20 recalls also concern the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2000 Chevrolet Silverado owners gave the mileage (623 complaints), the median was 57,665 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic450
- Power Train103
- Structure94
- Engine And Engine Cooling88
- Vehicle Speed Control83
- Suspension78
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 158 | |
| 2001 | 164 | |
| 2002 | 129 | |
| 2003 | 163 | |
| 2004 | 181 | |
| 2005 | 287 | |
| 2006 | 56 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 24 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 31 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 287. 49% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado drew 7.7× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado year in the same window: 1st highest of the 17 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Chevrolet Silverado years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
The 1,305 complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Silverado by model year
Other 2000 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: February 6, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted