NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Chevrolet Suburban Recalls
The 2000 Chevrolet Suburban has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 29, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Chevrolet Suburban. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 282
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
On a 2000 Chevrolet Suburban, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban
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 Suburban, 6 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 05V155000
- Reported
- April 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 316,508
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Suburban, 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
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Suburban, 9 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
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 00V343000
- Reported
- October 25, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- death
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Suburban, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 00V222000
- Reported
- August 8, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,758
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 105, hydraulic and electric brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 01T001000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Suburban, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Suburban, 14 other models
2000 Chevrolet Suburban complaints by year
NHTSA has received 282 owner complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban, the newest on December 18, 2025. Of these, 13 describe a crash (5%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (18%), followed by the tires (14%) and the fuel system, gasoline (12%).
3 of the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban's 11 recalls also concern the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2000 Chevrolet Suburban owners gave the mileage (138 complaints), the median was 70,950 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic51
- Tires40
- Fuel System, Gasoline34
- Parking Brake29
- Visibility21
- Service Brakes20
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 40 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 43 | |
| 2002 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 46 | |
| 2004 | 27 | |
| 2005 | 42 | |
| 2006 | 16 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 46. 54% 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 Suburban drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Suburban year in the same window: 5th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Chevrolet Suburban years to avoid by our method.
The 282 complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Suburban by model year
Other 2000 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: December 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted