2000 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2000 vehicle, but with only 71 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is service brakes, hydraulic (24 complaints), typically at 11.2 yr or about 115,000 miles.

Complaints: 71
Median age at failure: 11.7 yr
Median mileage: 118,000 n=62
Crash / fire / tow: 11.3% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

07E106000 2007-12-17

Wheels:hub

CERTAIN FEDERAL-MOGUL REPLACEMENT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLIES WITH THE BRAND NAMES: NATIONAL, CARQUEST P/NOS. 515020, 515021, 515025, 515053, 515054, 515059, AND 515060, SHIPPED BETWEEN JANUARY 23, 2006, AND DECEMBER 20, 2007, SOLD FOR LIGHT DUTY AND MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS. THE INBOARD RETENTION NUT USED TO MAINTAIN HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY CAN LOOSEN RESULTING IN AN ABS LIGHT INDICATION, NOISE, AND/OR WHEEL SEPARATION.

WHEEL SEPARATION CAN RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

In owners’ own words

Service brakes, hydraulic 73,000 mi 6.8 yr in service

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE, ABS, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AN NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGE UNDER THE RECALL.

Service brakes, hydraulic 107,800 mi 6.8 yr in service

EBCM FAILURE - ABS PUMP RUNS CONTINUOUSLY AND WILL RUN DOWN THE BATTERY. 2ND TIME EBCM HAS FAILED ON THIS VEHICLE. CALLED 800 NUMBER FOR CHEVY - THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME. DEALER WANTS $1100 TO FIX. *NM

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 7.8 yr in service

THE ABS ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND I REPLACED IT THE COST WAS OVER $1000.00 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THIS HAPPENS A LOT TO GM VEHICLES. *JB

Service brakes 222,000 mi 13.2 yr in service

STARTED TO PULL OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT A REAR BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH, LEAVING A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. *TR

Other Suburban 1500 model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2000 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Suburban 1500 model years

How to read this