Four problems related to brake light on have been reported for the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On Friday afternoon October 17, 2014, I was driving my Suburban to get new tires installed at my local big o tires store. While I driving there the brakes were fine. Once I pulled in to the bay of the store, upon the 2nd or 3rd time I pressed the brake pedal, the pedal went straight to the floor, no brakes! luckily there was little motion on the Suburban, moving it to park stopped the motion. Not at any time did any abs or brake lights come on the dash to alert me of any potential problems, nor any indications of spongy brakes. Just sudden and complete brake failure. The mechanics at big o tires alerted me of a leak coming from underneath the middle area of the driver¿s side of the Suburban from the frame. They lifted up the Suburban and proceeded to inspect. They informed me that all the brake lines where rusted and rotted out and that one or more of the brake lines had burst or broken, causing the brake failure. I started to research this problem on the internet and was surprised to find that both GMC & NHTSA are aware of this issue and no recalls have been issued to date. In fact from the information that I can gather online is that the NHTSA has been inundated with complaints in regards to this problem and GMC refuses to issue a recall, claiming that this is not a safety issue. I was lucky enough for this to happen to me at very low speed in a controlled environment. What if this would have happened without any warning while driving and approaching an intersection? I can think of a many different scenarios where this could have played out to much worse circumstances. Brakes are probably the most significant safety mechanism on any vehicle. How dare GMC make the claim that is it not a safety issue!.
Brake light on dash intermittently turns on and flashes. Turns of when vehicle is turned off a restarted. Dealer said they had to reground the wires because a the grounding was an issue. $250 to resolve the issue. Problem reappearred a week later. They then said the ebcm (electronic brake control module) needs to be replaced at an addition $1100 charge.
The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The contact stated that on October 28, 2010, while driving 3 mph, the rear end making noises. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop where the contact was informed that the rear brake spider gear failed causing the rear brake lines to fail; the vehicle was repaired. A month later, the emergency brake light illuminated and the contact noticed brake fluid on the ground. The vehicle was towed to a repair shop where the contact was informed that the front brake lines were corroded. The vehicle had been repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 46,000. Updated 01/26/lj updated 03/28/11.
: 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.