general problems of the 2000 Chevrolet Tracker

Subframe rusted out upon research it appears this was an ongoing complaint about this model car pulled to right when braking lots of shaking too . Why have there been no recalls ?.

While driving approximately 35 miles per hour on a rural road, there was a loud bang from the front of the car, immediately followed by shaking, rattling and a swerve to the right. The car was driven to a local auto shop where an inspection revealed that the front suspension cross member had snapped in half, due to extensive corrosion damage. The mechanic then told me that chevy had instituted an internal campaign #06186 in 2007 to address a known issue with cross members that were not correctly protected against corrosion effecting model years 1999-2004. The cross member needs to be replaced.

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Tracker. While driving at an unknown speed, the front end of the vehicle shook violently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. After inspecting the vehicle, the technician diagnosed that the front passenger side cross member was rusted and fractured. As a result, the cross member needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 156,000.

Frame has rusted through serious safety issue where tire is about to sink in.

I recently had my 2000 chevy Tracker 4dr in for pennsylvanias state inspection and at that time my mechanic told me the suspension bar is rotting away from the frame. I have looked online and have seen many complaints and which states that gm had extended a special warranty program for this issue in the snow/salt states. I bought this vehicle used and feel this problem is a manufacturers defect and which gm seems to admit. My vehicle has 114000 miles on it and cannot afford this repair on my own. I called the local dealership and asked for a recall search, at that time I was told there are none and when I mentioned the special warranty they stated they have never heard of this. I have never received any recall notices for this problem that exists and would like some help with this issue. Thank you.

Front suspension crossmember rusted through , with out worning all most causing me to lose control of the vehicle. Thank goodness I wasn't going 60 mph , this is a very dangerous defect !!.

Front suspension cross member rusted completely through on passenger side. Suspension a arm completely disconnected from cross member. Handling severely degraded.

Front suspension crossmember corrosion service bulletin #06186 10/17/2007 not being honored by gm. States out of age parameters. Purchased new still owned by original owner. Barnes Chevrolet where purchased, went out of business in 2007 - owner never notified of crossbar issue. Garage kept since new. Now being used by 19 year old college student working her way through college. Gm case number 71-1021471764. Oscar at gm states this vehicle was not one of the VIN numbers included in the special bulletin (not a recall). Escallated to cathleen, his supervisor. She stated not included but offered a $1000. Voucher to buy a new car (duh - a college student cannot afford a new car if she cannot afford the $2000. Repair bill - mom & dad cannot help) tried to go above cathleen but her district manager does not speak to regular customers. (???). All I want of got gm to pay the repair bill and for new brakes that were replaced 1 year ago but ruined by this fault. Good mechanic found the issue before she was injured in an accident!.

There is no incident so far. But according to my mechanic, one hit on a pothole could cause it to break/crack. From service campaign bulletin given to me by my mechanic-front suspension crossover corrosion on 2000 chevy Tracker. I am less than 2 months past the coverage, 10 yrs or 150,000 miles. My truck was from 12. 15. 99 chevy will not honor recall, says it's not a recall even though there are several complaints of damage & serious accidents occurring because of this defect.

Front suspension cross-member of my 2000 Chevrolet Tracker has corroded through the heavy gauge metal adjacent to a support bolt and risks affecting the structural integrity of the vehicle. This is a heavy gauge structural member that should not have rusted through. Severe rust-through is the result of improper metal surface treatment by the manufacturer and needs to be recalled. Please force the manufacturer to address this safety-of-life issue on these vehicles as a catastrophic collapse of this component, if it occurs during driving, results in wheel collapse because this member supports the wheels a-frame. I estimate this rusting has been ongoing since 2009 even though I just saw it in 2012. I base this on the fact that in 2012 there was a hole rusted through the cross member that I could fit my thumb through however, holes of this size usually take a few years to develop and I never noticed it previously. This means that sub-surface rusting was occurring for a few years with surface rust obscuring this, which explains why the hole was not visible until just recently (when the surface rust collapsed, it exposed the hole beneath it).

On Wednesday 9-5-07 I was driving on the interstate when my Tracker started making a cluncking sound and started veering to the left. When I would stop and begin to accelerate again it would grab and then drive normally. Today 9-11-07 while driving at a rate of 45mph my car began to shake all over. I lowered my dring speed to 35 and when I stopped at a light the vehicle now vibrating and grabbing to the right. As if my brakes were going out. I had to drive no faster than 20 mph to the auto mechanics shop. He looked under my vehicle and at that point my front cross member fell off. He said he was shocked and never saw anything like this. The entire cross member was completely rusted and I was in serious danger driving this car. Now that I have had this problem I am without a vehicle for 3days due to the time frame needed for ordering this part. It will cost $350 for the part only not to mention whatever labor will be so my question who is responsible for this -wouldn't it be gm. I drive my granddaughter in this vehicle everyday. So nothing will be done to recall this car part until a serious accident occurs and results in death. Is that what I'm understanding? how many of us have to be effected by this problem-can we ban together for help? my car is garaged, not driven alot of miles per year and taken very good car of and my front cross member rusts and just falls off. I would like this looked into by someone. Does anyone else want to discuss this with me? please respond as soon as possible. Thank you.

Stability of vehicle wa uncertain . Consumer wasn't aware of this at the time of purchase. Vehicle has tipped over beyond its capability, was unable to go over 50 mph without feeling like it was moving all over the road by the wind. Manufacturer will buy back vehicle if not repairable. , dealer has confirmed it, but hasn't contacted the consumer.