2000 Chevrolet Tracker Complaints

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). ESCALATED TO [XXX], 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 [XXX] 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 B...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION FOUND ON THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET AND CROSS MEMBER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND CROSS MEMBER CORROSION BUT THE CONTACTS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,554.

I BOUGHT A 2000 CHEVY TRACKER OFF A USE CAR LOT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO WE TEST DROVE IT AND IT DONE FINE UNTILL ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY GRAND DAUGHTER TO HER PRACTICE AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE STARTED A VOILENT WOBBLE SO I LOOKED UNDER THE FRONT END AND DESCOVERED THAT THE SUB FRAME CROSS MEMBER ON THE LEFT SIDE HAD RUSTED AND COLLAPSED INSIDE ITS SELF AND IT HAS DONE IT A FEW TIMES AFTER THAT AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO PUT ON THE BRAKES AND GO UNDER 30 MPH AND THATS DANGEROUS WHEN CARS ARE RIGHT BEHIND YOU I JUST WAITING FOR A WRECK SO I STARTED RESEARCHING ABOUT THE TRACKER AND IT APPEARS THAT THE CROSS MEMBER RUSTING IS A DEFECT PROBLEM AND IVE TRIED TO FIND ONE TO DO THE REPAIRS MYSELF IF I COULD I THINK CHEVY COMPANY SOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEING IT WAS A DEFECT NO MATTER WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE VEHICAL OR MISSED THE RECALL IF ANY BECAUSE ITS STILL A ON GOING HAZZARD THAT COULD GET SOMEONE KILLED OR INJURED THE USED CAR LOT WAS PROBLEY AWARE OF THE PR...

REFER TO SPECIAL EXTENDED COVERAGE 06186 FOR 2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER, FRONT CROSSMEMBER RUSTING OUT CAUSING WHEELS TO SHAKE AND MAKE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *TR

2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER, UNIT 1 WAS EASTBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED. UNIT 1 CONTINUED ON TO EXIT 151 TO REPORT. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0183-90) *JB UPDATED 04/22/11 *BF