2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Engine Problems
- 8
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 8 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine
On the exhaust manifold, the bolts break off at the head of the bolt whether the vehicle is in motion or not. Sometimes the bolts break off flush with the manifold and sometimes they break off flush with the head. I personally have had 6 out of the 12 bolts on my engine break off. The fix is to drill out the remaining piece of bolt (threaded part) and then use a bolt extractor to remove the remaining piece of bolt…
ODI 11161466
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
Fatal collision occurred on 8/20/15 on sr 126e in lane county, oregon. Vehicle drifted off roadway and sustained frontal impact with large tree resulting in engine fire. This is the third of three chev silverados that have been involved in frontal impacts this year that has resulted in a fire
Crash reported · Fire reported · 1 death
ODI 10759192
Electrical System · Engine
Driving at approximately 30 mph, started to make right turn and engine suddenly shut off and just as quickly kick started. Later same day engine shut off in parking lot, but i was able to immediately restart it. The next day engine did the same thing (shut off) but again, i was able to immediately restart it. *tr
ODI 10703545
Electrical System · Engine
My car has only 50,400 miles-its a 2009, yesterday while driving i felt a jolting in the rear end of the truck and it continued each time i stopped and started driving again. I took it to my mechanic who informed me it was a transmission shifting problem. I went on line and discovered that this issue has been related to other silverado trucks as a recall due to a shift cable adjuster problem which can lead to a roll…
ODI 10669203
Engine
My truck has the bad gm castech cylinder heads that leak coolant into the oil. Gm knows about this problem via gm tsb. Dealer and mfg. Refused to do anything. I feel this is not a mechanical wear issue. It is bad heads from the manufacturer. Gm should be forced to acknowledge this issue and recall the affected vehicle. *tr
ODI 10555390
Engine
Coolant leak (internal) into crankcase motor overheating, bearing failure,lost of oil pressure crack in cylinder heads (castech)#862 *js
ODI 10661957
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that while having the vehicle serviced, he was advised that there were needle bearings in the oil. In addition, the rocker arm had failed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the issue. The failure mileage was 38,771 and the current mileage was 38,850.
ODI 10482342
Engine
Exhaust manifold bolts broke off resulting in pinging noise. My mechanic verified the broken bolts and told me this could lead to other more serious problems including possible fire. He also suggested i should contact a gm dealer to see if there was a recall for this problem. I have been driving for more than 50 years and i have never had exhaust manifold bolts just break off. *tr
ODI 10463888