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2000 Chevrolet Silverado engine and engine cooling problems

88 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado7% of all complaints for this model year.

88
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
7%
share of all complaints
48,275 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The exhaust manifold bolts are broken off (one on each side at the rear of the motor resulting in an exhaust leak (ticking noise) and also check engine light "on" bad emission codes. *tr

    filed Sep 21, 2011

  • Engine exhaust manifold bolt nearest the firewall broken allowing raw untreated engine exhaust to be expelled into atmosphere. Exhaust smell in passenger compartment at slow speeds. *kb

    filed Sep 19, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.