Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
When fuel tank, filler or evap failure gets reported
Owners of the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 report fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure at a median of 120,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 110,000 miles and a quarter after 145,000 miles, from 23 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 7th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 85,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 170,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 84,568 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
0% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87,432 miles | 110,000 miles | 121,000 miles | 143,388 miles | 172,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $250–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 19 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2016, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 1997 at 155,000 miles.
By volume the 1999 carries the most reports, with 27; the 2000 has 23. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
I have a 2000 chevy tahoe. The vehicle was emitting an odor of gasoline and leaking gasoline from the gas tank. The vehicle is in the mechanic shop for service. The problem area was located and determined to be the fuel module connector leaking gas. *nm
Parking brake failure. The parking brake has failed to secure vehicle. I realize that recall has been made for manual trans but this has gotten progressively worse and now total failure. Failed safety and state vehicle inspection. The internet boards are filled with examples of failed parking/emergency brakes on 2000 yr silverado. This constitutes a design defect and gm needs to address. Linkage is now locked in open position effectively providing no emergency brake. This in addition to the failure of the fuel sensing module in fuel tank and the ABS brake shudder/failure problems at lower speeds. I just want it on record that gm puts out these trucks yr/yr with these know problems and doesn't correct these safety issues until the NHTSA puts their weight behind it. Thx *cbc *nm
Rear gas tank strap has carroded thru, this was noticed when iwas having new tires put on. The truck has 84000 miles on it. I have not yet fixed the problem cause it was found yesterday. I usually keep a vehical about 10 yrs., and never ran into this problem . The straps should last longer than 6-7 yrs.
Also reported on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
ABS module or sensor failure
Loss of braking
Other brake problem
Brake line, hose or caliper failure
Parking brake failure
Rust or structural corrosion
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 23 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does fuel tank, filler or evap failure happen on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500?
Across 23 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 120,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 110,000 miles and a quarter after 145,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is fuel tank, filler or evap failure on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500?
23 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.8 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed