2000 Chevrolet Yukon: what breaks, and at what mileage
What breaks on the 2000 Chevrolet Yukon
On the 2000 Chevrolet Yukon, the failure owners report most often is control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure, with 4 reports on file. Across every failure mode on this year, half the dated reports were filed before 105,000 miles.
What breaks on the 2000 Chevrolet Yukon
Owners have reported 5 named failure modes on the 2000 Chevrolet Yukon, and the three most-reported carry 73% of everything filed, so the trouble here is concentrated rather than scattered.
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure leads with 4 reports.
Loss of braking follows with 3 reports, median 75,000 miles.
Transmission slipping follows with 1 report.
By system, the reports fall mostly into electrical (4), brakes (3) and transmission (1).
At what mileage it happens
Too few of the reports on this year carry an odometer reading to describe the timing: 7 of them do. The mileages quoted elsewhere on this page come from the modes that have enough of them.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
How reports accumulate
Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
What happens when these parts fail
Across the named modes, 2 mention a crash. Those are the words owners used in their own complaints, and NHTSA does not verify them, but they are the closest thing in this data to a measure of what a failure actually did.
The average severity weight across every report on this year is 6.00, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.
What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure at $700–$3,000, loss of braking at $400–$3,000, transmission slipping at $1,200–$5,500 and other engine problem at $300–$4,000. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.
18% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.
Every reported failure mode
| Failure mode | System | Reports | With reading | 25th | Median | 75th | Per 1,000 | Typical repair | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure | electrical | 4 | 4 | — | 107k | — | — | $700–$3,000 | High |
| Loss of braking | brakes | 3 | 2 | — | 73k | — | — | $400–$3,000 | Critical |
| Transmission slipping | transmission | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | $1,200–$5,500 | High |
| Other engine problem | engine | 1 | 1 | — | 50k | — | — | $300–$4,000 | High |
| Other speed control problem | adas | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | $250–$2,000 | Critical |
| Unclassified problem | other | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | Moderate |
No fleet-size estimate is available for this year, so only raw counts are shown. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.
How often, against how many were built
There is no usable estimate of how many 2000 Chevrolet Yukon were built, so this page reports counts and not rates. 11 reports on a car that sold in millions and 11 on a car that sold in thousands are not the same finding, and without a denominator there is no honest way to say which this is.
No fleet-size estimate is available for this year, so only raw counts are shown.
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The odometer reading is the one the owner gave.
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure
Vehicle made noise when braking. Vehicle was taken to the repair shop, and mechanic replaced the speed sensor, and both front and rear brake pads/rotors, and the hardware kits. Also, rear axle seal was replaced. A week later ABS brake light came back on while driving, and the ABS motor kept on running, even after switching off the vehicle. It was taken back to the repair shop, and mechanic replaced the electronic brake control module and the ABS motor. Dealer and the manufacturer were not notified.* also, replaced front brake pads/calipers. *ak...also replaced rear axle seal. *ak
Vehicle made noise when braking. Vehicle was taken to the repair shop, and mechanic replaced the speed sensor, and both front and rear brake pads/rotors, and the hardware kits. Also, rear axle seal was replaced. A week later ABS brake light came back on while driving, and the ABS motor kept on running, even after switching off the vehicle. It was taken back to the repair shop, and mechanic replaced the electronic brake control module and the ABS motor. Dealer and the manufacturer were not notified.* also, replaced front brake pads/calipers. *ak...also replaced rear axle seal. *ak
Loss of braking
I am the owner of a chevy tahoe model year 2000 VIN# [xxx] , on 11/08/05 about 6:30 pm I was driving this vehicle on route 4 nj. My brakes failed and I hit the bumper of the car before me, I had my car towed in to my mechanic and upon inspection he showed me that both brake rotors which had the inner ring welded to the outer ring had the weld broken away , so that the inner ring was just spinning inside the outer rotor structure, he explained to me that I should buy a rotor which is one piece therefore the inner print cant ever break away from the outer, my issue with gm is why do they have total disregard for the safety of the people and would use a composite rotor putting people in jeopardy with total disregard of human life, when I paid about $ 34,000 for my SUV and they try to save 10-20 dollars, I have in my possession the separated rotors ( if needed for inspection) to sum it up it is a dire danger to drive around with composite rotors, gm should be responsible for my loss and for the future losses of file and property due to this inferior material, please do something about this, before some people get killed. *jb updated…
While braking brake light illuminated, and the brakes made a loud noise. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak consumer said that anti-lock brakes failed. *la
Every year of the Chevrolet Yukon
Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.
Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.
What this page cannot tell you
11 owner reports; no fleet size estimate, so rates are unavailable. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.
Of those 11 reports, 7 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 64% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".
The failure modes are assigned by software reading the owner's own words, which is accurate in bulk and wrong in individual cases. A mode with a handful of reports may contain a misfiled one.
And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.
Questions this page answers
What are the most common problems with the 2000 Chevrolet Yukon?
The most-reported failures are control module (ecm/pcm/bcm) failure (4 reports, median 105,000 miles), loss of braking (3 reports, median 75,000 miles) and transmission slipping (1 report). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.
Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.
What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car
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