1999 Chevrolet Tracker Body and structure Problems

“I began to notice that the steering had started to feel a little loose requiring a lot of correction when driving, but I didn't think it was anything serious. I took the car in to the repair shop to have the brakes repaired and as soon as they raised it up on the lift they noticed that the drivers side cradle/crossmember to suspension corroded and rusted through and the left front lower control arm detached . …”

“Driving on highway when the front suspension began to shudder violently. Applying brakes caused vehicle to swerve to the left. Inspection showed that front control arm mount had separated completely from the crossmember due to corrosion. Called Chevrolet customer service and was told in carefully parsed words that according to my VIN there was no coverage or recall despite what I have found on lin: special coverage adjustment - front suspension crossmember corrosion #06186 - (10/17/2007) 1999-2004 Chevrolet Tracker.”

“My mother said to me that her car was pulling to the center line when she put her brakes on. She and I naturally thought she had a stuck caliper or something of that nature. She drove it to my house the next morning, and said it was pulling badly to the center line. I jacked up the car to find that the [suspension crossmember] subframe where it holds the front mount for the lower control arm to the car, was corroded and had actually broke, causing the front wheel to just move around making the car pull hard to the left. …”

“1999 chevy Tracker front crossmember rusted through from the inside causing the car to pull very hard when braking. There was a recall on certain VIN #'s for this vehicle but mine was not part of the recall. I did develop the problem though. The front crossmember is rusted out from the inside and is just about to break off. This could have been very dangerous causing a loss of control of the vehicle. I reported to GM and they said they can do nothing to help. The vehicle does not have rust on the bottom of the vehicle yet this part completely rusted through.”

“'99 chevy Tracker. Rust from inside the metal to inner& outer surfaces. The doors, rockers panels & into the floor plate, window frames & door edges. Bought this vehicle used,3weks ago, but looking almost new inside & out. There was to the eye only some slightly bubbled paint in 8 spots decide to get right on it started to emeory cloth it & found that a little push ,particularly the rocker panels, would go completely through to the inner surface. Both rocker panels front to rear were the same. So I used my grinder to cut them open to see how far I would have to go to get past the rust. …”