2001 Chevrolet Redundant Silverado 2500

RUSTED BRAKELINES HAVE RENDERED MY TRUCK USELESS UNTIL REPAIRS CAN BE AFFORDED BECAUSE I SURE CANT GET TO THE ABS TO UNSCREW THE BACK BRAKE LINE ! BESIDE THE FACT THAT ONE WOULD THINK A 9 YEAR OLD TRUCK'S BRAKE LINE WOULD BE THE LAST THING TO WORRY ABOUT, THE ROCKER PANELS THAT WILL COST 5-6 THOUSAND TO FIX ACCORDING TO MACO HAVE ALSO FAILED AND HAVE RUSTED AWAY TO NEAR NOTHING. SO FOR THE SECOND TIME IN MY LIFE, I AM LEFT WITH A BEAUTIFUL TRUCK I HAVE TO CRUSH. PERHAPS IF I COULD AFFORD TO BE THE ORIGINAL OWNER FOR ONCE, THIS SORT OF THING WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO ME. GOOD LOOKING TRUCK, AWESOME ENGINE DESIGN, LOUSY METAL AND HARD TO SERVICE MAJOR COMPONENTS. I PAID $2500 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS TRUCK ONLY TO HAVE MY 2001 2500 SILVERADO KILLED BY A BRAKELINE. I SUPPOSE I SHOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW TRUCK EVERY 5 YEARS TO AVOID THIS SORT OF NONSENSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH UPHILL, THE TRANSMISSION INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED DOWN. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THEN STALLED. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO A AUTO PARTS STORE WHERE HE PURCHASED CIRCLIP AND INSTALLED IT IN THE VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY STATED HE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OR HAVE IT REBUILT AT HIS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN SINCE THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 TRUCK. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET 2500 SERIES TRUCK WITH AN 8.1 LITER ENGINE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE ENGINE WOULD RESTART. SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OFF WARRANTY AND I DO NOT HAVE A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER I HAD AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SHOP ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER WAS NOT PRODUCING CODES AND DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OVER A FEW WEEKS A CODE WAS FINALLY PICKED UP INDICATING A "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE" WHICH IS OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY. I THEN DISCOVERED THAT GM HAD RECALLED MANY VEHICLES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND REPLACED THE SENSOR AS RECENTLY AS LAST YEAR. I CONTACTED GM ONLY TO FIND THAT EVEN THOUGH THE SYMPTOMS OF MY VEHICLE ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE RECALLED, MY VIN # IS A FEW OUT OF THE RECALL SEQUENCE BUT GM MAY CONSIDER REPLACING MY SENSOR IF I GET A DIAGNOSIS AT A GM DEALERSHIP. HEREIN LIES MY PROBLEM. DUE TO THE INTERMITTENT NATURE OF THE FAILURE, DIAGNOSIS IS DIFFICULT. IT IT DOES NOT OCCUR WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP I MUST DRIVE IT UNTIL ANOTHER TIME. I LIVE 35 MILES FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND TRAVEL EVEN FURTHER FROM THERE OFTEN. WHEN THE ENGINE STALLS I LOSE STEERING AND BRAKES. I AM RELUCTANT TO CONTINUE DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP HOPING IT DOES NOT STALL IN TRAFFIC AS IT HAS IN THE PAST BUT STALLS AT A POINT THAT PRODUCES A CODE FOR THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE A CODE DIAGNOSIS FROM AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND I JUST WANT THIS SAFETY ISSUE RESOLVED JUST LIKE GM DID WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER 2001 CHEVROLET 2500 TRUCKS UNDER RECALL #06083. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

CRANKSHAFT SENSOR DEFECTIVE. 2001 CHEVROLET 2500HD SILVERADO 8.1L VIN G VEHICLE HAS HAD A ON AND OFF PROBLEM WITH RUNNING ROUGH, ERRATIC SHIFTING, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON OR INTERMITTENT. TOOK TO THE DEALER BOUGHT FROM, NEVER ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SAID IT MIGHT BE CRANK SENSOR, BUT IF ITS RUNNING O.K. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. THIS PROBLEM STARTED IN APPROX FEB, 2004 AND WAS LAST AT THE DEALERS SPRING 2007. 3 DAYS IT WAS THERE AND THEY STILL COULD NOT EVEN SAY IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM. ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON. PROBLEM WITH THE ERRATIC SHIFTING, ROUGH RUNNING , ENGINE LIGHT ON CONTINUED UNTIL SEPT.2008 WHEN THE PROBLEM BECAME VERY SERIOUS. VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL OR SIMPLY JUST QUIT RUNNING ALL TOGETHER. YOU WOULD BE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR JUST LOCAL DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SIMPLY SHUT DOWN, LEAVING YOU WITH NO BRAKES OR STEERING. IT COULD NOT BE RESTARTED UNTIL YOU STOPPED, LET IT SIT FOR A SOMETIMES UP TO 10 MINS. VEHICLE WOULD DO THIS 2-3 TIMES A DAY, OR WEEKS BEFORE DOING IT AGAIN. IN JULY 2009 THE PROBLEM BECAME SERIOUS, WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD JUST SHUT OF WHILE JUST SITTING AT RED LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS. MY MECHANIC DID A SCAN AND DTC'S FOR CRANK SENSOR AND SEVERAL OTHERS CAME UP. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT EVERYTHING FROM BROKEN WIRES TO MODULES HAD TO BE CHECKED. I SUBSCRIBED TO A ONLINE VEHICLE REPAIR INFO SITE AND IMMEDIATELY FOUND A PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL #06083 12/11/2007 FOR VEHICLES WITH AN 8.1L V-8 ENGINE. THE VIN NUMBERS ON MY VEHICLE WERE HIGHER THAN THOSE IN THE RECALL, BUT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM FIT EXACTLY. MY MECHANIC WAS SHOWED THE INFO AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ON HIS SERVICE SIGHT. IT WAS DECIDED TO CHANGE THE CRANK SENSOR. THE VEHICLES PERFORMANCE INCREASED 100% AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RESOLVED. THE OLD CRANK SENSOR WAS SAVED. APPARENTLY G.M. HAS MANY MORE VEHICLES OUT THERE WITH BAD CRANK SENSORS THAN THEY ACKNOWLEDGE. *TR

OUR 2001 CHEVY K2500 HD WAS PARKED, W/PARK BRAKE ON, AT THE TOP OF A MNT. PLATEAU WHEN IT ROLLED OFF THE TOP W/A 5 YR OLD BOY IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK, GOING 500 YDS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN SITTING FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MIN. AT AN IDLE BEFORE IT BEGAN TO MOVE. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE PARK BRAKE FAILING EVER OCCURRED PRIOR TO THIS. OUR TRUCK WAS TOTALED DUE TO DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE 5 YR OLD BOY REMAINED IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK DURING THE RUNAWAY. HE BROKE HIS JAW IN THREE PLACES AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ARM IN TWO PLACES. HE SPENT 5 DAYS AT PRIMARY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN SLC, UT. *TR