2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 electrical problems

Filed Jun 12, 2023 · Brakes, Electrical · CA · fire

Unknown Lost my truck to fire I was shopping and when I came out of the store the fire department had already put the fire out. They had said the fire started under the hood on the driver side.

Filed Apr 2, 2021 · Electrical, Lights · 180,000 miles · OH

Gear selector lights and mileage lights dont illuminate on dash, intermittently.

Filed Dec 18, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 200,000 miles · ID

Truck just shuts off while driving. As if the key was turned off and then won't turn back on. It has happend 3 times in the last 3 weeks where I am driving and it completely just shuts off. Can't get it to start back up and have to tow it home, it will then turn on and run for a few days and shuts off while driving

Filed May 18, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 50,000 miles · CO

While driving down the highway @ 75mph the vehicle shut off. This has now happened multiple times and is a safety issue. While in traffic vehicles are having to make quick adjustments to avoid hitting my vehicle and for their safety. I called this into our local chevy dealership here in colorado springs co along with calling chevrolet recall center to be told that my vehicle is not on their list. Well apparently it should be along with all the other 2001 2500 hd silverado's that are experiencing this problem.

Filed Oct 29, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 80,000 miles · KS

While driving at any speed, engine will suddenly shut off, requiring me to pull off the road (without the use of the power steering) and to wait a few minutes to restart the engine. Had one close call, as someone behind me had not noticed my truck slowing suddenly. They had to make a quick adjustment to avoid me. This engine failure has happened about 10 or twelve times. Doing research has found the problem to almost certainly be the crankshaft positioning sensor. Chevrolet tells me that my VIN number is not on the recall list. As this is a safety problem, why would only a certain number of trucks be recalled to be fixed?

Filed Sep 27, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 8,000 miles · MI · fire

While driving the truck would experience a shut down and loss of power.merolllis chevrolet in east pt., michigan, became very defiant,and refused to acknowledge that there was a problem.before [xxx] became ceo, [xxx] contacted her office via handwritten communique.iris contact [xxx] in dec,2013,and an appointment was to be arrange w/engineer but never happened. [xxx] stopped driving vehicle,excellent condition w/19000 miles.[xxx] was in fear of life while operating vehicle..updated 10/22/14 -bf information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) updated 4/8/2015*js

Filed Aug 10, 2013 · Electrical · 130,000 miles · TX · fire

The electrical wiring harness connected to the turn signal lever was found to be defective causing the low beam headlamps to malfunction and not perform during night time hours. Basically, the low beam headlamps would blink out and not light while the vehicle is being driven. The technician found several wires had burn and disconnected from the main wiring housing causing the low beam headlamps to malfunction. This wiring harness is a dealer only part and has the potential of causing a fire within the instrument panel of the vehicle. I strongly feel there should have been a manufactures recall on this wiring harness since it is a safety item.

Filed Mar 7, 2012 · Electrical · GA

The instrument panel(speedometer, fuel gauge, etc.) is completely inoperable. I've read a ton forums that many owners are having or were(since paid out-of-pocket) having the same problem. Gm/chevrolet has reported that the cost for repair is $500. Let me also add, this problem isn't in just my particular model and year, but newer models as well. This is huge safety problem being the operator of the vehicle doesn't know the speed of his vehicle.

Filed Dec 21, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · FL

My vehicle would stall out on me at any time for about 2 months it didn't matter what speed I was doing or where I was it would stall out so I would have to coast to the side of the road with no power steering and wait to crank the vehicle back up. Then december 23 2008 I was on my way home and it completely stopped I couldn't get it to crank battery was completely dead and it was at night on a highway. I took it to every dealer ship and every mechanic and noone could tell me what was wrong with it. Finally I looked online at recalls and found that there is a recall for the exact make and model of my vehicle but when I called gmc they told me that there was no recall for my vehicle so I went and paid out of my own pocket to fix this problem. This is a major problem that they have found but aren't doing anything about it for me I mean if they have the recall already for the same vehicle then why isn't my vehicle included?

Filed Aug 15, 2010 · Electrical · 65,000 miles · 00

My 2001 chevy with the 8100 engine would stall at speed and also at idle. The at-speed stall would restart on its own within 3 or 4 seconds. The at-idle stall would require some engine cranking but it would restart.(odometer reading was 105,000km)there is a recall for this engine (crank positioning sensor)however my VIN is outside of the recall. Dealer not sure what to do. I had them replace the sensor at my expense. This move resolved the stall problem. It has never stalled again. Question: why would my VIN not be included in the recall....same symptoms ...same solution as the recall !