The contact owns a 2001 chevrolet 2500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40mph the vehicle stalled. The failure has occurred approximately 15 times. No lights were illuminated during any of the failures. The vehicle will start when put in park and restarted. The vehicle was taken to a gm dealer and was informed that a recall was in effect, the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v521000, but the owners VIN is not included. The vehicle has been repaired at the owners expense. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000. The current mileage is 95,500. Rd
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Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500hd. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled without warning. On the third attempt, the vehicle restarted. The failure occurred on numerous occasions whether the vehicle was in motion or not. An authorized dealer informed him that the problem could not be diagnosed without an indicator light being illuminated. The vehicle was taken to several independent mechanics but it was verified that no diagnosis could be given without an indicator light. The current mileage is approximately 81,000. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000. Updated evoq 11/02/10
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500hd. While driving at approximate speeds of 50-60 MPH on normal road conditions, the engine stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle within a few moments and it was taken to an authorized dealer for further inspection. The dealer replaced the crankshaft position sensor at the owners expense. Although there was a recall on his model vehicle, there were no recalls for his specific year (the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v521000: engine and engine cooling). The contact confirmed that the failure he experienced was identical to the failures as described in the recall campaign. He stated that the failure would occur intermittently. The failure mileage was 75,000. Updated 05/11/10.*lj updated 06/25/10*lj updated 08/30/10
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.
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.
The events leading up to the failure, this failure mode has happened five times, twice while pulling a 12,000 lbs. Camper and three times during normal driving. The failure, the 8.1 l engine suddenly looses engine power and stalls and will not immediately restart. After a minute or two the engine has restarted and normal travel resumed. How often it occurs, since july 24th 2009 this failure has occurred on five occasions. . Its consequences, there have been no crashes but several near misses have been associated with the failures. The day of september 17th 2009 had two failures. The first occurred while traveling along divided state route at 65 MPH when the engine suddenly stalled but I was able to pull out of traffic and restart the engine after the cool down period. There were no ses indicators being shown. The second engine failure occurred on my way home. I was a traveling along state route 35 which is a divided highway but has a great deal of traffic on it. This highway also has several stop lights in the area of beavercreek ohio. I had stopped at a red light and when I started to accelerate the engine suddenly died. Traffic behind me had started to accelerate but suddenly had to take evasive action to avoid hitting my stalled vehicle. The group of traffic that was behind me was able to get around me leaving me sitting dead in the middle of the highway with my 4-way flashers on. Further traffic was not paying attention and almost rear ended me while I was stalled. I pushed this 6,700 lbs. 4x4 truck off the highway myself to the shoulder and was nearly hit a couple of time during the process. After a very long cool down period, the engine finally restarted. This time there was an ses indicator and I proceeded to drive to autozone where they said it was the 'crankshaft position sensor' failure. What was done to correct the failure; at this time nothing has been done to correct the failure and the truck is not.
The events leading up to the failure, this failure mode has happened five times, twice while pulling a 12,000 lbs. Camper and three times during normal driving. When hauling the camper the transmission was in the 'tow / haul' mode. The failure, the 8.1 l engine suddenly looses engine power and stalls and will not immediately restart. After a minute or two the engine has restarted and normal travel resumed. How often it occurs, since july 24th 2009 this failure has occurred on five occasions. The only common factor that I have been able to isolate is that the failures have all occurred within the first twenty minutes of driving. Its consequences, there have been no crashes but several near misses have been associated with the failures. On september 10th 2009, while traveling along a rural road and approaching a traffic signal the engine suddenly dies without warning. I was able to pull off the road and the engine restarted after a couple of minute cool down period. There were no service engine soon (ses) indicators being shown. I then began to search the internet and found this is a common failure mode with gm trucks that have the 8.1 l engine from this period and that a safety recall (07v521000) was done on certain VIN numbers to replace a defective oem crankshaft position sensor. What was done to correct the failure;, at this time nothing has been done to correct the failure and the truck is not being used. I feel that gm does not have containment of this failure and that additional VIN numbers including mine need to be added to the recall. From searching the internet, I have found several other failure occurrences outside the containment range. The old part is available and gm should replace the defect before an accident does occur causing injury, death, and/or litigation.
The events leading up to the failure, this failure mode has happened five times, twice while pulling a 12,000 lbs. Camper and three times during normal driving. When hauling the camper the transmission was in the 'tow / haul' mode. The failure, the 8.1 l engine suddenly looses engine power and stalls and will not immediately restart. After a minute or two the engine has restarted and normal travel resumed. How often it occurs, since july 24th 2009 this failure has occurred on five occasions. The only common factor that I have been able to isolate is that the failures have all occurred within the first twenty minutes of driving. Its consequences, there have been no crashes but several near misses have been associated with the failures. September 3rd 2009, once again I was pulling my 12,000 lbs. Camper along a state highway 202 in ohio when once again the engine suddenly stalled and I lost all power to the engine, power steering and hydraulic assisted brakes. We were going up a hill and traffic behind me had to suddenly take evasive action since I was no longer accelerating and was loosing speed at a rapid rate. Luckily, there was just enough shoulder width that allowed me to pull over within 300 feet. The engine restarted after a brief cool down period but again I had no idea at this time why the engine had died. There were no service engine soon (ses) indicators being shown. What was done to correct the failure; I.e, parts repaired or replaced (and if old part is available), at this time nothing has been done to correct the failure and the truck is not being used. I feel that gm does not have containment of this failure and that additional VIN numbers including mine need to be added to the recall. From searching the internet, I have found several other failure occurrences outside the containment range. The old part is available and gm should replace the defect before an accident does occur causing injury, death, and/or litigation.
The events leading up to the failure, this failure mode has happened five times, twice while pulling a 12,000 lbs. Camper and three times during normal driving. When hauling the camper the transmission was in the 'tow / haul' mode. The failure, the 8.1 l engine suddenly looses engine power and stalls and will not immediately restart. After a minute or two the engine has restarted and normal travel resumed. How often it occurs, since july 24th 2009 this failure has occurred on five occasions. The only common factor that I have been able to isolate is that the failures have all occurred within the first twenty minutes of driving. Its consequences, there have been no crashes but several near misses have been associated with the failures. On july 24th 2009, I had just merged into moderately heavy traffic on I-70 pulling a 12,000 lbs. 5th wheel camper and gaining speed when the engine suddenly without warning the engine stalled. Traffic following me which included semi trucks had to move to the center lane while I pulled over without power steering to the right shoulder to slow down. The engine restarted after a brief cool down period but I had no idea at this time why the engine had died. There were no service engine soon (ses) indicators being shown. What was done to correct the failure; I.e, parts repaired or replaced (and if old part is available), at this time nothing has been done to correct the failure and the truck is not being used. I feel that gm does not have containment of this failure and that additional VIN numbers including mine need to be added to the recall. From searching the internet, I have found several other failure occurrences outside the containment range. The old part is available and gm should replace the defect before an accident does occur causing injury, death, and/or litigation.
The bolt heads on the exhaust manifolds rust off, the manifold becomes loose and causes a leak that could 1 cause a fire or carbon monoxide poisoning..
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. The contact started the ignition and the vehicle misfired and exhibited extremely low rpms. On separate occasions, the engine stalled and hesitated. The failures occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and they stated that the crankshaft position sensor failed. The VIN was excluded from the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v521000 (engine and engine cooling), although the failures were identical. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 19,300 and the current mileage is 19,325. The consumer stated the code read a problem with the camshaft position sensor. Updated 08/14/09.
Pickup truck stalls at high speed. Engine dies, brakes and power steering loses complete power. This is a heavy duty truck (8.1l engine) and I was towing a trailer and loaded tractor down a steep hill. Lucky to come out alive. Dealer diagnosed as faulty crankcase position sensor. This apparently is a known problem with this truck/engine (the federal safety agency campaign id 07v521000) but apparently my VIN is not part of recall. Got news for the federal safety agency & gm: the problem has not been fixed and the extremely dangerous failure mode still exists. A truck with an 8.1l engine is more often than not towing something heavy (horses, trailer, boat, tractor, etc). Stalling at any time and anywhere makes for an extremely dangerous condition. Do a google search on the campaign id and you will see that this is not an isolated incident. Extend the recall to later VIN #'s and save some lives.
Crankshaft position sensor product safety recall #06083--2001 chevy silverado 8.1l v8 engine. I have the exact engine and truck, but my VIN is not included in the recall. I have a defective crankshaft position sensor that causes the truck to stall occasionally--even at highway speeds and while towing a large trailer. Chevrolet refuses to cover the repair under the recall.
My truck burns oil entirely too fast. I just changed my oil less than a week ago and my oil level light came on. It was probably 2 quarts low and I only put about 150 miles on it. This is unacceptable. I do have a lot of miles on my truck but everyone tells me this is normal. This has been going on since I purchased the vehicle. I don't know what else to do.
I have a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500hd with the 8.1l engine with an intermittent stalling problem as described by others. The engine will stall at various times, while driving, sitting at stop lights, etc. The problem has been an issue for several years. I noted the recall issued by gm, but my vehicles VIN was 5000 past the scope of the recall. The truck was built in november 2000 and delivered in mid-december 2000. I paid to have the crankcase sensor repaired and it appears to have resolved the problem. The pickup has just over 50,000 miles.
Same problem as ea06016. My 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500hd with the 8.1l gas engine experienced the intermittent stalling described in ea06016. It was built just after the recall date so gm would not do anything other than offer to charge me for the repair. The main safety problem is the software bug that doesn't record the bad crankshaft position sensor. The first 20 or so incidents were annoying. When the truck started shutting down while going down a 10% grade on a twisting mountain road it got scary. Luckily I wasn't pulling the 15000 pound trailer that I often pull. The problem only occurs at one particular engine temperature and it doesn't set a dtc. It took me three months of searching the web to find the problem. Gm was of no help diagnosing or fixing the problem even with the recall on the identical trucks that were built just prior to mine. My truck had the position sensor replaced in 2002 with the same design part as the original. The replaced part lasted till 2008. Searching the web shows that most of the 2000-2002 8.1l engines develop this problem at some point. Gm makes a lot of money selling unneeded parts and charging $85 to read non-existent dtcs. An 8.1l engine is meant to pull large loads. When the engine dies the truck loses power steering and brakes. My truck died at least 50 times before I was able to fix it. I wouldn't let my wife drive it because she would most likely have killed someone with it. It died going around the same corner 5 days in a row. Turning a 7000 pound truck without power steering is a bit of a challenge. I am a test engineer with 30 years of experience. Without the help of the internet this problem is nearly impossible to diagnose. Gm is of no help. The problem sets no codes and the vehicle runs fine if it warms up or cools down from the one temperature. I replaced my sensor and the vehicle now runs fine. There are thousands of more vehicles out there with the same problem. Hopefully you will re-open your investigation.
2001 chevy hd 2500 8.1 crankshaft sensor failure dealer says not covered on recall.
2001 silverado hd 8.1l engine 51,009 miles. Experiencing issues associated with the federal safety agency id # 07v521000. I have had it checked and the scanner shows a crankshaft position sensor failure. I took it to the dealer and was told that they will not fix it due to my VIN number being outside the recalled groups. Even though it is in the date range of the effected units. I did some research and found that my truck has the same exact part number of the item that is failing. This has caused me to almost be rear ended 3 times and several other times where it quits at highway speed or in an intersection and I loose good steering and braking control. The last time (last saturday) left me and my 2 children (4 and 7) walking in a snow storm with poor visibility and risking freezing temps and almost getting hit by other traffic. It will usually start again but then runs rough but sometimes I have to let it sit for an hour before it will start. Vic canever chevrolet in fenton mi is the dealer that said that they will not honor the recall due to VIN number not in their system as a recalled unit and the gm customer service hotline would not assist me either.
Possible event. My 2001 silverfish 2500 hd(8.1 l) is stalling and hard to start. My independent mechanic believes that it could be the crankshaft position sensor that has a recall. I contacted the chevy folks and they said that my VIN number is out side of the recall list for 2001 model. This is a real safety problem when truck stalls. 2001 chevrolet silverado recall id from the federal safety agency: 07v521000.
Vehicle stalls/stops running without any warning. At times it will restart by itself. Other times vehicle has to be manually restarted. This is a major problem when on the highway or in traffic, especially if you are towing a trailer etc. Had to replace crankshaft position sensor to correct problem.
Began having problems with starting the vehicle on occasion. That lead to losing complete power while at highway speeds (65 MPH) as well as losing complete power while at idle or slow speeds. The last time it happened the check engine light came on. It showed a code that indicated the crankshaft sensor was at fault. Truck was taken to dealership and this was confirmed, however the dealer informed me that the recall (07v521000) did not apply to my VIN even though it was a 2001 with an 8.1 l. I paid to have it fixed at a cost of $375.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500. While driving 65 MPH, the vehicle suddenly shut off. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and drive 3-4 miles before it shut off again. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the camshaft position sensor needed to be replaced. The contact did not notice any differences beforehand. The current and failure mileages were 60,000.
I have a 2001 chevrolet 2500hd 8.1l with 120k miles. Truck runs great but my engine will just shut off. While driving at any speed the engine will shut off then kick on again all by itself. When stopped at a light it will shut off and will not come back on unless I turn the key to start it again. Engine is the only thing that dies, stereo, headlights, etc all remain on and I don't get any service lights or messages on the dash when it happens. Sometimes if it feels as if it is going to die on me I can step on the gas pedal to prevent it from dying.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. While driving at any speed, the vehicle shuts off and has to be cooled in order to restart. The failure has occurred approximately twelve times while driving. The vehicle was taken to a dealer once, but there was no error code. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v521000 (engine and engine cooling). The current mileage was 98,000 and failure mileage was 95,000.
2001 chevrolet silverado 8.1 liter engine will intermittently stall in traffic. Service engine light is on and dealer diagnostics say it is a faulty crankshaft position sensor. There is already a recall out for this (gm recall 06083) or the federal safety agency campaign id # 07v521000, however, the dealership says that my VIN # is not covered. My vehicle is exhibiting the identical problems outlined in the recall, so the problem is obviously larger than the few VIN's that they are covering.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle intermittently stalls. The stalling rarely occurs at lower speeds. The dealer could not duplicate the failure, which occurred every four or five days. The contact was informed that his VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 01v258000 (engine and engine cooling). The current mileage was 135,000 and failure mileage was 110,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. The contact experienced intermittent losses of power with his vehicle. The failure occurred numerous times while driving at both low and high speeds, but was originally noticed at 60 MPH. There were no warning indicators prior to the vehicle losing power. Occasionally, the vehicle would shut down and immediately restart, but other times, it would take longer to do so. The dealer stated that the VIN was not included in the recall pertaining to this failure. The contact called the manufacturer's customer service line and was informed that there was no recall for this failure; however, he was also informed that his VIN was not included in the recall because his check engine warning light did not illuminate prior to the failure. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 121,000 and failure mileage was approximately 119,000. Updated 7/3/08
Over the past few months I have been experiencing my truck completely shutting down regardless of how fast or slow I'd be driving. Having to drive in busy rush hour traffic and through construction zones, it's my opinion that this is an extreme safety concern, not only for myself but others. My truck is at a mechanic's shop and the mechanic told me that there's a code in the computer module that indicates a "crankshaft positioning sensor and engine stall" and that general motors has a recall relating to this. When I called a local dealership, connell chevrolet in copperas cove, texas they told me that my vehicle wasn't included in the recall "because I couldn't honestly tell them that the 'service engine soon light' had came on; and that my truck wasn't running poorly (or a word to that affect). I also contacted general motors and they basically told me the same thing. I am having my truck repaired as I prepare this complaint and I honestly and sincerely hope that general motors includes the symptoms I've experienced and expand the recall, and that anyone who had work done by a mechanic other than at a dealership be reimbursed for the repairs. This problem has existed intermittently over the past few months, as mentioned above. The last incident date is indicated below:
My 2001 chevrolet silverado stalls while driving. There is no warning when this happens. I must bring the truck to a halt and try to restart. Sometimes it takes two or three tries before it starts. It seems to happen in warm weather.
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