Chevrolet 2500hd w/ 8.1 liter engine, stalls and hesitates. The engine will usually restart but will stall again. I stalled in an intersection and was nearly struck by a ford mustang. Dealership diagnosis - crankshaft position sensor.
2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 engine complaints
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I have a 2002 chevy silverado 2500hd with a 8.1. Two months ago the truck just stalled while I was driving it and then immediately re-started. Since then there have been several occasions where the truck simply shuts off while I am driving. It has become progressively difficult to restart the engine. I stalled out in the middle of an intersection the other day and sat there for 2-3 minutes trying to start the truck. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to when or why this happens. My engine light has never been tripped by this problem. After reading the trouble codes and consulting with several mechanics we determined the problem to be the crank shaft position sensor. As I read through complaints on this website I notice this is a fairly common problem. It is also very dangerous. With the amount of complaints and the level of danger associated with this I would hope this would be recalled for the safety reasons.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. The contact stated that the crank position sensor failed while driving less than 55 MPH. The vehicle completely lost power and shut off. After a few minutes, the vehicle restarted. The dealer replaced the battery cable and stated that the failure was remedied. The following day, while driving 10 MPH, the failure recurred. The dealer performed a diagnostic and took the vehicle for a test drive. The vehicle failed again and the dealer stated that the crankshaft sensor was defective. They replaced the crankshaft position sensor. The failure mileage was 56,463 and current mileage was 64,000. Updated 10/16/08 *bf the consumer stated the 2002 models were recalled for this problem. Updated 10/21/08.
We own a 2002 chevrolet silverado ls 2500 hd with allison trans. & vortec 8100 8.1 liter v8 engine. The check-engine light was coming on, the engine ran rough, and sometimes stalled completely, usually after starting up from a stop. Our dealer replaced the crank sensor and we have had no problems since. However, we recently heard (and found information on your website) that 29 of 2001 chevy or gmc models had a recall for crank sensors (the federal safety agency #ea06016). Is an investigation under way for the 2002 models? Who do we need to contact?
Crankshaft position sensor is operating intermittently causing vehicle stalling during normal driving. This failure is so far random and may or may not occur each time the vehicle is driven. No ses light accompanies this failure. So far engine will restart after 10-15 seconds with key off. This failure seems similar to the federal safety agency campaign # 07v521000 addressing the same issue on the previous model year of this vehicle. This failure has been ongoing for the past several months and seems to be occurring more frequently lately.
2002 chevrolet silverado equipped with duramax diesel engine, fuel injector bodies cracked filling engine crank case with diesel fuel. I found the condition before any damage could occur. If this condition was not caught like I did, the fuel in the oil would over flow from the engine crank case and spray under the vehicle potentially causing a fire. Vehicle was taken to chevrolet dealership where the fuel injectors are being replaced by a special campaign. Dealer was reluctant to replace fuel injectors due to not meeting all conditions mandated by gm. Gm has extended warranty for this problem to 7 years or 200k miles, but has not done a recall. These fuel injectors have an extremely high failure rate and many leak fuel into the crank case which could be a potential fire hazard.
While driving under normal highway conditions, the engine has stalled three times in two weeks. This causes a loss of power steering and power brakes. At this point I have been able to safely pull off of the road, as it has not occurred during congested traffic. While searching the database I found similar failures of 2001 8.1l engines that were recalled to replace the crankshaft position sensor.
Vehicle stalls suddnly while driving. No definite pattern to the stalling. Stalls at least once a day. Has been occuring for about the last year to year and a half. Will pull over, wait anywhere between 5-20min and the vehicle wil start again.
Just regarding gm recall no. 06083 all 2001 silverado @500/3500 hd models with the 8.1l gas engines: all the crankshaft sensors are to be recalled in that year only when the problem exist in all 8.1l engines up to 2006. I had a 900 dollar bill from a dealership to try and fix this problem and then the problem wasn't even solved. I bought the part myself and installed it myself. I feel that all years should be recalled. This is a serious problem because the engine would fail while driving down the road a highway speeds. Thanks
2002 2500hd silverado with 8.1 engine. Two times it cranked with no start. Two other times it shut off at highway speeds with no warning of any kind. Changed the fuel pump and fuel filter. Finally changed the crank sensor. The sensor fixed the problem.
2002 chevrolet 2500hd w/ 8.1l gasoline engine: the failure of the crankshaft position sensor on these engines appears to be a very common problem. This sensor failed on my truck at only 30k miles! I know of two other '02 trucks w/ this engine that also had the sensor fail and many others have been discovered while doing research on this problem! The seriousness of the problem lies in the fact that the truck suddenly stops running for no reason and you lose all power for the brakes and steering. At times it will restart without any problems once you shift to neutral, but other times it may not restart for a day or more. This was a huge safety issue for me since I tow a 10k lbs. Fifth-wheel with the truck! My truck stopped running four times over the course of two weeks as a result of this problem. Everytime was while traveling in traffic, with only one of the times while being stopped at a light! My truck is no longer under warranty due to the time limit of 36 months expiring. To have such a part fail with only 30k miles on the engine is outrageous. One of the other trucks I know of had the sensor fail around 55k miles. Same problem, it would just stop in traffic or when pulling out of a light or stopped turn. Again, a huge safety issue!!! The costs to me to repair my truck follow: AC delco replacement crankshaft sensor - $69.26 tow charges to tow to joseph chevrolet, cincinnati, oh - $58.85 labor due to the original sensor breaking in the block! - $336.54 total cost to replace the sensor after only 30k miles! = $464.65 again, I have to repeat how large a safety issue this is on these trucks!!! The engine just stops for no reason at any time, highway, slow moving, stopped, etc. It may restart, but then again it may not for many hours! The trucks with these engines in them are generally towing large trailers behind them. This compounds the safety aspect of the problem.
8.1 liter engine noise. Also belt noise, belt has been replaced 3-times.
Chevy silverado 2500 hd w/ 6l engine-- problem with throttle sticking. Carbons up every two months around throttle valve and throttle sticks. Then takes excessive throttle pressure to try to move. ---is a serious safety issue when moving in tight quarters. Chevy has issued service modifications for 5.3l and 4.8l engines for same problem but has ignored the 6.0l. Cleaning the carbon works for only two months then problem recurs. Chevy should make a field fix like the other models before someone gets hurt.
I purchased a 2002 chevrolet hd2500 with a 8100 liter engine. I have now been told that this engine will use 1 quart of oil for each 1,000 miles driven. I believe that this is an excessive amount of oil to be used in a new vehicle. Has chevrolet done anything to correct this mistake. Is there a recall for this problem?
While driving the vehicle at 50mph engine will start loosing or gaining power. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. Ts
Loud hard knocking noise coming from engine at cold start up. Then after engine is warmed up after driving and deceleration you can still hear the knocking noise, just not as loud as at cold start. Taken to dealership, and advised chevrolet was aware of problem, and did not have a solution. Advised by dealer it would not hurt engine, but I disagree, the very hard knocking can not be good for the valves, or crankshaft, and has to be causing some sort damage within the engine itself.
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