The contact owns a 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the engine light illuminated. There was an extremely loud knocking sound coming from the engine. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer and was diagnosed with a misfire in cylinder #2. There was no compression in cylinder #2. The vehicle was also experiencing catalytic convertor failure. The mechanic used a microscopic camera and determined that the cylinder wall and piston head were damaged. The contact was informed that the engine and turbo needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 30. The VIN was not available.
Chevrolet Silverado 2500 misfire problems
14 of the 4,101 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 describe misfire or rough idle, most of them for the 2001 model year.
- owner complaints
- 14
- worst model year
- 2001
- typical mileage
- 65,000
By model year
- 20251
- 20201
- 20191
- 20171
- 20161
- 20051
- 20042
- 20031
- 20015
Often reported together
Stalling 3Check engine light 3Loss of power 2Fuel pump 2Knocking 2Won't start 1Oil consumption 1Jerking 1
Trouble codes mentioned
U18A2 1U101E 1U02A3 1U029E 1U029D 1U0137 1U0076 1P20B9 1P204C 1P203C 1
What owners say
2017 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD LT 6.6L It all started on June 15, 2024 with a TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER (chafing wire that was grounding and shorting against the frame and bumper) resulted in a barrage of issues. Our truck being down over a month and throwing (so far) 16 codes just on the first 2 scanners. It has also taken out the TPMS too. U0137 Trailer Brake Control Module P1050 Reductant Level Sensor P11DB NOX SENOR 1 U0076 CONTROL MODULE COMMUNICATION POWERTRAIN SENSOR U101E LOST COMMUNICATIONS WITH DEDUCTANT CONTROL MODULE U029D LOST COMMUNICATIONS WITH NOX SENSOR 1 U029E LOST COMMUNICATIONS WITH NOX SENSOR 2 U02A3 LOST COMMUNICTIONS WITH PARTICULATE MATTER SENSOR U18A2 LOST COMMUNICATIONS WITH FUEL PUMP P203C REDUCTANT LEVEL SENSOR CIRCUIT LOW P204C REDUCTANT PRESSURE SENSOR CIRCUIT LOW U029E LOST COMMUNICATION WITH NOX SENSOR 2 P20B9 REDUCTANT HEATER 1 CONTROL CIRCUIT OPEN P0307 CYLENDER 7 MISFIRE P1488 TP MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT P0097 INSTAKE AIR TEMPORATURE (IAT) SENSOR 2 Upon having an advanced system scan there was an ADDITIONAL 128 CODES. Most of the codes referring to voltage to high and voltage to low. The entire truck is shutting down electrically and we can only assume that this will result in one of two options. First is that the vehicle will catch fire because of the system wide KNOWN WIRE CHAFING electrical issues. Second is that the vehicle is totaled / junked since Chevy will neither recall the KNOWN issues and is too busy changing customers for FRAUDULENT repairs that their vehicles do not need. Take for example P0307 which Chevy wanted $165 for the diagnostic fee and over $650 to replace cylinder 7 injector along with time for the repairs (over $1,000) for a $14 KNOWN wire connector issue that Chevy is performing fraudulently. Chevy CANNOT continue to lock the center information screen. That information is vital to our driving.
Vehicle lost power as a result of a bad shorted out connector on diesel injector 4 and caused engine misfires. Which resulted in the vehicle being under powered while driving down the road
The contact's husband owns a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated while her husband was driving 20 MPH and approaching a traffic light, the engine started to misfire. The contact's husband was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to the hotel where he was staying. The vehicle was then towed to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the CP4 high-pressure fuel pump had failed. The dealer also informed the contact that there were metal fragments inside the fuel lines and the fuel injectors. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.
On july 9 2020 at approximately 1900 enroute home from work, for reasons unknown, driver, (my 26 y/o son ) lost consciousness and subsequently lost control of vehicle (2019 chevrolet silverado 2500hd crew cab long bed 4x4) while in motion heading southwest on a 2 lane non divided local rural road. Vehicle crossed center lines and unoccupied oncoming lane and traveled off the road at 1022 tamarac rd, brunswick, ny and struck a group of trees dead center of front end shearing all trees off at impact. Driver became alert at first impact. Trees came to rest on roof of cab. ***there was some smokey powder but no air bags in the cab compartment deployed. *** a small burnt tear now exists in the headliner over the steering wheel that appears the air bag actuator may have misfired. Property owners/ residents where crash occurred compelled driver to exit vehicle due to unknown source of what appeared to be smoke. Property owners called 911. Driver walked to and was transported to hospital by ambulance. Driver suffered some internal bleeding and numerous contusions and abrasions from seatbelts and impact with steering column. Vehicle was undriveable and needed to be recovered and towed on flatbed truck from scene.
The crankshaft position sensor has failed the vehicle runs rough. The engine stalls, may re-start immediately or after a cool down period.
Engine runs rough at idle.ck engine light on.
While driving, the check engine light comes on and "reduced engine power" is illuminated on the dash. Stepping on the gas does nothing. The vehicle just coasts along and runs rough. I have to pull over and shut it off for a few seconds. Sometimes it doesn't clear the problem right away and needs to be restarted several times. There is no rhyme or reason as to when this happens. It happens almost every day, on busy expressways or on main roads and side roads. The gas pedal loses communication with the throttle body. This is nerve wracking when driving 65 MPH on the expressway and all of a sudden the vehicle wont respond to stepping on the gas pedal. Trying to get over several lanes to the side of the road is dangerous when there is no acceleration. It is also bad when on a busy, main road, the vehicle "acts up". I have to pull over, blocking traffic, until I can get it going again.
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.
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.
Related recalls
Engine
- What is wrong
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 4500, 5500 and 6500 vehicles and 2017-2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 vehicles and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 vehicles equipped with Duramax 6.6 liter diesel engines and an optional engine-block heater. The engine block heater cord or the terminals that connect the heater cord to the block heater may short circuit and fail.
- Risk
- A short-circuit may damage the engine components and increase the risk of fire.
- Remedy
- GM will contact owners, dealers will replace the engine block heater, free of charge. Additionally, in Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 vehicles, dealers will install a new rerouted heater cord. The recall began December 11, 2019. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1‑586‑596‑1733. GM's number for this recall is N182206310.
Recall number 19V328000 · Recall details
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The model years with the most reports are 2001 (5 complaints), 2004 (2 complaints) and 2003 (1 complaints).
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