2003 Chevrolet Silverado: engine stalls while driving

Filed Apr 20, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 227,792 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning and failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 227,792.

Filed Oct 8, 2014 · Engine · LA · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart, but the failure recurred on multiple occasions. On one occasion, another vehicle rear ended the contact's vehicle due to the failure. A police report was filed. The contact sustained neck and back injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Sep 22, 2014 · Engine · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that while driving at 10 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred several times and only when making a turn. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Sep 10, 2004 · Acceleration · 16,000 miles · PA

Veh has a constant pulsation while driving and also at higher speeds in cruise control and a few times felt like veh was going to stall while in cruise control .

Filed Aug 12, 2004 · Engine · 16,000 miles · GA

The engine sensor continued to stay on without warning . The consumer was concerned that the vehicle will stall while driving. The dealer replaced the fuel module seal, however the problem still continued. Please provide additional information. *jb

Filed Jun 28, 2004 · Electrical · 8,000 miles · TX

While driving at any speed dashboard lights warn the consumer of impending danger. A light would inform of reduce power and go out. Then, another light would warn of reduce brake power. Vehicle will not stall, but only have limited power. Dealer placed the vehicle on a diagnostic machine, and found a computer glitch. This problem occurred three times in two months.

Filed Jun 11, 2004 · Engine · FL

While driving at any speed vehicle stalled. Consumer restarted the vehicle and drove it to the dealer for inspection. However, mechanic could not duplicate the problem . *ak

Filed May 13, 2004 · Fuel system · 8,300 miles · NY

While driving to the doctor I heard a loud metal on metal clunk sound from transmission hump. Immediately following, vehicle started missing like it was out of gas and stalled. In approximately 2 seconds the fuel guage went from reading 1/4 tank to empty.*ak service dept informed us that the electronic float device located inside the fuel tank had failed. Upon further investigation they discovered that the reason it failed was due to the fact that gasoline destroys them. We can expect to experience this problem indefinately because gm has no replacement part that works . The dealer informed us that gm is aware of this problem and that all pick up trucks made by gm have this part and will experience this problem at some point in time. In other words, you have no accurate fuel guage and should keep your truck as full of gas as possible at all times.

Filed May 11, 2004 · Engine · CA

While driving 65 MPH the vehicle stalled without warning. This caused a lost of steering and brakes. The vehicle had been inspected three times and could not be reproduced. *ak the first problem occurred when the consumer was traveling at 75 MPH down a slope when the vehicle lost all power (engine, brake, and steering) the consumer would have to turn the switch four times in order for the engine to start. The problem repeated itself two more times with similar instances. *sc

Filed Jan 27, 2004 · Fuel system · 10,266 miles · CA

Fuel pump failure. With only 10266 miles on odometer, the fuel pump failed causing the vehicle to stall in heavy highway traffic. We were nearly hit by other vehicles numerous times before making it to a shoulder.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Engine · 13,148 miles · ME

First time:main computer failed. Second time:stalling, running rough, boggs down and makes loud noise,mis-fire in #5 & #6 cilander.A/C not working.not fixed. Third time: everything same as second time and engine light now coming on.not fixed. Fourth time:all lights on dash come on and all messages appearing on message board.not fixed. After computer changed truck preformed unsatisfactory and is still unsatisfactory. All having to do with computer. Told it is a random problem that is hard to detect and may not ever be fixed.