2002 Chevrolet Suburban 1500: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 30, 2013 · Brakes, Engine · 131,589 miles · MI

Have 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500 4wd 5.3 engine a/t. Was driving 45 MPH when vehicle suddenly stalled out & lost all steering/brakes. 131,589 miles on odometer at time. Managed to coast vehicle onto shoulder, waited 2 minutes, started vehicle again, pulled out into busy traffic just to make it 2 blocks before stall out again. Repeated this process several more times before I found a gas station. Suspecting water in gas, added 1 bottle of gas line anti-freeze. Drove rest of way home without incident. Replaced fuel filter, pcv valve, air filter, spark plugs, and cleaned throttle body just to have stall out the very next day. No codes are displayed in message center in dash board. Stalls out randomly without a pattern. Wait 1-2 minutes then will start again.

Filed Apr 4, 2011 · Fuel system · 202,000 miles · GA

My 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500 has began to stall unexpectedly. It stalls when fuel tank is low and when tank is full. Lately, its been difficult to crank. I have a new battery, the alternator tested fine, I've had the fuel pump replaced twice and it still stalls.

Filed Jan 10, 2011 · Engine · 120,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall without warning when driving various speeds. The failure recurred over a span of several months until the check engine light illuminated and remained illuminated. The contact stated that he was able to restart the vehicle after each failure. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 120,000 and the current mileage was 121,988.

Filed Dec 23, 2010 · Engine · 114,346 miles · AE

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet suburban 1500 lt. While driving 35 MPH the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was driven onto the side of the road. He waited a few minutes and was able to restart the vehicle. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified. The failure mileage was 114,346.

Filed Sep 5, 2010 · Fuel system · 155,000 miles · CA

I have a 2002 chevy suburban. The truck started shutting off at any speed leaving me without power steering or power brakes. I changed the fuel filter the next day but problem still occurs. Then car stalled on highway and would not start again. Car started about 2 hours later and then cut out a block down the road. Started the car another 3 hours later and car was able to make it the 5 miles home. Fuel pump was replaced about 50k miles ago. Stall is a dangerous situation with no steering and little braking issue. With all of the internet feedback, and the 2000 and 2001 fuel issues with this model, chevy should do something about this.

Filed Aug 15, 2010 · Engine · 117,000 miles · AZ

While driving on the freeway my 2002 suburban with a 5.3l flex fuel equipped vehicle just would stall with out warning and cause me to lose all power steering and other item related to the engine running. I have to wait for the vehicle to cool down before being able to restart it. No code would show on the on board computer and after looking at other recalls it pointed to the crankshaft position sensor going bad. I am going to change it out in the morning. I have read others having this same issue in this year model and think chevy should do something about it.

Filed Apr 10, 2010 · Engine, Fuel system · 127,000 miles · NC

While traveling on busy street, our 2002 chevrolet suburban suddenly was without power. Pressing on accelerator did nothing and vehicle completely stalled when brake was applied. This left us attempting to navigate from busy street with our three kids in the car with no power steering or brakes! We were 140 miles from home and when we attempted to drive back home, this problem occurred again. This time on busy four lane road with lots of traffic. The vehicle stalled out again leaving us on side of busy road at on ramp location. This was not first time that this has occurred. We have had 5 other incidences with this vehicle. Gm is no help. They act like they have never had any reports of such problems, yet many can be found online. We had our vehicle towed to an independent repair center since the gm dealership repair shop was more interested in telling us that they couldn't fix it on that day but they did have a rental car service on lot. I hope that soon attention will be given to this obvious defect in this vehicle before someone is killed. But then again that is what it took for attention to be given to toyota problems. Please take action for this matter before lives are lost!!!!

Filed Dec 7, 2009 · Engine · 120,000 miles · NC

2002 chevrolet suburban 1500 loses acceleration power on highway. Vehicle does not respond to acceleration attempts. Once brake is applied vehicle completely stalls and has no power steering or brakes. This has occurred in highway driving at 70 MPH in heavy traffic areas. There is no consistency in occurrences. Happened august 2007 , and dec. 2007, sept. 2009 and november 2009. Check engine light does not come on. Can not be diagnosed on computer. Gm mechanics can not figure out problem unless it happens to them. Gm refers us to dealership for diagnosing and repairs under these conditions. Don't have the money to put in repairs that may or may not correct problem. Have found many complaints on internet detailing this problem but gm denies any knowledge of this problem. Noticed that 2001 chevy suburbans have had a recall of crankshaft position sensor and that symptoms are similar to my vehicle. This problem poses a tremendous life and death safety concern for me and my family especially when we are traveling in high traffic areas or in mountain areas.

Filed Jan 10, 2007 · Engine · 58,000 miles · GA

On multiple occasions my 2002 chevrolet suburban stalled while driving on the freeway. After several minutes the truck would restart. The chevy dealer said there was nothing they could do since they would not be able to duplicate the condition. It does not trigger a check engine signal. It usually happens after long periods of freeway driving with no warning. This is not a low fuel issue. I suspect it is a crank position sensor failing after researching the issue on the internet.

Filed Sep 5, 2006 · Fuel system · 54,400 miles · TX

2002 chevrolet surburban engine stalled while being driven at 70mph down freeway. Was able to get engine restarted while still rolling. No repair made yet, service technician said many possible causes and would be easier to diagnose if it would not start. Wife's 2000 model chev suburban had almost identical problem 01/21/2002.