Chevrolet Sierra 2001 - Engine and engine cooling - car safety information, failing parts, recalls, bulletins, complaints

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Item no.	Summary	Added
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
3232		10011692	Misfire at idle cold and possible p0171 and or p0174. *eh	01/28/2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM
3121A	01/01/2004	10009936	Exhaust vibration resonance or moan 99-05 full size trucks and utility vehicles with gen 3 v-8 engines. *tc	11/02/2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE
140801	08/14/2001	625280	Subject pertaining to detonation, hesitation, or sag on vehicles equipped with the six liter v-8 engine. *jg	11/19/2001
210801	08/21/2001	625136	Subject regarding a one-two shift shutter which may occur on light throttle acceleration. *jg	11/16/2001
111200	12/11/2000	617778	Some customers may complain that their full-size pickup trucks may be hard to start or intermittently does not start. *tt	04/11/2001
020201	02/02/2001	618278	This service message is in regards to excessive vibration / surging of the 6600 duramax engine. *tt	04/11/2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE - TURBO-CHARGER
010100	01/01/2000	617475	Some vehicles may exhibit heavy black smoke and loss of turbo boost power. *tt	03/15/2001

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
07/30/2008	12000
	Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet sierra. the contact has experienced difficulty starting the vehicle since 2002. the vehicle fails to provide an error code when it is diagnosed because the engine will start. recently, in july of 2008, the vehicle shut off and could not be restarted while stopped at a red light. the vehicle was taken to a repair shop and they replaced the crankshaft position sensor. the manufacturer stated that his vin was not included in nhtsa campaign id number 07v521000 (engine and engine cooling). the failure mileage was 12,000 and current mileage was 98,000.