Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | ||||||
| EA06016 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 09/14/2006 | 11/09/2007 | CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILURE - STALL | 07V521000 | |
| In a letter dated november 7, 2007, general motors (gm) reported to the office of defects investigation (odi) that it will conduct a safety recall (07v-521) to replace the crank position sensor (ckp) in approximately 12,000 model year (my) 2001 chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra vehicles equipped with 8.1 liter engines manufactured on or before november 15, 2000.according to gm, the ckp can fail intermittently or permanently.a permanent ckp failure would result in an engine stall without restart.an intermittent ckp failure could cause the service engine soon light to illuminate, the vehicle to run rough or the engine to stall but allows restart.as a remedy, an improved ckp will be installed in the subject vehicles.the recall campaign will start in december 2007. during the preliminary evaluation (pe06-016), and this ea investigation, gm and odi independently conducted detailed reviews of certain field data to understand the nature and rate of subject vehicle stalling due to ckp failures.gm and odi reviewed gm's warranty claims for the ckp with the objective of ascertaining an estimate of those claims representing an engine stall while driving.the ckp warranty claims without verbatim text were the largest segment of warranty claims.using those claims, gm surveyed vehicle owners to gather additional information to determine if the claim was associated with a stall while driving event.based on the survey, gm estimated that approximately 49% of all warranty repairs for the ckp involved a stall while driving.odi | ||||||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | ||||||
| EA06016 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 09/14/2006 | 11/09/2007 | CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILURE - STALL | 07V521000 | |
| In a letter dated november 7, 2007, general motors (gm) reported to the office of defects investigation (odi) that it will conduct a safety recall (07v-521) to replace the crank position sensor (ckp) in approximately 12,000 model year (my) 2001 chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra vehicles equipped with 8.1 liter engines manufactured on or before november 15, 2000.according to gm, the ckp can fail intermittently or permanently.a permanent ckp failure would result in an engine stall without restart.an intermittent ckp failure could cause the service engine soon light to illuminate, the vehicle to run rough or the engine to stall but allows restart.as a remedy, an improved ckp will be installed in the subject vehicles.the recall campaign will start in december 2007. during the preliminary evaluation (pe06-016), and this ea investigation, gm and odi independently conducted detailed reviews of certain field data to understand the nature and rate of subject vehicle stalling due to ckp failures.gm and odi reviewed gm's warranty claims for the ckp with the objective of ascertaining an estimate of those claims representing an engine stall while driving.the ckp warranty claims without verbatim text were the largest segment of warranty claims.using those claims, gm surveyed vehicle owners to gather additional information to determine if the claim was associated with a stall while driving event.based on the survey, gm estimated that approximately 49% of all warranty repairs for the ckp involved a stall while driving.odi | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 03/24/2006 | 81950 | ||
| We have a 2001 silverado 3500 that shut down in the middle of baltimore traffic back in 2006. we had to have it towed and paid $644.33 to have it fixed. it was the crank position sensor. we came to find out that there was a recall on this in some of the 2001's. but guess what, ours is no on the list! i asked the lady so who determines which of these model vins get to be on the recall and which ones will the consumer have to pay for. of course she responded that she was sorry for our inconvenience, but she could not help. is there any way to have our truck on the recall too and get a reimbursement? we truly love our truck and it has to go in for the ubs brake system too, but we found out it is not covered under that recall either. what gives? we are the ones with these two problems, but our doesn't count? please help. | |||
| 07/30/2009 | 111000 | 1 | |
| 2001 chevy silverado pick up 8.1liter. vehicle will shut down without any warnings. then will restart after slight cool down. happened on several different occasions. found recall notice no. 06083. called gm and was told my vin# doesn't match. how does gm knowingly let this happen just because not enough complaints have been issued for this batch of trucks when it has the same diagnoses as the others??? no more gm for me! *tr | |||
| 10/01/2008 | 62900 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 3500. while driving at any speed, the vehicle hesitates and the motor shuts off, and the power steering fails. the vehicle will restart after four or five attempts. the failure has occurred more than ten times. he took the vehicle to a mechanic and they performed diagnostic testing, which indicated that there were no failures with the vehicle because no error code was produced. the mechanic notified him of a recall for his model vehicle with identical failures; however, the nhtsa campaign id number was unable to be found in the nhtsa database. the vehicle has not yet been repaired. the failure mileage was 62,900 and current mileage was 63,148. updated 07/02/09. *lj | |||
| 03/24/2009 | 74000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 3500. while driving at various speeds, the vehicle constantly shuts off. sometimes it will restart immediately, but other times it takes longer to restart. when the failure occurs, the steering and brakes fail completely, which makes it difficult to control the vehicle. the manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in a recall due to the excessive mileage. the failure mileage was 74,000. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 11/28/2010 | 64000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 3500. while driving 65 mph the vehicle stalls. when it stalls he loses all power to the vehicle sometimes it will restart immeadiately and other times it will not restart. the dealer was called and informed him there are no recalls for this failure and to contact nhtsa. the manufacturer was call and informed him to contact nhtsa and there are no recalls. they offered no other assistance. the failure mileage was 64,000.-mw | |||
| 04/11/2010 | 47300 | ||
| I have a 2001 chevrolet silverado 3500 crew cab with dual wheels. several times recently the truck has lost power while driving at highway speeds. yesterday my wife was driving it, and it shut off while turning a corner in the center of exeter nh. it lost power steering and the truck went off the road onto the sidewalk by the town hall, narrowly missing pedestrians. i took it to a garage and found out it is being caused by the crank shaft position sensor they told me there was a dealer recall. i called the dealer and they said my vehicle isn't included. the nhtsa campaign # for the existing recall is 07v52100. | |||
| 02/17/2006 | 64934 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated that his vehicle would not start intermittently. within the last two years, the vehicle was towed to the dealer three times and driven to the dealer an additional three times for the same failure. the dealer notified him the first time the failure occurred and each time they replaced the glow plugs. the most recent repair lasted nine months, but the failure still persists. the failure mileage was 64,934. | |||