Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 06/28/2012 | 65870 | ||
| Wife was driving on the freeway in our suburban and the engine shut off without warning. she had to coast over 5 lanes of traffic and get into the emergency lane. truck started after 4 attempts and worked fine for 2 more days. it then died 2 more times in one day without warning. it again started fine after 4 to 5 attempts. the crankshaft position sensor is defective and there was a recall of other 2001 models with the 8.1l but it did not include my sequence. this part is faulty and put my wifes life in danger. they should recall all 8.1l crankshaft sensors. this is a issue and there are tons of threads on message boards about this issue. | |||
| 09/27/2010 | 102000 | ||
| Wiper motor fail. 2001 suburban 6.0l v8. wiper motor fail. the wiper motor in my truck always fails. the last time it failed was september 27th 2010 during a heavy rain storm. to make a long story short i almost ran over a pedestrian, and ended up on the sidewalk. (technically that is a crash) the wiper motor just stopped while it was raining. last year during heavy snow the motor failed again. i had to pull over for an hour until the storm was over. not to mention numerous other times as well. this motor fails a lot i lost count. the events that lead up to the failed wiper motor are rain , snow, sleet, sometime the motor fails during a sunny day and no moisture in the air or failed just to clean your window. nothing has been done to correct the wiper motor failure because it | |||
| 04/05/2001 | 55052 | 1 | |
| 2001 chevy suburban 8.1 when driving at all speeds just dies. starts back up 5-15mins. really scary if your doing 75 mph in heavy traffic. i am 99% sure its the crankshaft sensor. gm has a recall on 2001 2500 hd trucks only!!!!i found out about the cranksensor from some people online who learned the hard way .with today times people cant afford to pay big bucks for little parts. gm needs to extend the recall to all 8.1 l regardless of year or make. i found a web site that some boat motors are doing the same thing 8.1 gm. cheap if you fix it before your out on a road trip. p.s. i heard about a opening on the hump but gm line welded it up. *tr | |||