1997 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Fuel system Problems

“I own a 1997 silverado 6.5 diesel engine, w/279k miles, truck was running ok but the last few months engine stalling and stop without reason, took it to a repair center, diagnose with fuel injection pump failure, diesel dealer explained this is a well known defect, fuel injection pump has an electronic component (pmd) located on the side of the pump when engine gets hot sent failure signal to the main computer. …”

“1997 Chevrolet 6.5 turbo diesel pickup. Had failure of the electronic injection pump. This caused the truck to unexpectedly shut down at various points of a trip. Chevrolet has a recall, but has mileage and year limitations. Common problem and Chevrolet would not cover because my vehicle had 132,000 mi and recall was something like 10yr/120,000.”

“1997 k 2500 truck problem with engine stalling and surging will stall at high speeds and with hydro boost there are only 10 % braking power this has happened many times with each time a failure of a pmd box on engine that the dealer says is a major problem since 1994 I have had replaced 4 times with the result the same a dangerously close call when the vehicle surges in to traffic or the brakes fail when the engine stalls after looking the dealer was pushed buy extended the warranty on the oem part but nothing has been done to repair the risk of driving after I leave the dealer and a failure…”

“I own two 1997 chevy diesel vehicles. One in a ck3500 and the other is a k2500 suburban, both are currently not running. They both are demonstrating the same problem. The certified GM dealers are telling us that the problem is the fuel injection pump and they are covered by warranty. The problem is they are stating that the injector is ruined due to the fuel pump and filter. In turn I'm to pay for replacing the fuel pump, fuel filter, fuel tank, electrical filter harness and have the injection cleaned. All total $1354.84. This is currently on the suburban only. …”

“At 40,000 miles fuel gauge stopped operating, unable to determine amount of fuel in tank; dealer notified, and informed consumer that the part was out of its warranty, and not covered under a recall. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.”