2001 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Engine cooling Problems

“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!”

“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. …”

“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. …”

“I own a 2001 chevy silverado k3500 with the 6.0l engine. My vehicle has consumed oil from day one and this problem is getting worse. I traveled to ohio last month and used one quart in about 450 miles. This is outrageous. Now I must give you some background on myself. My previous vehicle was a 1995 gmc sierra k3500 with a 7.4l engine, both the 2001 and the 1995 I purchased new. I followed the manufacturer's directions on breaking in the vehicle in both cases. The 1995 vehicle never consumed oil, even at 145,000 miles. …”

“While driving, approximately 70 MPH, the truck shuts down completely. No power brakes no power steering, no power anything. After 5 to 10 seconds truck starts back up on its own, sometimes. Very dangerous when hauling a heavy load. This happened more than once, was intermittent and varied in frequency. I changed crank sensor and problem has not occurred. Gm dealerships where not very helpful.”