2001 GMC Sierra 2500 Engine Problems

“The engine died on me in a parking lot and wouldn't restart for about 15-20 minutes. The second incidence was the same. The third incident, it stopped on me as I was coming off an exit to get on the highway. I had just reached 50 MPH when it cut out. It would not restart for 15-20 minutes. The next and final event before reaching a resolution to the problem...the truck cut out as I was on an extremely dangerous and busy section of highway doing 60 MPH. I thank god it was a straight stretch or something fatal could have occured. …”

“Engine stalled after pulling out onto highway then restarted, engine stalled at stop light restarted 5 minutes later , engine stalled immediately after starting then started two minutes later. Gm recall #06083 crankshaft position sensor from dec. 11, 2007 needs to be expanded to include more or maybe all 2001s with 8.1l v8 not just the VIN # that are listed.”

“Vehicle stalls and shuts off while driving and idle. Sometimes it starts back up immediately, other times it will just crank over but will not start. After letting it sit sometimes 5 to 20 minutes at a time it will then start back up. All research and issues with the vehicle indicate a manufacturer recall of a crankshaft position sensor. The vehicle will stall or shut off at random whether it's in motion down the highway in the middle of a intersection or at a stop sign . …”

“Truck just shuts down while driving, coast to safest pull over, turn key off, sit and wait a minute, sometimes longer, try to start engine, usually starts, sometimes longer waits. Other then the apparent safety possibilities, didn't think much about it. Well, this would happen every once & awhile. For over a year now, last 3 months with increasing occurrences. Truck out of warranty, so I have it serviced locally, dave cote automotive, a GM trained technician with 30 years experience, problem diagnosed, crankshaft position sensor at the rear of the 8.1 l engine. …”

“The contact owns a 2001 Gmc SIERRA 2500. While driving various speeds, the engine suddenly lost compression and the vehicle failed to accelerate properly. The vehicle was taken to courtesy cadillac (1345 evangeline thruway, broussard, la) where it was diagnosed that one or more fuel injectors were faulty and remained open. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The contact indicated that all eight fuel injectors were previously replaced approximately five years; however, but the failure recently recurred. The failure mileage was 200,000.”