2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 complaints

2001 CHEVROLET 2500HD. 8.1 LITER MOTOR, ALLISON TRANSMISSION. THE TRUCK HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS THAT THE DEALER IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND FIX. *LA -HARD STARTING WHEN HOT. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AND PARKED FOR 10 MINUTES, IT WILL NOT START. ENGINE TURNS OVER, BUT DOES NOT FIRE. AFTER AN ADDITIONAL 2-3 MINUTE WAIT, IT WILL EVENTUALLY START. THIS HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS. DEALER HAD THE TRUCK FOR 1 WEEK AND CLAIMS HE CAN NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THEY SUGGESTED REPLACING PARTS WITH NO GARANTEE OF THE FIX. -EXHAUST FAILING. THE EXHAUST WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO LOOSE BAFFLES. IT IS FAILING AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER AGAIN CLAIMS THE NOISE IS NORMAL. -EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. I HAD IT IN FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER CHANGED THE OIL AND HAD ME COME IN EVERY 500 MILES TO CHECK THE OIL LEVEL. IT USED 1 1/2 QUARTS IN 3,000 MILES. THIS IS NORMAL TO USE THIS MUCH OIL. HOW EVER I TOW A TRAILER AND PLOW SNOW WITH THIS VEHICLE. DURING THESE TIMES OF TOWING AND PLOWING, THE TRUCK USES 3-4 QUARTS OF OIL IN 3,000 MILES. THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS LEAKS. THE DEALER AGAIN CLAIMS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH THE LARGE MOTOR AND HEAVY DUTY TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TYPE OF WORK I EXPECT IT TO DO.

THE TRUCK KEPT DYING SO I TOOK IT IN TO A DEALERSHIP. HE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND TWO DAYS LATER IT WAS DYING AGAIN. THEY STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *LA

ENGINE KNOCKS ON STARTUP AND WHEN WARM, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THAT OF THE LIFTER. CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL. IT'S HARD TO THINK THAT GM WOULD MAKE A GAS ENGINE TO MAKE THIS KIND OF NOISE. THE NEW 6.0 DON'T MAKE THIS TYPE OF NOISE ON START UP. I FOUND OUT FROM THE DEALER THAT THE OLDER 6.0 HAVE MADE THIS KIND OF NOISE. GM PULLED THE ENGINES FOR INSPECTION. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM AND FIXED IT ON THE NEW MODELS AND WON'T FIX THE MISTAKE OF THE OLD ONES. *LA

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE REAR VIEW WINDOW DEVELOPED STREAKS THAT WERE VERY DISTRACTING. THE DRIVER SAID THE STREAKS WERE LETTING OFF FALSE IMAGES. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE LOST ALL OF THE TREAD. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, A SECOND TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOST ALL THE TREAD. THESE TWO OCCURRENCES CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FENDERS ON THE REAR AND ON SOME OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

I HAVE MY CHEVY 2500HD IN TO CHECK ALL 4 FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT OEM TIRES BECAUSE OF SIDEWALL SEPARATION CONCERN. I HAVE 26,000 MILES ON THESE TIRES AND ALL ARE CONSISTENT MAYBE BECAUSE OF RECOMMENDED TIRE ROTATIONS. I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS PROBLEM FOR A RESOLUTION AFTER THE VISIT TO THE DEALER TODAY.

ENGINE IDLE INCREASES TO 2000- 5300 RPM WHEN STOPPED OR SLOWING WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. IDLE SOMETIMES RETURNS TO NORMAL BY ITS SELF OR MAY REQUIRE SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING ENGINE. *NLM

TURCK ENGINE HAS A KNOCK THAT I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER AND GM THAT IT WAS SIMPLY A COLD START KNOCK. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD BY A PERSONAL FRIEND AT THE GM TECH CENTER THAT IT IS REALLY A PISTON SLAP, AND IS A RESULT OF THE PISTONS BEING TOO SMALL FOR THE BORE WHICH COULD LEAD TO ENGINE SEIZURE/FAILURE, AND THAT GM IS AWARE OF IT! THE TRUCK KNOCKS EVEN WHEN ENGINE IS WARM. I HAVE BEGGED FOR A REPAIR UNDER THE TRUCKS WARRANTY BUT HAVE BEEN DENIED. I AM CONCERNED THAT AT SOME POINT THE ENGINE COULD SEIZE AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND HARM TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. GM SEEMS TO THINK IF THEY PRETEND IT IS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM, AND IF THEY CROSS THEIR FINGERS THEY WILL SAVE MONEY AND AVOID A RECALL. THE DEALER INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND SO DOES GM BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME. AT ONE POINT GM WAS OFFERING TO EXTEND MY WARRANTY BUT RENIGD BECAUSE I WAS THE SECOND OWNER, EVEN THOUGH I PAID FOR THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BEFORE SOMEONE OWNING ONE OF THESE TRUCKS DOES HAVE THE ENGINE SIEZE AND INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE HURT! INCIDENT DATE IS APPROXIMATE AS I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES ON MANY DATES IN HOPES OF GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED BECAUSE THEY WANT ME TO GO AWAY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR FENDER.TIRE INFORMATION:FIRESTONE, STEELTEX R4S,R45/75R16, 28000 MILES ON TIRES. *AK ORIGINAL LEFT REAR

TIRE TREAD CAME OFF OF TIRE, DAMAGING RIGHT REAR FENDER. *AK

REAR PASSENGER TREAD DELAMINATED FROM TIRE WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEED LIMIT ON FREEWAY. VEHICLE PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY INFLATED...JUST THE TREAT HAD SEPERATED FROM TIRE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. HAD NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING IN ROADWAY TO CAUSE THIS EVENT.....LOOKED UP ROAD AND FOUND SAFER AND WIDER SPOT TO CHANGE TIRE....IN PROCESS OF SLOWLY APPROACHING OTHER AREA.....TIRE EXPLODED. TIRE WAS NOT AT HOT TEMPERATURE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A TIRE DEFECT.*AK

DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN MY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S FLIPPED THE TREAD OFF SEVERELY DAMAGING MY 2001 CHEVROLET TRUCK. I REPLACED ALL BUT THE TIRE THAT FAILED. *NLM

ENGINE USES OIL AND KNOCKS. *JB

FUEL BLEW INTO THE ENGINE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE.*JB

HAVE ITERMITENT NEUTRAL/SLIPING FROM STOP AT OPERATING TEMP DEALER SAYS EVERY THING IS OK WORRIED ABOUT SAFTEY OF THIS PROBLEM HAVE NOT TOWED WITH THIS TRUCK AFRAIED TO DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING TRUCK OUT OF TOWN

REAR END NOISE CLUNK/BANG IN OFF HIWAY USE DEALER STATES OPERATES AS DESIGNED TAKEN TRUCK IN 3 TIMES NO RESOLVE CONCERNED WITH RELIABILTY

ENGINE KNOCKS ON COLD START LASTSTED FEW SECONDS AFTER 1000MI NOW KNOCK FOR CLOSE TO A MINUTE CAN STILL HEAR AFTER ITS AT OPERATING TEMP DON'T THINK ITS SAFE

CONSUMER STATES WHEN SHIFT GEARS THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. TS

TIRE FAILURE OF FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE

THE VEHICLE OFTEN TIMES VIBRATES IN THE SPEED RANGE FROM 10 MPH TO 70 MPH. WITHIN THE TIMES THE VEHICLE IS VIBRATING IN THE SPEED RANGE OF 50-70, OCCASIONALLY THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP WITHIN THE LANE, ON THE ORDER OF QUARTER OR HALVES OF A FOOT. TOWING GENERALLY MINIMIZES THE VIBRATION; HOWEVER NOW, STEERING GETS MORE EMPHASIZED AND SLOPPY, WITH A LESS IN CONTROL FEELING. I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE DONE THEIR BEST TO MINIMIZE THE VIBRATION BY MAKING MINOR/SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE VEHICLE, YET THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I HAVE SUSPECTED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, FRONT SPRINGS, TIRES, AND SUSPENSION, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHAT COMPONENT OR COMBINATION OF COMPONENTS ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AT ANY SPEED. CONSUMER HAS TO PUMP ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN TO A STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER GOING TO 2 DEALERSHIPS WITH COMPLAINTS OF MY TRUCK "DYING"; WHICH THE FIRST COMPUTER READ-OUT SAID "ERRATIC FUEL PRESSURE" AND THE SECOND ONE SAYING "LARGE FUEL LEAK DETECTED" MY TRUCK FINALLY BROKE DOWN ON ME. THE MECHANIC WHO WORKED ON MY TRUCK WAS AN EMPLOY OF A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED ON DIESELS (PER THEIR WEBSITE) DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING WITHOUT A MANUAL, REPLACED A FUEL INJECTOR WHICH I WAS TOLD AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER MY 5YR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY THAT MY WARRANTY BOOK SAYS IT IS COVERED. IT TOOK HIM LONGER THAN NORMAL SINCE HE WASN'T CERTIFIED AND HAD NEVER WORKED ON ONE BEFORE AND THE WARRANTY SHOULD HAVE COVERED IT.*AK

TIRE BLEWOUT WITHIN SECONDS AND ENTIRE TREAD SEPARATED, LEADING TO THE TIRE'S TOTAL DISINTEGRATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED POWER STEERING AND THE POWER BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES AT ONE TIME. CONTACTED DEALER, INFORMED CONSUMER THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK

THERE WERE TWO TIRES THAT FAILED. THE FIRST FIRESTONE TIRE WAS A REPLACEMENT. IT WAS INSTALLED AT 3000 MILES. DA432T V611 B1C 2800. THE SECOND TIRE THAT FAILED WAS A FIRESTONE TIRE R4, LT245/75R16 E, DOT DA432TVN11B1CC07L3200. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED PRIOR TO FULL FAILURE. IT APPEARED TO BE A BROKEN BELT OR PARTIAL TREAD SEPARATION. *JG

A DESIGN FLAW IN PASSENGERS SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE PROPERPLY OUT OF IT.*AK *MJ

SINCE NEW THE VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED AN ENGINE KNOCK, I HAVE TALKED TO 4 OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, THE DEALER ADVISES THERE IS NO REPAIR AT THIS TIME! AND ADVISED ME THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE 6 AND 5.3 LITER ENGINES. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL REDUCE THE ENGINE LIFE AND I AM CONSERNED ABOUT THE MANUFACTURER STANCE OF "NO REPAIR AT THIS TIME" THANKS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRUCK SPUTTERS ON COLD STARTS, FOR FIRST 10 MINUTES OF USE,EVEN AFTER A LARGE WARM UP PERIOD. *AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP ON WET BLACKTOP, THE PRODIGY FAILED TO APPLY ADEQUATE POWER TO THE ELECTRIC TRAILER BRAKES CAUSING A SERIOUS REDUCTION IN OVERALL BRAKING. WHEN THE ANTI-SKID SYSTEM ACTIVATED THE PRODIGY FAILED TO SENSE ENOUGH DECELERATION TO FUNCTION ADEQUATELY. THIS TRUCK HAS A PRODIGY ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROLLER.

A PRODIGY ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL IS INSTALLED ON CONSUMERS VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES THAT ON RAIN SLICK ROADS, THE BRAKING IS SERIOUSLY REDUCED, THE PRODIGY IS NOT ABLE TO SEND A SIGNAL TO THE TWO AXLES ON THE TRAILER AS QUICKLY AS THE OTHER BRAKES ARE ACTIVATED, THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO GO THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. *SLC

UPON STARTING VEHICLE THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ENGINE PISTONS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

REPORTED A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WHEN YOU CRANK UP THE ENGINE SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT TRUCK. REPORTED PROBLEM TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE PISTONS ARE "SLAPPING" INSIDE THE CYLINDER WALLS DUE TO A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CHEVROLET ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT IT AND REPLACEMENT PISTONS WOULD BE AVAILABLE BY DECEMBER. ENGINE IS GETTING LOUDER BY THE DAY AND FOUND BROKEN METAL FRAGMENTS WHEN OIL WAS CHANGED . WAITING ON DEALER TO RESPOND TO THIS ISSUE AND REQUESTING ENGINE BE REPLACEMENT NOW.*AK

ENGINE HAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE SINCE DAY ONE. REPORTED PROBLEM TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PISTONS ARE "SLAPPING" INSIDE THE CYLINDER WALLS AND THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM FROM CHEVROLET. NEW PISTONS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 2001. CHANGED OIL AND FOUND METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE OIL THAT WERE STUCK TO THE MAGNETIC OIL BOLT. NOISE PROBLEM IS GETTING LOUDER EACH WEEK. DEALER REP CALLED AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO ME DIRECTLY. *AK

CONSUMER REALIZED VEHICLE HAD A GAS CONSUMPTION PROBLEM JUST ONE DAY AFTER PURCHASE, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). *SLC

A STEEL BELT BROKE OR SHIFTED WITHIN THE TIRE. NO BLOWOUT, OR LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. NOISE FROM TIRE & POOR HANDLING IN TURNS WAS NOTICED. THIS IS A GM OEM PART. 2/3 OF THE TREAD WAS WORN OFF AT TIME OF REPLACEMENT. (TIRESIZE: 24575R16E)

ALLISON TRANSMISSION FRONT SEAL POPS OUT FLUID POURS OUT ONTO EXHAUST PIPES HEAVY SMOKE FLUID COVERS UNDER SIDE OF VEHICLE *AK

CARBON BUILDUP. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES FOR WHAT THE DEALER SAYS IS CARBON BUILDUP. IT HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 2500 MILES. THE LAST TIME IN THE DEALER SAID CHEVY KNEW IT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PISTONS. THE NEW PISTONS WOULD BE OUT IN LATE 2001 OR EARLY 2002 AND TO KEEP DRIVING IT FOR NOW. I DID NOT PAY $ 35,000.00 TO HEAR A ENGINE KNOCK. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER.