NHTSA Complaint #10285452 — 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500

THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE, THIS FAILURE MODE HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES, TWICE WHILE PULLING A 12,000 LBS. CAMPER AND THREE TIMES DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THE FAILURE, THE 8.1 L ENGINE SUDDENLY LOOSES ENGINE POWER AND STALLS AND WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY RESTART. AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO THE ENGINE HAS RESTARTED AND NORMAL TRAVEL RESUMED. HOW OFTEN IT OCCURS, SINCE JULY 24TH 2009 THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON FIVE OCCASIONS. . ITS CONSEQUENCES, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CRASHES BUT SEVERAL NEAR MISSES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILURES. THE DAY OF SEPTEMBER 17TH 2009 HAD TWO FAILURES. THE FIRST OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ALONG DIVIDED STATE ROUTE AT 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED BUT I WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC AND RESTART THE ENGINE AFTER THE COOL DOWN PERIOD. THERE WERE NO SES INDICATORS BEING SHOWN. THE SECOND ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MY WAY HOME. I WAS A TRAVELING ALONG STATE ROUTE 35 WHICH IS A DIVIDED HIGHWAY BUT HAS A GREAT DEAL OF TRAFFIC ON IT. THIS HIGHWAY ALSO HAS SEVERAL STOP LIGHTS IN THE AREA OF BEAVERCREEK OHIO. I HAD STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN I STARTED TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED. TRAFFIC BEHIND ME HAD STARTED TO ACCELERATE BUT SUDDENLY HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID HITTING MY STALLED VEHICLE. THE GROUP OF TRAFFIC THAT WAS BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO GET AROUND ME LEAVING ME SITTING DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH MY 4-WAY FLASHERS ON. FURTHER TRAFFIC WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND ALMOST REAR ENDED ME WHILE I WAS STALLED. I PUSHED THIS 6,700 LBS. 4X4 TRUCK OFF THE HIGHWAY MYSELF TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS NEARLY HIT A COUPLE OF TIME DURING THE PROCESS. AFTER A VERY LONG COOL DOWN PERIOD, THE ENGINE FINALLY RESTARTED. THIS TIME THERE WAS AN SES INDICATOR AND I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE TO AUTOZONE WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS THE 'CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR' FAILURE. WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE; AT THIS TIME NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE AND THE TRUCK IS NOT. *TR