NHTSA Complaint #898723 — 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

VEHICLE WILL STALL USAUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF, AFTER COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE COULD BE TURNED BACK ON, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK ON 10-20-01, THE VEHICLES ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT RUNNING 3 TIMES WHILE CRUISING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL WITH NO FAILED MESSAGES, AFTER COASTING TO A STOP, THE ENGINE RESTARTED OK EACH TIME. ON 10-22-01 THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY CHECKED BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR EXISTING OR PREVIOUS FAULTS, PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. ON 11-03-01 THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN OCCURRED 3 TIMES. ON 11-06-01, THE DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT LEAKING COOLANT TANK WAS ALLOWING COOLANT TO FOLLOW WIRING HARNESS INTO THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ON THE DRIVERTRAIN COMPUTER UNIT, CAUSING INTERMITTANT FUEL INJECTION OPERATION. REPAIRS WERE MADE, PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED.*YD