2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500 Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TRUCK STALLS WHILE DRIVING THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. *TR

DRIVING 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 8.1 L AT VARIOUS TIMES AND SPEEDS AND ENGINE CUTS OUT. NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. PULLED OVER AND AFTER A MINUTE THE ENGINE WILL RESTART. RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER LIKE VEHICLES HAVE SAME PROBLEM (CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR). REPORTED PREVIOUS YEAR SAME ENGINE HAD RECALL FOR CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 8.1L ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF. THIS WAS HAPPENING 4 - 5 TIMES ON A DAILY BASIS DEPENDING ON HOW FAR I HAD TO DRIVE. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY SON IN THE TRUCK AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN LEAVING ME WITH LIMITED ABILITY TO SAFELY GET INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. THUS IS WHY I ENDED UP GETTING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHOM LATER REPLACED MY " CRANKSHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR ". THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON JUNE 13, 2009. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE ALL OF WHICH HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ( NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V521000 ), WITH THE SAME MOTOR THAT WAS...

4 TIMES NOW MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED WITH NO WARNING OR ANY INDICATION OF ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE I.E. WARNING CODES, LIGHTS, OR SYMBOLS. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PLENTY OF FUEL IN THE TANK. IT HAPPENED TO ME THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH AFTER FINISHING A CURVE IN THE ROAD. THE ENGINE DIED FOR ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS AND THEN IT RESTARTED BY ITSELF. THE OTHER DAY MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE COMING BACK FROM THE DR. AND I HAD JUST MADE A LEFT HAND TURN FROM ONE BUSY ROAD TO ANOTHER AND IT COMPLETELY STALLED ON ME. I HAD TO STOP IN AFTERNOON TRAFFIC AND AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE AND COMPLETELY TURNING THE KEY OFF AND PUTTING IT INTO PARK IT FINALLY STARTED. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE WRITER AT QUALITY CHEVY AND HE TOLD ME THAT MANY OF THE SAME TRUCKS...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER WAITING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE VEHICLE WOULD EVENTUALLY RESTART. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS, THE BATTERY DRAINS SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY ERROR CODES OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000. UPDATED 02/10/09. *LJ UPDATED 02/11/09. *JB

EARLY 2002 AVALANCHE 2500 WITH 8.1 LITER ENGINE 62K MILES. NOTICED VERY INTERMITTENT MISSING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OCCASIONALLY. ENGINE DIED ON FREEWAY AND IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED . 2ND TIME ENGINE DIED AND WOULDN'T RESTART FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO COAST ACROSS TRAFFIC TO A SHOULDER WITH NO STEERING OR BRAKES ASSIST. INVESTIGATED SIMILAR PROBLEM ON INTERNET AND FIX FOR OTHERS WAS CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

INTERMITTENT SUDDEN STALL. AT SPEED AND/OR WHEN IDLING. CAUSES OF BREAKING AND STEERING. CAUSES BREAKDOWN IN TRAFFIC LANES OF FREEWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. ON 20 OCCURRENCES WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, IT IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS REPLACED, YET THE FAILURE STILL EXISTS. ODI NUMBER PE06016 WAS ISSUED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 41,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,600. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF

ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IN SNOWY CONDITIONS ON 2 LANE PORTION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. BY THE TIME I COASTED TO A STOP WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES I WAS ON AN OVERPASS WITH NOWHERE TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC, SO ENDED UP BLOCKING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES. OBD II CODE READER SHOWED NO CODE ERRORS. REPLACED FUEL FILTER. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. AFTER CHECKING NHTSA SITE AS WELL AS OTHERS ON THE INTERNET FOUND IT MIGHT BE THE CKP (CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR). TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TOOL VERIFIED IT WAS THE CKP. QUOTED PART AND LABOR TO BE $300 - $500. SAVING UP MONEY FOR REPAIR. *NM