2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Power Train Problems

BRAKE, FUEL, TRANSMISSION COOLER, AND POWER STEERING COOLER LINES BECAME VERY RUSTY AND EVENTUALLY LEAKED. MOST LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT THIS POINT, AND A FEW STILL NEED TO BE. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED IN SEPTEMBER 2005 WITH 72,010 MILES ON IT AND PROBLEM HAD ALREADY STARTED. FUEL LEVEL SENSOR HAS FAILED TWICE, AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT AGAIN. POWER WINDOW MOTORS ON BOTH SIDES HAVE EACH FAILED TWICE. TRUCK NOW HAS OVER 150,000 MILES, AND I'M ONLY REPORTING BECAUSE MANY OF THESE SAME TROUBLES APPEAR TO BE COMMON ON LATER MODEL CHEVY/GMC TRUCKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AT 55 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000 AND THE CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. UPDATED 08/27/13*LJ

BRAKE LINE FAILURE. ABS SYSTEM FAILURE. LIGHT FOR ABS AND BRAKE HAVE BEEN ON AND OFF SINCE ORIGINAL PURCHASE. DEALERS COULD NOT ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. NOTICED RUST ON BRAKE LINES THROUGHOUT. CURRENTLY ALL BRAKE LINES ARE COVERED IN RUST AND LEAKING JUST PRIOR TO THE ABS COMPONENTS ON DRIVER SIDE MIDDLE FRAME RAIL. BRAKE LINES ARE BRITTLE TO THE TOUCH. CURRENTLY THE BREAKING SYSTEM HAS NO PRESSURE. ALL FLUID HAS LEAKED FROM THE SYSTEM. SERVICE REQUESTED BY DEALER FOR NOISY AND LEAKING TRANSFER CASE. DEALER APPLIED GREASE TO THE DRIVE SHAFT. PROBLEM NOT RESOLVED. WHILE DRIVING IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, THE TRANSFER CASE EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. UNIT WAS EXTREMELY HOT AND THE GEARS WERE GROUND OUT. TO MY KNOWLEDGE GM IS AND WAS AWARE THAT THE TRANSFER CASE FLUID PUMPS WERE WEARING A HOLE IN THE CASE FROM THE INSIDE. NOW KNOW AS "PUMP RUB". DEALERS HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO...

1. BRAKE LINE (REAR) CORRODED AT PLASTIC RETAINING CLIP LOCATED APPROX HALFWAY TOWARD THE REAR AXLE, LOST BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS NO ACCIDENT 2. TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE CORRODED AT PLASTIC RETAINING CLIP, LEAKED FLUID, WAS REPAIRED WITHOUT CAUSING ANY OTHER DAMAGE WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF INCIDENT (1) ABOVE. 3. BRAKE LINE (FRONT LEFT) CORRODED AT PLASTIC RETAINING CLIP CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS AT 30 MPH, NO ACCIDENT, DATE OF OCCURRENCE 9/18/2012 MILEAGE 110K. *TR

TRUCK STALLED IN TRAFFIC IN DRIVE GEAR. WOULD NOT START WITHOUT A SHORT COOL DOWN PERIOD. THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED BY G.M. *TR

2001 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD 50,000 MILES HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES ARE EXCESSIVELY RUSTED AND HAVE FAILED I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE WHEELS. BRAKE LINES BROKE WHEN COMING TO A STOP. FRAME IS ALSO EXCESSIVELY RUSTED. IN NOVEMBER 2009 ALL ALLISON TRANSMISSION LINE WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE COOLER COIL. *TR

2001 CHEVROLET 2500HD 4X4 SILVERADO STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING. PLEASE SEE NHTSA ID 07V521000. I AM TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING IN MANY 6.0 TRUCKS AND A RECALL ONLY COVERS A SMALL PORTION. VERY DANGEROUS FOR A POPULAR WORK SERIES TRUCK. *TR