2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

TWO EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ON A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD ROTTED AND SHEERED OFF AND ONE OTHER DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AS RUSTED AND JUST BROKE OFF AT THE HEAD OF THE BOLT. THIS BOLT FAILURE COULD CAUSE MANY ISSUES, ONE BEING, POSSIBLE FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, OR CATALYTIC FAILURE, O2 SENSOR ISSUES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON. *TR

AS MILLIONS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM MY 2002 CHEVY 6.0LTR EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT HEADS ARE SNAPPING OFF AND BURNED THE GASKET OUT WHICH NOW FIRE SHOOTS OUT THE GAP AND THE EXHAUST IS NOW FILLING UP IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND TRAVELING INTO THE CAB. ALSO NOT TO MENTION THE EMISSIONS THAT ARE NOT BEING DISPLACED PROPERLY AND THAT IT IS RUINING MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER. NOT ONLY DOES THIS POSE A HUGE FIRE RISK THE FLAME THAT SHOOTS OUT IS DIRECTED RIGHT AT THE ENGINE COOLANT SENSOR AND IS BURNING IT, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE HAS SWEPT THIS PROBLEM UNDER THE RUG IT'S TIME TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. DO IT NOW !!!!!!!! DEMAND A RECALL!!!!!!! DO IT NOW!!!!!!! *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE SRS WARNING INDICATOR. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS PERFORMING ROUGHLY. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AFTER COOLING DOWN. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V52100 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS BEING REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE DIES OUT, AND QUITS RUNNING. IT THEN BECOMES HARD TO STEER AND STOP. IT TAKES ABOUT 2 TO 5 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING BACK UP, SOMETIMES MAYBE EVEN LONGER. IT DIES OUT ANY WHERE FROM 2 TO 3 TIMES A DAY, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG AND FAR I AM DRIVING. THE SPEED VARIES FROM 10 MPH UP TO 75 MPH. *TT

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD LT EXT. CAB LB7 DURAMAX 5 SPEED ALLISON TRANSMISSION, IT HAS 114000 MILES ON IT. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN SERVICED AS DIRECTED SINCE NEW. THE TRUCK STARTED USING LOTS OF FUEL, AT AN IDLE IT SERGED BETWEEN 700 & 900 RPM'S, AND OIL STARTED BLOWING OUT THE BLOWBY TUBE. I HAVE JUST FOUND OUT THAT 3 FUEL INJECTORS ARE LEAKING FUEL, WITH A POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET LEAK,FILLING MY CRANKCASE WITH DIESEL, CAUSING OIL TO BLOW OUT ALL OVER THE TRUCK, ROAD AND WHATEVER ELSE IT CAN LAND ON. WHILE INVESTIGATING WHAT TO DO, TO FIX THE TRUCK I'VE FOUND 3 OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW THAT HAVE DURAMAX'S, AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROBLEMS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A YEAR TO SAVE THE MONEY I NEED TO FIX THIS TRUCK. I'M EVEN GOING TO DO THE WORK MYSELF. IN MY OPINION...

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET 2500 HD WITH THE 8.1 (8100 VORTEC) ENGINE. I HAD BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING PERIODICALLY. IT BECAME A FREQUENT PROBLEM. I HAD THE VEHICLE SCANNED AT A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE WITH NO FAULT CODES SHOWING. I LEARNED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS AT FAULT BY DOING SOME ONLINE RESEARCH. I ALSO LEARNED THE SAME ENGINE HAD A RECALL IN 2001 AND NOT 2002 THE FACT THE VEHICLE STALLS DURING OPERATION IS A SERIOUS HAZARD . CHEVROLET NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND RECALL THESE VEHICLES . I CHANGED MY OWN , BUT CHEVROLET NEEDS TO FIX THIS FAST BEFORE SOMEONE DIES IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY ! *TR

2002 2500HD CHEVY SILVERADO STALLING FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS RANDOMLY. TAKEN TO HAVE FIXED CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM WITH COMPUTER SCAN. TRUCK STALLING ON THE HIGHWAY MANY TIMES. ONCE TRUCK STALLS, TURN OFF KEY, LET SET FOR 10 -15 SECONDS, RESTART. I GUESS THE SYSTEM RESETS ITSELF. THIS IS NOT SAFE. *TR

2002 2500HD SILVERADO WITH 8.1L GAS MOTOR STALLING RANDOMLY FOR TWO MONTHS NOW, AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS AT FAULT, WHICH THE DEALER TOLD ME THE 2001 8.1L HAS OPEN RECALL BUT NOT ON 2002!! LAST TIME I DROVE THE TRUCK I WAS NEARLY T-BONED DUE TO THE TRUCK DYING IN INTERSECTION. PLEASE EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM REPORT IT HERE! WE NEED A RECALL ON THIS CPS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES! I HAD DEALERSHIP FIX IT TO THE TUNE OF $400!!!!! CHEVY NEEDS TO OWN THIS PROBLEM! *TR

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD WITH 8.1L ENGINE. THE TRUCK HAS STARTED STALLING (ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN) WHILE I AM DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 7 OR 8 TIMES NOW. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR HOW FAST YOU MAY BE GOING. SO FAR, I HAVE REPLACED BATTERY, BATTERY CABLES, HAD THE FUEL LINES SERVICED, AND HAD THE FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR IS THE ISSUE AS IS ON MANY OF THESE TRUCKS. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2001 TRUCKS FOR THIS ISSUE BUT NOT ON THE 2002 TRUCKS FOR SOME REASON. COSTLY TO FIX THIS ISSUE. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 67,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

ON 01/10/2010 AT 2:45 A.M. WE WERE AWAKENED BY A PASSER BY WHO NOTICED OUR TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT IT HAD COMPLETELY DESTROYED OUR TRUCK, OUR CAR ,OUR GRANDSONS TRUCK AND $66,000.00 DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE WE WERE RENTING. WE LOST OUR VEHICLES AND 90% OF EVERYTHING WE OWN. IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE ENGINE BLOCK HEATER IN OUR 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GENERAL MOTORS. WE GAVE THEM ALL THE FIRE REPORTS FROM BOTH WEST VALLEY CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE REPORT AND PICTURES PROVIDED BY THE INVESTIGATOR. THEY DO NOT CLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FIRE AND WILL NOT COMPENSATE US FOR OUR LOSS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

CHEVY 2002 SILVERADO, WITH 8.1L ENGINE, STALLS WITHOUT WARNING RANDOMLY. FOUND PROBLEM CODE P0335 LOGGED ON DIAGNOSTIC ANALYZER (CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT A). CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR MODEL YEAR 2001, BUT NOT 2002. SCHEDULED FOR REPAIR THIS WEEK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SHUT OFF. AT TIMES, IT WOULD RUN VERY ROUGH BUT IT WOULD JUST SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. HE HAD TO SIT AND WAIT A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE HE COULD RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWELVE TIMES SINCE JULY 2009. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC SUSPECTED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR; THE MECHANIC COULD NOT PRODUCE ANY CODES AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVROLET 2500HD PICKUP WITH THE DURAMAX DIESEL ENGINE WITH JUST OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY, WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN, DARIK SMOKE WOULD COME FROM THE EXHAUST. IT NEVER DID THIS BEFORE SO I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $4500. I CONTACTED GMC, THEY SET UP A CASE FILE AND GOT BACK TO ME IN ABOUT A WEEK TO TELL ME THAT I WAS BEYOND THE 7 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY AND SO THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. THE FACT THAT IT ONLY HAD ABOUT 1/2 OF THE 200,000 MILES COVERED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DIDN'T SEEM TO COUNT FOR ANYTHING. ONE OF THE SELLING POINTS WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WAS THAT IT SHOULD LAST FOR 200K TO...

UPON STARTING MY 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH DURAMAX ENGINE TO MOVE IT BACKWARDS 40 FEET TO HOOKUP A TRAILER, I HAD NO APPARENT POWER ASSIST ON BRAKES OR STEERING. A SECOND ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND BACK UP RESULTED IN THE SAME RESULT, NO POWER ASSIST ON STEERING OR BRAKES. A THIRD ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE TRUCK PROVED SUCCESSFUL. THIS IS FIRST TIME THIS CONDITION HAS APPEARED ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

FUEL INJECTORS FAILED AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED. DUE TO PRIOR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 200K MILES / 7 YEARS. AT 8 YEARS AND 75,000 MILES MINE FAILED. GM REFUSES TO REPLACE / EXTEND WARRANTY. MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS REPORT SAME PROBLEM AND RECURRING. COST TO REPAIR...$5200. GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL PARTS, REIMBURSE CURRENT AND PRIOR REPAIRS. *TR

I CURRENTLY DRIVE A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD WITH AN 8.1L ENGINE. I'VE NOW TAKEN MY TRUCK INTO FOUR DIFFERENT MECHANICS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. MY TRUCK WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. I'VE HAD IT SHUT OFF AT STOPLIGHTS, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, DRIVING AROUND TOWN, AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN. OCCASIONALLY, IT WON'T EVEN START. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WANTS TO TURN OVER BUT TO NO AVAIL. AND WHEN IT STOPS, IT TAKES ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO FINALLY GET IT RESTARTED AND DRIVING AGAIN. OF COURSE, NO MECHANIC CAN EVER FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG SINCE IT WON'T ACT UP IN THE SHOP. I'VE HAD THEM TELL ME IT COULD BE A HOST OF THINGS FROM AIR PROBLEMS TO FUEL LINE PROBLEMS TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES. NO ONE CAN GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER. I'VE EVEN HAD ONE MECHANIC DROP MY FUEL TANK TO INSPECT THE PUMP TO SEE IF IT'S THE PROBLEM....

I HAVE THE 2002 SILVERADO 2500HD WITH THE 8.1L ENGINE AND I HAVE RANDOM STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR EVEN STANDING AT A STOP LIGHT. IT HAS JUST STARTED TO NOT START FROM A COLD START TOO. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS GIVING THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CODE AS DEFECTIVE. THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL ON SPECIFIC 8.1L FOR THE 2001 SILVERADO WITH THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD 4X5 8.1, I HAVE REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR A YEAR AGO AND NOW I AM GETTING THE ERROR CODE AGAIN STATING ITS IS BAD AGAIN. THIS IS NOT A CHEAP PART AND VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. *TR

CHEVROLET 2500HD W/ 8.1 LITER ENGINE, STALLS AND HESITATES. THE ENGINE WILL USUALLY RESTART BUT WILL STALL AGAIN. I STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION AND WAS NEARLY STRUCK BY A FORD MUSTANG. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS - CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILED WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY CABLE AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR A TEST DRIVE. THE VEHICLE FAILED AGAIN AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THEY REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,463 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000. UPDATED 10/16/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE 2002 MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. UPDATED 10/21/08. *JB

WE OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LS 2500 HD WITH ALLISON TRANS. & VORTEC 8100 8.1 LITER V8 ENGINE. THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON, THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH, AND SOMETIMES STALLED COMPLETELY, USUALLY AFTER STARTING UP FROM A STOP. OUR DEALER REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR AND WE HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE. HOWEVER, WE RECENTLY HEARD (AND FOUND INFORMATION ON YOUR WEBSITE) THAT 29 OF 2001 CHEVY OR GMC MODELS HAD A RECALL FOR CRANK SENSORS (NHTSA #EA06016). IS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY FOR THE 2002 MODELS? WHO DO WE NEED TO CONTACT? *TR

CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR IS OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING VEHICLE STALLING DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THIS FAILURE IS SO FAR RANDOM AND MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR EACH TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. NO SES LIGHT ACCOMPANIES THIS FAILURE. SO FAR ENGINE WILL RESTART AFTER 10-15 SECONDS WITH KEY OFF. THIS FAILURE SEEMS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 07V521000 ADDRESSING THE SAME ISSUE ON THE PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR OF THIS VEHICLE. THIS FAILURE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY LATELY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE HAS STALLED THREE TIMES IN TWO WEEKS. THIS CAUSES A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. AT THIS POINT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OFF OF THE ROAD, AS IT HAS NOT OCCURRED DURING CONGESTED TRAFFIC. WHILE SEARCHING THE DATABASE I FOUND SIMILAR FAILURES OF 2001 8.1L ENGINES THAT WERE RECALLED TO REPLACE THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

VEHICLE STALLS SUDDNLY WHILE DRIVING. NO DEFINITE PATTERN TO THE STALLING. STALLS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. HAS BEEN OCCURING FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR TO YEAR AND A HALF. WILL PULL OVER, WAIT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5-20MIN AND THE VEHICLE WIL START AGAIN. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET 2500HD W/ 8.1L GASOLINE ENGINE: THE FAILURE OF THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ON THESE ENGINES APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. THIS SENSOR FAILED ON MY TRUCK AT ONLY 30K MILES! I KNOW OF TWO OTHER '02 TRUCKS W/ THIS ENGINE THAT ALSO HAD THE SENSOR FAIL AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WHILE DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM! THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE TRUCK SUDDENLY STOPS RUNNING FOR NO REASON AND YOU LOSE ALL POWER FOR THE BRAKES AND STEERING. AT TIMES IT WILL RESTART WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS ONCE YOU SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, BUT OTHER TIMES IT MAY NOT RESTART FOR A DAY OR MORE. THIS WAS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME SINCE I TOW A 10K LBS. FIFTH-WHEEL WITH THE TRUCK! MY TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING FOUR TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF TWO WEEKS AS A RESULT OF THIS...