2001 GMC SIERRA Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems
5 NHTSA complaints on file
Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Issues in the 2001 GMC SIERRA
5 engine and engine coolingenginegasoline complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2001 GMC SIERRA. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 1 resulted in injury.
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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Complaints
ENGINE KNOCKS WHEN STARTING COLD AND WHEN PULLING A TRAILER OR UNDER A LOAD. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT ALL THE 5.3 LITER ENGINES WILL EVENTUALLY DO IT. ALSO SAID THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I THEN CALLED GENERAL MOTORS AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A CARBON BUILD UP. SO THEY HAD THE DEALER DO A DECARBONASATION WHICH REMOVES THE CARBON BUILD UP. WHEN IT WAS FINISHED, IT WAS WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE THEY WORKED ON IT. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS BACK AND THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PISTONS ARE SMALLER THAN NORMAL AND THAT THEY ARE SLAPPING AROUND IN THE CYLINDER WALLS CAUSING THE KNOCKING NOISE, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT DOING ANY DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR. THEY OFFERED ME AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE DRIVE TRAIN...
FRONT CRASH AT 40 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED KNEE AND FACIAL INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $20000.00.*AK *JG
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EXTREME NOISE IN ENGINE FOR FIRST 20-30 SECONDS AT COLD STARTUP. REGIONAL FACTORY REP. STATES "PERFECTLY NORMAL" AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. NO FIX AT THIS TIME. *AK
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ENGINE KNOCK AT START UP FOR APPROX 10-30 SECONDS. *AK
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THE SAFTY DEFECT IS THAT THE ENGINE JUST QUITS AT ANY SPEED. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED TWO TIMES. ONCE AT 3793 MILES ON APRIL 5, 2001 AND THEN AGAIN AT 6340 MILES ON MAY 15, 2001. BOTH TIMES THE ENGINE BEGAN TO PING AND THEN JUST STOPPED RUNNING. BOTH SITUATIONS HAPPENED WHILE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A SHOULDER LANE ON THE HIGHWAYS. THE SAFETY PROBLEM IS IF THE TRUCK SHOULD STOP AT A LOCATION WHERE ROAD REPAIRS ARE IN PROGRESS AND THE SHOULDER LANES ARE BLOCKED BY CEMENT BARRIERS TO NOT ALLOW ME TO GET OFF OF THE HIGHWAY LANES WITH HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL, I DRIVE HWY 35 BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND DALLAS AND THE HIGHWAY IS ALLWAYS UNDER REPAIR, THE CEMENT BARRIERS ARE UP AND THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC IS THERE. THE...
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