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

Mileage: 90,000

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

Mileage: 78,000

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 REPAIR AND OR REPLACE AND FAILED TO ACT TO RESOLVE THE KNOWN DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

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

Mileage: 107,895

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

Mileage: 60,000

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

Mileage: 47,000

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

I WAS DRIVING UP AN UNPAVED HILL THAT WAS SLIPPERY FROM SNOW BUT HAD BEEN PLOWED. IT WAS NIGHT TIME AND THE HILL IS STEEP WITH LOTS OF SHARP CURVES. ON MY WAY UP I NOTICED MY STEERING BECAME STIFF. I CAME TO A POINT WHERE I WAS NOT MAKING ANY MORE FORWARD PROGRESS AND HAD TO STOP.(MY TIRES ARE NOT THE BEST) WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES I THEN REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE ANY. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE BEFORE I STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS TO FAST AND SAFELY MANEUVER BACK DOWN THE HILL BACKWARDS WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. I FEEL THIS SHOULD FALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V005000. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

DRIVING 2001 CHEV 2500 (HEAVY DUTY) ALLISON TRANS WHEN STARTED TO VIBRATE. TOOK TO SHOP AND REAR HOUSING ON TRANNY CRACKED ALL THE WAY AROUND. $1,200.00 REPAIR BILL. *TR

A 2001 CHEVROLET 2500K HD WITH ALLISON 1000 TRANSMISSION WOULD SLOW DOWN AND EVENTUALLY STOP IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON ANY HIGHWAY. STARTING DATE OF THOSE INCIDENTS WAS IN APRIL 2001. IN WARRANTY THERE WERE SEVERAL SCARY SITUATIONS, BY WHERE WE HAD BEEN PULLING AN RV ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. ONLY LUCK AND SOME EXPERIENCE SAVED US FROM DISASTER. *AK

Mileage: 26,494

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET 2500 HD. THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED AND VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE REAR EXTENSION HOUSING OF THE TRANSMISSION HAD A CRACK AND LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID. GM STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE TRANSMISSION AN ALLISON 1000 FOR A DIESEL ENGINE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 78000. *AK

Mileage: 78,000

I OWN A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 2500HD. I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND BECOMING NEUTRAL WHEN STOPPING AFTER A HOT SOAK OR CITY DRIVING. AFTER A DELAY IT WILL RE-ENGAGE, OR IF YOU GAS IT A LITTLE IT WILL CLUNK INTO GEAR. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME ALL ALONG THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. HE COULDN'T "DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM." NOW AT 75,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF TO AN OBVIOUS STATE OF CRAP. DURING A RECENT DAY OF ERRANDS IN 100+ DEGREE DAY, THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AT EVERY RED LIGHT. UNACCEPTABLE. *NM

Mileage: 15,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, DRIVING 5 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED. THIS CAUSED AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. UPON INSPECTION THE SPEED SENSOR HUB WAS CORRODED DUE TO ROAD SALT AND WAS REPLACED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE SERVICE BRAKES, ANTI-LOCK. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE ROTORS AND BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE ROTORS RUSTING FROM THE INSIDE. THE ROTORS COULD NOT BE TURNED BECAUSE THEY WERE HEAVILY RUSTED. THE LEFT POWER WINDOW FAILED, THE MANUFACTURER USED A STEEL CABLE FOR THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO SEEP IN WHICH CAUSED CORROSION. THE LEFT REAR OUTSIDE AXLE WAS LEAKING. THE A/C IDLER PULLEY AND TENSIONER WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. THE RIGHT POWER WINDOW FAILED. THE TIRES WERE CRACKING ALONG THE EDGES CLOSE TO THE RIM. GREASE LEAKED OUT FROM THE CV JOINT. THE REAR OIL SEAL WAS LEAKING. THE RIMS WERE DELAMINATING. THE CD WOULD NOT EJECT FROM THE PLAYER. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED, THE PASSENGER WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS LOOSE, THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE ACCELERATOR WOULD STICK SOMETIMES AND THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS BROKEN. UPDATED 07/10/06. *JB

Mileage: 75,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, DRIVING 5 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED. THIS CAUSED AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. UPON INSPECTION THE SPEED SENSOR HUB WAS CORRODED DUE TO ROAD SALT AND WAS REPLACED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE SERVICE BRAKES, ANTI-LOCK. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE ROTORS AND BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE ROTORS RUSTING FROM THE INSIDE. THE ROTORS COULD NOT BE TURNED BECAUSE THEY WERE HEAVILY RUSTED. THE LEFT POWER WINDOW FAILED, THE MANUFACTURER USED A STEEL CABLE FOR THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO SEEP IN WHICH CAUSED CORROSION. THE LEFT REAR OUTSIDE AXLE WAS LEAKING. THE A/C IDLER PULLEY AND TENSIONER WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. THE RIGHT POWER WINDOW FAILED. THE TIRES WERE CRACKING ALONG THE EDGES CLOSE TO THE RIM. GREASE LEAKED OUT FROM THE CV JOINT. THE REAR OIL SEAL WAS LEAKING. THE RIMS WERE DELAMINATING. THE CD WOULD NOT EJECT FROM THE PLAYER. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED, THE PASSENGER WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS LOOSE, THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE ACCELERATOR WOULD STICK SOMETIMES AND THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS BROKEN. UPDATED 07/10/06. *JB

Mileage: 75,000

AXLE NUT CAME LOOSE ON RIGHT FRONT OF MY 2001 CHEVY 2500 HD SEVERELY AFFECTED HANDLING, WHEEL COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF, REPLACED WHEEL BEARING AND AXLE NUT. *JB

Mileage: 88,000

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. I HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET 2500 HD WITH 44,000 MILES ON IT, AND JUST HAD TO HAVE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED FOR THE SAME REASON, A BROKEN SHAFT. MY DAUGHTER BACKED IT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, AND WITH NO WARNING, LOST STEERING AND BRAKES, AND ALMOST HIT THE TELEPHONE POLE ACROSS THE STREET. I HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT TRUCK SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, BROKEN ROCKER ARM IN THE ENGINE, WINDSHIELD WIPERS BREAKING, HORN BLOWING FUSES, U-JOINT HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 44,000

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. I HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET 2500 HD WITH 44,000 MILES ON IT, AND JUST HAD TO HAVE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED FOR THE SAME REASON, A BROKEN SHAFT. MY DAUGHTER BACKED IT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, AND WITH NO WARNING, LOST STEERING AND BRAKES, AND ALMOST HIT THE TELEPHONE POLE ACROSS THE STREET. I HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT TRUCK SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, BROKEN ROCKER ARM IN THE ENGINE, WINDSHIELD WIPERS BREAKING, HORN BLOWING FUSES, U-JOINT HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 44,000

2001 CHEVROLET 2500HD TRUCK: IN MAY OF 2002 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING AT THE FRONT SEAL BECAUSE OF THE CONVERTER BOLTS BEING LOOSE. ON 1/28/04 THE REAR CASE BUSTED AND LEAKED OUT ALL THE FLUID AS WELL. GM DEALER SAYS DEFECTIVE CASE. ALLISON TRANSMISSION SAYS THAT GM HAS A VIBRATION IN THE DRIVETRAIN OF THESE TRUCKS THAT CAUSES THEIR TRANSMISSION TO BREAK. WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? ANY SUGGESTIONS? *JB

CONSUMER STATES GEARSHIFT WILL NOT DISENGAGE; CAUSING THE GEARSHIFT TO FAIL. *AK

HAVE ITERMITENT NEUTRAL/SLIPING FROM STOP AT OPERATING TEMP DEALER SAYS EVERY THING IS OK WORRIED ABOUT SAFTEY OF THIS PROBLEM HAVE NOT TOWED WITH THIS TRUCK AFRAIED TO DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING TRUCK OUT OF TOWN

Mileage: 10,000

REAR END NOISE CLUNK/BANG IN OFF HIWAY USE DEALER STATES OPERATES AS DESIGNED TAKEN TRUCK IN 3 TIMES NO RESOLVE CONCERNED WITH RELIABILTY

Mileage: 9,000