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Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

16
Owner complaint records in our dataset
5
Years with records
2000–2004
Stored years

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 16 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

Complaints by year

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi5
60–100k mi5
100–150k mi3
1–30k mi1

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • October 16, 2014 · 99,000 miles

    Engine · Engine And Engine Cooling

    First incident: vehicle driven 100 miles and then shut off for about 6 hours. Started right up and moved about 100 yards and shut off for about 30 minutes. Tried to start it and wouldn't start. After about 15 minutes, it started and vehicle driven home without further problem. Second incident, vehicle stall while moving in city traffic (about 35 mph). Came to a stop at the bottom of a busy underpass near a major…

    ODI 10648322

    2001 records in this system

  • May 6, 2014 · 150,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Exhaust manifold bolts are broken off in block causing exhaust leaks and many other problems such as computer getting mixed signals, o2 sensor and will cause motor to go bad in time. *tr

    ODI 10587505

    2003 records in this system

  • December 1, 2011

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Exhaust manifold leak bolts have rusted and broke off. *tr

    ODI 10441366

    2001 records in this system

  • April 9, 2011 · 55,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    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

    ODI 10399200

    2002 records in this system

  • September 28, 2010 · 96,764 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel System, Diesel · Power Train · Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    Bought the truck in october of 2009, took to dealership on 12/17/2009 with complaints mileage of 96,764 of low engine power, hard to start truck,,,,glow plugs were bad corroded park neutral switch, corrosion on brake lines..paid $ 3,600 in repairs then around late september 9-28-2010truck died a fourway intersection...was almost hit by a car...towed to nearest service fleet source...found out injectors were…

    ODI 10360425

    2004 records in this system

  • March 11, 2010 · 43,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado 2500. The contact states he was driving at about 55mph on the highway when he noticed there was smoke coming from under the hood and threw the heater vents into his vehicle. The contact states he pulled his vehicle over into a parking lot and by the time he stepped out of his vehicle there was flames coming from under the hood. The contact also states the hood would…

    Fire reported

    ODI 10322888

    2004 records in this system

  • February 5, 2010 · 70,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    I have a 2001 chevrolet 2500 series truck with an 8.1 liter engine. I have experienced several engine stalls while driving. After a few minutes the engine would restart. Since the vehicle is off warranty and i do not have a local chevrolet dealer i had an independent auto repair shop attempt to diagnose the problem. The computer was not producing codes and diagnosis was not possible. After several attempts over a…

    ODI 10310634

    2001 records in this system

  • October 20, 2009 · 60,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Tl*the contact owns 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500. The contact was driving approximately 40 mph on normal road conditions. The engine stalled without warning. The vehicle restarted and resumed normal operation. The failure occurred intermittent. The vehicle is in the process of being taken to an authorized dealer for diagnostic testing. The failure mileage was 60,000.

    ODI 10304515

    2001 records in this system