2001 Chevrolet Suburban Engine

CAR WILL DIE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, LEADING TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKING. 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN WITH 8.1L ENGINE. THIS SOUNDS THE SAME AS OPEN COMPLAINT NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE06016. *NM

MY 2001 SUBURBAN HAS STALLED IN TRAFFIC TWICE. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE BOTH TIMES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED TROUBLE STARTING THE CAR AS WELL. PROBLEM GOES AWAY IF THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STALLING IN TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE IS LARGE AND DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. IT IS ALSO VERY DANGEROUS TO BE STALLED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. *NM

WHILE MAKING A U-TURN THE VEHICLE STALL. CONDITION CAUSES LOSS OF POWER ASSIST AND POWER BRAKES. NO INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. *NM *TT

MY 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN 2500 LT HAS 52000 MILES IT IS BURNING OIL ON LONG TRIPS. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES FOR THIS. CHEVY DOES NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS NOT A RECALL AS OF NOW. THEY WANT MY PRIVATE WARRANTY TO PAY FOR THIS. I ALSO HAVE A FIFTY DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE THAT I MUST PAY. THERE IS A TSB ON THIS WHICH I HAVE A COPY OF. I ALSO THINK THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS A SLIGHT KNOCK. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A RECALL ON THE BRAKES FOR RUST CORROSION WHICH IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MY RECALL. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, I WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND IT WOULD JUST DIE. I WOULD LOSE ALL POWER . IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. LUCKILY I NEVER HAD ANYONE BEHIND ME OR THEY WOULD HAVE SLAMMED INTO ME. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR THIS TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE OIL FILTER SO I PICKED IT UP AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO MY FAMILY I WOULD SUE THEM WELL THE SECOND TIME THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE FUEL INJECTOR. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS TRUCK AND I ALSO FEEL CHEVY IS NOT BACKING THEIR TRUCK.*JB

WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED AFTER SITTING FOR AN 8 HOUR PERIOD THERE IS EXCESSIVE ENGINE LIFTER NOISE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WARMS UP, THE NOISE GOES AWAY. LOCAL GMC DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT HEAR THE NOISE. *AK

I OWN A 2001 SUBURBAN. THE TRUCK USES 1 QT OF MOTOR OIL TO EVERY 1000 MILES. THE DEALER IS FREDRICK CHEVROLET OF LEBANON, PA. THE GM SONG THEY SING IS THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR A 5.3 ENGINE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NORMAL. DOES GM HAVE A PROBLEM AND DON'T WANT TO OWN UP TO IT? WHAT ABOUT POLLUTION? *AK

I HAD A 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN WITH AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. IT USED 1 TO 2 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 2000 MILES. AFTER SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO THE DEALER AND GM I WAS FORCED TO FILE A LAWSUIT WHICH WAS HEARD BY AN ARBITRAITOR. I WAS AWARDED FULL MSRP VAULE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE GM MAINTAINED THEIR POSITION THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG EVEN AFTER FAILING THEIR OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. I NOW HAVE A 2002 2500 SUBURBAN WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE ENGINE IN THE 2001 1500 SUBURBAN HAS AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM !!! DEALER STILL REFUSES TO REFUND EXTENDED WARRANTY MONIES . *JB

ENGINE KNOCKING AFTER START UP. MUCH WORSE ON COLD DAYS.

REAR HVAC COOLANT LINES (2) WERE SEVERED CAUSING COOLANT LOSS. MANUFACTURING DEFECT INVOLVING FRAME MOUNTED HVAC LINES THAT PASS AGAINST A FRAME MEMBER JUNCTION. THE LINES WERE PRESSED HARD AGAINST THE FRAME MEMBER JUNCTION WHICH EVENTUALLY ENDS UP SLICING THE HVAC LINES. WHEN REPAIRED, CHEVROLET ROUTED NEW HVAC COOLANT LINES AWAY FROM ALL SAFE POINTS. *LA

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER FAILURE.*MR THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, THERE WAS A RATTLING/ KNOCKING NOISE BUT NO POWER. *PH *JB

VEHICLE BURNS 1 TO 2 QUARTS PER 1,000 MILES DRIVEN. HAVE DONE 5 OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS AND GM SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH VEHICLE FAILED OIL CONSUMPTION TEST THE TEST WERE NOT DONE PROPERLY THEREFORE I MUST DO ANOTHER. *JB ASKED GM WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF VEHICLE FAILED OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AGAIN AND THEY STATED THAT WERE NOT SURE. GM REFUSES TO FIX OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM WHICH COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS MECHANICAL FAILURE AND POSSIBLY BODILY HARM. *JB

WHEN THE CONSUMER SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. *JB

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF ON FREEWAY WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING CAUSING LOSS OF POWER TO BRAKES, STEERING AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS. INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR REPAIR PROBLEM. *JB

CHEVROLET HAS NOT OFFERED TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT UNDER WARRANTY.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

GAS FUMES CAN BE SMELLED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VECHICLE WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPS REACH OVER 105 DEGRESS. HAS BEEN WITNESSED BY TWO CHEVROLET SERVICE MANAGERS AND HEAD MECHANIC. HAS BEEN SERVICED 5 TIMES BY BRADLEY CHEVEROT AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE REGIONAL REP HAS STATED THAT THE FUMES BOTH VISABLE AND ODOR ARE VERY NORMAL. BOTH THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HEAD MECHANIC HAVE STATED THAT THEY FEEL THE CAR IS NOT SAFE AND WOULD NOT PUT THEIR FAMILIES IN MY VEHICLE. THE VECHILE SMELLS UP MY ENTIRE HOME WITH GAS FUMES AND HAS TO BE PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE GARAGE. THE ENGINEERS HAVE ASKED THAT A COUPLE OF PARTS BE CHANGED ON MY VECHILE TO PASAIFY ME, BUT THAT IT IS PROBABLY MY FAULT, I MUST HAVE OVER FILLED THE GAS TANK - AND I WAS ASKED "JUST WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING MRS. ANDERSON TO CAUSE THIS PROBLEM?". I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT SEVERAL CARS IN LAS VEGAS AND TEXAS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEMS.*AK