Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 9 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Chevrolet Sierra. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SIERRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE BATTERY/CHARGING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
HAD TO STOP FOR RED LIGHT PUSHED HARD ON BRAKE PEDAL IT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME. SCARED TO DRIVE IT. FLUID ALL OVER THE PLACE STEEL FRAME LINES BURST. LUCKILY ONLY 1 LINE WENT STILL HAD FRONT BRAKES HAVING TRUCK TOWED TO DEALER. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SIERRA. THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE SINCE 2002. THE VEHICLE FAILS TO PROVIDE AN ERROR CODE WHEN IT IS DIAGNOSED BECAUSE THE ENGINE WILL START. RECENTLY, IN JULY OF 2008, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V521000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED, THAT CHUNKS WERE FALLING OFF OF THE ROTORS. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE AS IT SHOULD. CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY HARD PRESSURE. ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS WERE AFFECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WITH NO SATISFACTION.*AK
WHEEL BEARING SENSORS DO NOT WORK, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. *AK
VEHICLE IS MAKING A NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND IT WAS DETECTED, THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHILE STARTING UP THE VEHICLE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS HARD. CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS DOWN HARD IN ORDER FOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO RELEASE WHILE STILL IN PARK. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH WAY SPEED RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *AK
WHEN DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. HAS TO STOP VEHICLE, LET IT COOL OFF, AND START BACK UP BEFOREHEADLIGHTS COME BACK ON.*AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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