general problems of the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado

Driving down i25 in colorado truck simply quit running was able to restart after pulling over to side of hwy. Has happened multiple times since, often twice a day, one or two time going to work and the same going home. Very often the truck restarts right away, but sometimes it has to set for several minutes before it will restart. The engine quitting problem has happened at various speeds from hwy speeds to slow city driving. It has also happened at times when leaving a stop light or stop sign.

The crankshaft sensor is failing and there was a recall # 07v521000 to replace the sensor by Chevrolet and now with only 64,000 mi they do not want to replace.

While starting up the vehicle a loud taping noise was heard from the front. When driving the noise got louder while accelerating . Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem. Consumer informed the mechanic that this problem occurred on numerous occasions, and had not been resolved.

Brakes-would not stop truck from the day I took delivery. Airconditioner developed a terrible oder after runing about half hour.

After driving the truck about an hour, the air conditioner quits putting out cold air. The blower still works but the cab gets warmer and warmer.

While traveling at normal speed heard a noise, and suddenly the rear of the truck dropped. Dealer stated that left rear axle housing cracked in half. Consumer experienced numerous problems and manufacturing defects including weak welding resulted in recurrent loosening of both bedsides, metal fatigue resulting in the shearing of axle housing, and general malfunction of factory assembled components resulting in misalignment of the bed of the vehicle and malfunction of the tailgate. Also, vehicle seemed to loose power and road stability when turning right at low speed. Due to the problems experienced by consumer, vehicle was taken to dealership for repairs and replacement of defective components.