general problems of the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

Unknown lost my truck to fire I was shopping and when I came out of the store the fire department had already put the fire out. They had said the fire started under the hood on the driver side.

Truck just shuts off while driving. As if the key was turned off and then won't turn back on. It has happend 3 times in the last 3 weeks where I am driving and it completely just shuts off. Can't get it to start back up and have to tow it home, it will then turn on and run for a few days and shuts off while driving.

Gear selector lights and mileage lights dont illuminate on dash, intermittently.

While driving down the highway @ 75mph the vehicle shut off. This has now happened multiple times and is a safety issue. While in traffic vehicles are having to make quick adjustments to avoid hitting my vehicle and for their safety. I called this into our local chevy dealership here in colorado springs CO along with calling Chevrolet recall center to be told that my vehicle is not on their list. Well apparently it should be along with all the other 2001 2500 hd silverado's that are experiencing this problem.

We were traveling south on I-5 when we stopped in medford, oregon to fill up our 2001 chev. Duramax pickup with diesel. After filling up, we noticed smoke and a burnt smell coming out from under the hood. We opened to hood to find wires smoldering. We immediately moved the pickup away from the fuel tanks at the gas station and re-opened the hood. My husband removed the plastic shroud containing what looked to be enclosed wires which were smoldering. I got the fire extinguisher from the gas station attendant. As my husband was trying the separate the wires that were smoldering which were also burning his fingers, flames erupted. We used the fire extinguisher to extinguish the flames. We took the pickup to the dealer in junction city, oregon (guaranty). They diagnosed the problem as the glow plug/intake heater relay assembly failure which caused the fire. It was replaced with a new one. We were extremely lucky that we moved the pickup away from the fuel tanks at the gas station and had a fire extinguisher from the gas station attendant handy at that time. There was also a tanker truck next to us filling up the underground gas tanks when the wires burst into flames. Many lives could have been lost because of this incident. We were very lucky. In my opinion, if a part fails on a vehicle (which I know they do), it should not have to catch fire in order to get my attention.

Pulling away from a stop light, the motor and electrical system shut down. I coasted over to the side of the road -- constituting a traffic hazard to other motorists- and re-started the vehicle. There were no other incidents that day. My son and daughter in law report similar experiences on separate occasions.