Six problems related to engine stall have been reported for the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
2002 chevy Suburban 2500. 42,000 miles. Engine stalls with no warning. Sometimes while stopped at light or when driving. After waiting a few minutes car starts after reading other posts had crank sensor replaced today very stressing and dangerous. -- no power steering or power brakes.
Engine stalls while driving at random times, approximately every 80 miles. Engine will start back after a wait of more than 30 seconds. The engine will stall while hot or cold, idling or driving at any speed.
I recently purchased a 2002 Chevrolet 2500 Suburban with an 8. 1l engine. After only a week it would suddenly stall at different highway speeds. It did this 3 times in one week. I then discovered the problem was the crankshaft positioning sensor, which has been recalled on 2001 models. Why has this part not been recalled on the 2002 model it has the exact same defective sensor from the factory as the 2001 had. This failure creates a very dangerous situation in an SUV of such size. When the engine stalls there is no power brakes or power steering, and hopefully you have enough momentum to get out of the way of traffic.
2002 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 with 8100 engine stalls unexpectedly at any speed. Vehicle starts back after a few minutes.
Intermittent engine stall and no start identical to description in pe06016.
Crank position sensor failure resulting in sudden engine stall while driving in certain gm vehicles equipped with 8. 1l engines. In some cases, the complainants alleged that as result of the engine shutting down, the vehicle lost power steering and power brakes at highway speeds.