Five problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2002 GMC Sierra. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 2002 GMC Sierra. While driving varios speeds the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact pulled over to the side of the road. The engine was turned off for a few moments. The vehicle restarted after five attempts and resumed normal operation. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for diagnostic testing. The failure was contributed to the crank shaft sensor. The identical failure occurred on twelve different occasions. The vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunction. The failure mileage was 54,000. The current mileage was 56,798. Updated 01/26/lj updated 03/31/11.
Our 2002 Sierra 3500 GMC pickup truck is equipped with an 8. 1l v8 engine and the crankshaft position sensor causes the trucks engine to operate intermittently which in turn causes the engine to fail completely. When the engine operates intermittently, the message light illuminates reduced engine power and the vehicle runs rough and ultimately stalls. The engine may re-start immediately or after a period of time. Because this sensor has failed on the expressway at a high rate of speed (70 mph) on several occasions, we were very fortunate that we (or someone else) were not seriously injured. Because NHTSA recalled the 2001 GMC suvs/trucks that had this defective crankshaft position sensor and because there are numerous other 2002 suvs/trucks that are also having their engines fail due to this same defect, the NHTSA should immediately investigate having GMC recall the 2002 models as well. There are several complaints listed on nhtsas website that deal with this same issue (e. G. , complaint numbers 10038110, 10009727, 1009569, 10009556, 10001480, 10054217, 10069780, etc. ) that are identified under various 2002 GMC models (I. E. , Sierra, GMC truck, c series). Additionally, since consumers frequently purchase GMC trucks with the 8. 1l v8 engine to tow large trailers, this situation can create a serious hazard on the highways that NHTSA must address expeditiously. Thus, since we are a consumer that purchased our truck to tow a large trailer and our truck has stalled on the highway on numerous occasions, we had no choice but to replace the crankshaft position sensor out-of-pocket.
- the contact has a 2002 GMC Sierra and stated that the vehicle keeps shutting off completely. When the vehicle loses power it also loses steering and braking ability. This failure has happened to the contact 20 or more within the past year. The stalling had happened while driving anywhere between 5-65 mph. The contact stated that they have replaced the fuel pump four times and replaced the sending unit twice within a year. The contact recently had vehicle at the dealer and they stated that they can't pinpoint the failure. On 03/01/07 while driving on the highway the vehicle completely shut off at highway speed between (50-65 mph). The contact was able to pulled to the side of the road wait ten minute and to restart the vehicle. He looked up the history of the vehicle and stated that the previous owner also experience the same failure. The contact can provide invoice repairs if needed. The failure mileage was 40000 and the current mileage was 71715.
The vehicle stalled, which made it difficult to control the vehicle.
Vehicle stalls on take off, dealer cannot remedy problem. Consumer states the problem of the vehicle stalling was solved by using high octane gasoline. The clutch does not engage properly, also sometimes sounds so loose.