2002 Chevrolet Avalanche Engine problems

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet avalanche 1500. While driving various speeds, the vehicle decelerated independently and the reduced engine power, service engine, and traction assist indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to don hewlett chevrolet buick (7601 n interstate hwy 35, georgetown, tx 78626) where it was diagnosed that the accelerator pedal failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to don hewlett chevrolet where it was...

2002 Chevy avalanche 2500 with 8.1 Engine dies without warning at driving speeds. The battery light comes on, after the vehicle shuts down, but no check engine light and no warning whatsoever. The vehicle just shuts down. When this happens there is no power steering and no brakes for this 7000 pound vehicle. Sometimes, once pulled over and shutting everything off and trying to restart it will restart, sometimes taking up to 10 minutes of trying to crank it intermittently before it will restart. It has done this,...

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet avalanche 1500. While attempting to start the vehicle, it failed to start. The contact stated that the vehicle eventually started up after waiting for a while. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where the fuel pump, battery, and starter were changed; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the starter was replaced again; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

Engine stall with loss of steering and brakes when turning from tower oaks st onto jones road, a busy 4 lane road. Car stopped in oncoming lane on jones road, just avoiding a head on collision. Crankshaft sensor failure. Had car towed to dealer who infomed me that there was no recall on the crankshaft sensor of the chevrolete avalanche paid dealer $540. For cransshaft sensor replacement. Have not had a stalling problem sence replacing the cranshaft sensor. This is a very dangerous situation and can cause severe accidents as the loss of steering and brakes is critical.

While driving at 65 mph the engine cut out. Could be the crankshaft position sensor. The truck is a 2500 with an 8.1L engine. Similar issues that the 2001 was recalled for. Same engine and cps as the 2001 but not included in the original recall. This has happened several times at various speeds.

The engine will die at any time with out warning. This happens fairly often. Sometimes after trying to restart it will restart with no delay and other times it will take a few minutes. Then it will run normally for no specific amount of time. Then it will die again. Incidences may occur hundreds of miles in between. The dealer says they don't know why it would do this and it would be very difficult to diagnose the problem because it happens spontaneously and it usually restarts quickly. This is very dangerous and turning the vehicle to get off the road when the engine dies is very hard to do. *Tr

The engine shuts off while driving. The vehicle had been idling for several minutes and after pulling out across the highway the engine shut off. After trying for at least 10 minutes it restarted. Thought this was an isolated instance, but has now happened multiple times at various speeds and even when idling at a stop light. *Tr

While driving at 65 on the freeway truck began to lose power and when I stepped on gas it didn't respond. Had to keep letting foot off and back on to get it to go. Pulled over to the shoulder turned truck off and it ran good for about 3 minutes and it repeated itself. When engine gets hot the truck loses power and you have to shut it off and repeat this step until you get to where you gotta go. No codes, no warning no nothing. Truck also shuts off while driving. Replaced fuel pump, filter, cleaned maf and throttle body replaced crank shaft sensor and it still does this. *Tr

Well,when driving my 2002 chevy avalanche truck the reduce engine light cuts on. In addition, my truck starts to slow down and reduce speed. Sometimes on the interstate while I'm driving also. I've been to two gm dealership and paid money to have it service. As a result, they were charging me a lot of money, but never fixing the problem. It's very dangerous when driving sometime, so I been pulling over and resetting the computer to drive. I've read that there's recalls on some gm truck like mines. Also, I brought it to the gm service department too. *Tr

Exhaust leak in the engine found manifold bolts were broke. *Tr

The first time this happened I was going home from work on the freeway. I was going 65 mph and my engine died I had no power steering and the brake pedal was very hard to push. I was able to put my truck in neutral and restart it. The second time the engine died I was sitting at a red light and it shut off. The third time it happened I was going home from work, just got off the freeway and stopped at the red light. When the light turned green I made a left and was going to the next light to make a right and the...

Vehicle stalls at high rate of speed, highway driving, truck hesitates and jerks, and comes to the near point of stalling, and low speeds, vehicle does the same, hesitates, and jerks, stalls, all systems fail. Starts back up upon shifting to neutral. Mechanic says it is the crankshaft position sensor on the 8.1 L 8100 series motor, the same motor that is in the 2001 model silverado, sierra, and suburbans that is the subject of a recall. Location is in the back of the motor making it near impossible to change out...

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet avalanche. While driving 65 mph, the contact stated that the engine would stall at any time and the failure occurred more frequently on bridges. Neither the dealer, nor manufacturer were notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 101,000.

Sometimes my 2002 chevy avalanche 8.1 Will not start. I lock car again with remote fob, unlock and usually it starts. Sometimes it takes several attempts at locking, unlocking before it will start. Now vehicle stalls with no warning, no power brakes, steering etc. Does this at random speeds without notice or any apparent consistency. This has happened on the freeway at high speeds and is very dangerous. To restart I must try and get pulled over safely, lock and unlock truck with fob and hope it starts. Sometimes...

Truck stalls while driving this is happening more and more. *Tr

Engine died at 55 mph, restarted right away, died out again in the middle of an intersection about three miles away. Nearly caused an accident. This time it took about 10 minutes before it would start. I found there is a recall on the 2001 avalanche, why not the 2002? *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet avalanche 2500. While the contact was driving approximately 35 mph, the engine completely stalled without warning. The engine would not restart. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The contact experienced the identical failure as mentioned in the recall associated with the nhtsa campaign id number 07v521000 (engine and engine cooling); however, his model year and model was not included in the recall defect. The failure mileage was 85,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet avalanche 2500. The contact stated the vehicle would stall without warning. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vin was not available. The current and failure mileages were approximately 59,000.

Driving 2002 chevy avalanche 2500 8.1 L at various times and speeds and engine cuts out. No power steering or brakes. Pulled over and after a minute the engine will restart. Researched online and found that the problem with many other like vehicles have same problem (crankshaft position sensor). Reported previous year same engine had recall for crankshaft position sensor. *Tr

While driving down the road my 2002 chevy avalanche 2500 8.1L engine would shut off. This was happening 4 - 5 times on a daily basis depending on how far I had to drive. The last time this happened I was driving on the highway with my son in the truck and the engine shut down leaving me with limited ability to safely get into the break down lane. Thus is why I ended up getting stuck in the middle of the highway. I had it towed to a dealership whom later replaced my " crankshaft positioning sensor ". This incident...

Don't understand why 2002 trucks were not included in this recall, I had the same problem with crank sensor and engine stalling at highway speeds. I had the senor replaced 3 years ago. The national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) is directing the recall of 11,974 2001-model-year heavy duty pickups built by general motors to fix faulty crankshaft position sensors, under nhtsa campaign id number 07v521000. *Tr

2002 Chevy avalanche 2500- none problem with crank shaft sensor failing. My vehicle stalled in the middle of traffic. I was almost hit from behind. This has happened several times. Upon research I learned that this is a common problem with this vehicle and that chevy is aware but has done nothing. Someone is going to be killed or hurt if this is not communicated. It has been reported many times- see web site www.Chevyavalanchfanclub.Com/cafcna/index.Php?Topic if you just search chevy avalanche engine stalling...

8.1L 2002 chevrolet avalanche engine stalls at speeds of 1 to above 40mph and fails to restart immediately. This engine shut-off happens on a regular basis while operating the vehicle. This a very dangerous situation as you lose all power to steering and stopping the truck. You have to coast to a stop, adding to your chances for an accident. Local dealer can not find a problem, but looking at your website, a similar problem resulted in a recall for model years 2001. That campaign number was 07v521000. It seems very odd that local chevrolet dealers are unaware of the previous year recall or have an understanding of the potential problem. Only your website seems to know about this issue. *Tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet avalanche 2500. The contact took the vehicle to a repair shop and the mechanic stated that the crankshaft position sensor failed. The crankshaft position sensor was replaced. The total cost for parts and labor was $1,035. The manufacturer will be notified. The failure mileage was 81,600 and current mileage is 83,600. Updated 05/26/09 *bf the consumer stated the engine stalled on 3 different occassions and he was unable to restart it. When the engine stalled, the power steering and hydro boost brkae system failed to operate. Updated 05/28/09.*Jb

4 Times now my vehicle has stalled with no warning or any indication of anything wrong with the vehicle i.E. Warning codes, lights, or symbols. There has always been plenty of fuel in the tank. It happened to me this morning on the way to work traveling at about 65 mph after finishing a curve in the road. The engine died for about 2-3 seconds and then it restarted by itself. The other day my daughter and I were coming back from the dr. And I had just made a left hand turn from one busy road to another and it...