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386 messages, Last post on Nov 03, 2009 at 2:09 PM
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Looking to hear from anyone that has experienced that their engine suddenly had a mind of its own. About 4 or 5 month ago m wife told me that after a right hand turn and acceleration the truck had gone into 4 wheel drive...did not know how long it had been in 4 wd Drive. This happened again....still was not sure what had happened. Last week, after slowing down and a right hand turn, and the consequent acceleration to get going again, this vehicle seemed to have a mind of its own. The engine started to revv, no way to steer this vehicle, locked the brakes and knocked transmission into nutrual to bring the truck to a stop. Wiped out the side of the truck and a mailbox as the truck came clean across the hiway, luckily no oncoming traffic. Truck has be diagnostically checked by Chevrolet dealer, nothing is apparently wrong.... If you have any info on how to proceed or if something like this has happened to you, please get in touch with me. Thanks
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Replying to: cruznt2 (Nov 07, 2006 9:37 am) |
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2004 Colorado ext cab truck auto transmission. 34,000 miles. pulled in our driveway twice recently after driving the truck. Immediately tried to start the truck again, and engine sounded like it wanted to turn over and start, but never started. has occurred 2 times in last month. dealer says nothing wrong. I dont buy this. next time it happens, I am towing it to dealer, and attempting to use Lemon Law. dealer says it must happen 3 times documented separately and then can apply to use lemon law. has any other owner had this same problem? My ID is ChevyDetective.  |
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Replying to: chevydetective (Nov 13, 2006 11:54 am)
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Just over 30,000 miles on it, yes I know I drive alot, and my truck just loses power sometimes. The last time it happened I had to put it in nuetral and acutally revv the engine before it came back to normal. Not sure if the fuel filter is going or it is the pump itself. Also I am not too sure what the mileage is to change the filter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Replying to: robinsos (Nov 18, 2006 8:56 am)
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Replying to: dmathews3 (Nov 18, 2006 2:29 pm) Chevy recently had a recall regarding brake light problem that affects a host of different parts like braking, powersteering, etc... Although they have not sent out the notice to individual owners, you can find the notice in NHTSA or mygmlink.com. I found out from the dealership. I have not ran into that problem on my truck. Regarding your engine sputtering... since you are now at 30,000 miles, did you do the 'fuel filter replacement' requried at 25,000? That could be your problem. The fuel filter is designed only to last to 25,000 so that may be whats causing your engine to sputter. As far as locking up, it could be due to the recall.
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Replying to: islandcorner (Dec 08, 2006 1:37 pm) 
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Replying to: kcram (Oct 17, 2006 7:58 pm) There has been a recent discovery by GM & owners of Colorado, Canyon & Izuzu that the valves in the head if this engine type are somehow defective meaning that either the entire head & valves need to be replaced. Has anyone else experianced valve ticking problems or has anyone already gone through the recall process for this engine type? I know of one person in the S.F. bay area who is currently having their "H3" repaired with a 2-3 week turn around. I have not seen any official announcement over the internet but have received 2nd hand information from the owner of the H3 in which the Dealerships is prepearing for the recall. My truck is a "07" 4x4 crew cab "LS" and I have noticed a bad ticking noise in the engine with only 4k in the meter. Im in the process of seeking out more information before it gets worse.
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