Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||||
| 42 | 02/01/2002 | 637916 | Servicing a defective pressure switching valve. *tt | 12/09/2002 | |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY - FILLER PIPE AND CAP | |||||
| 42 | 02/01/2002 | 637918 | Defective gas caps. *tt | 12/09/2002 | |
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||||
| 3336 | 3336A | 10014859 | Inaccurate tech 2 fuel tank pressure sensor readings - resolved in tech 2 version 25.002. *tt | 05/10/2005 | |
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY - PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES | |||||
| 3046 | 01/01/2004 | 10009581 | Fuel tank pressure parameter information. *tt | 10/07/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 06/13/2010 | 200000 | ||
| I own a 2001 chevy prizm lsi. it has always experienced a number of annoying issues that i've had mechanics inspect/diagnose that never seems to get correctly diagnosed. it uses about a quart of oil a month (but never smokes out of the exhaust pipe), has always had a hesitation problem, and has a weird problem with noisy 'exhaust' sounds that sound like they are coming from the front of the car and are worse (very loud) in wet conditions. upon cold start, the engine hesitates pretty badly when pressing the accelerator pedal. the hestitation gets much better once the engine has warmed up, but still has minor hestitation upon initially pressing the accelerator pedal. mechanics have said they think the fuel pump may be starting to go out (i was told that 5 years ago and it has never gone out) and they said there was a 'lean mixture code' when my check engine light was on at one point but were unable to determine what the official cause of that code was and implied it was probably the fuel pump slowly going bad. they ran a carbon clean which shut off the service engine light but the hesitation and oil consumption has always remained. numerous times, the hesitation has been an issue in traffic when i press the accelerator pedal and the engine does nothing until i pump the pedal a few times to get it going...leading to a possibly safety hazard in certain traffic conditions. nobody has been able to figure out why it hesitates and fix the hesitation problem and i've read this is a very common problem along with the oil consumption problem for chevy prizms/toyota corollas (especially the 2001 model). mechanics have also inspected my exhaust system to try to find the issue with the noisy exhaust but have found no leaks. i'm hoping a recall can be issued to help fix some of these issues since mechanics can't seem to figure out these common problems. it seems that toyota and gm are both aware of most of these issues and have done nothing to resolve them. | |||
| 04/17/2003 | 49385 | 1 | |
| Problems with fuel system on 2001 chevrolet prizm.*mr the vehicle's oxygen sensor, fuel filter inside the tank and spark plugs were replaced. *nm | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 05/30/2006 | 95000 | 1000 | |
| Failed emission test. ran auto through a code scanner, and talked it over with a friend about code that came up. finally, came up with purge canister as the problem. did a search on the net about that code, came upon quite a few forums with it mentioned. now the cars involved were 1999-2002 chevy prisms and toyota corollas. which are the same vehicle sold under the companies names. my wife's car is a 2001 prism. almost all the cars had less then 100,000 miles. to replace this canister costs about $300.00, plus whatever the price to install it. i believe this to be a defect. *tr | |||
| 05/12/2005 | 76000 | 0 | 03/13/2001 |
| I was driving on the express way and experienced complete engine failure on my 2001 chevy prizm. as a result i had to have the whole engine replaced 2,500$-to say the least engine failure on any highway is an unsafe situation. this car was ourchased by me -brand new-and had been prooperly maintained. | |||