Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||||
| 01209C | 01/01/2004 | 10005456 | Fuel gauge inaccurate at or below a quarter tank, vehicle stalls. sit bulletin 1405513. *tt | 02/27/2004 | |
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER - STORAGE - FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM | |||||
| PIT-3046E | 08/01/2008 | 10026704 | Gmc: fuel gauge fluctuation in park or neutral, causing the low fuel light to illuminate. *pe | 12/04/2008 | |
| 3046A | 3046B | 10009382 | Fuel gauge fluctuation in park or neutral. *tt | 09/27/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 04/12/2003 | 0 | ||
| 1)fuel guage stuck at around 1/4 of a tank when 1/4 or below. had to put vehicle into neutral to get accurate reading. has ran out of gas when showing 1/4 of tank. taken to dealership - replaced fuel level sensor. problem was not fixed. took back again and other items were replaced. seems to be fixed, but it has only been 1 week. 2)popping noise heard on the drivers side in the front end. took in same time as the first gasoline incident. replaced ball joint and greased front end. seemed fine until about 1 month later and then noise came back, along with a very bad bouncing in the front end that made it feel like the front drivers side tire was comming off. took back to dealership (same time as second gasoline visit) said that it was the design of the vehicle - but yet it never did this until then. dealership has been very cooperative. | |||
| Computer chip constantly fails which causes a chain reaction of failures to occur. the truck is unreliable with various brake failures and constant towing back to the dealership. the dealership is patching the truck with minor repairs instead of actually doing a thorough inspection. please describe details. ts | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - DELIVERY - FUEL PUMP | |||
| 08/02/2005 | 4025 | 9 | 06/26/2002 |
| Following are problems i have had with this vehicle since owning it. all of which i feel has caused me great inconvenience, and recently too much money. i have sent letters to gmc just today to see if they are going to do anything about the inconvenience and cost. october 21, 2002 at 4035 miles the idler arm was replaced, (under warranty) at doan chevy. somewhere around january 2003, a sensor for the heater shield was replaced under warranty at doan chevy. march 4, 2004 at 26,345 miles the idler arm was again replaced under warranty at doan chevy. march 29, 2004 the drivers | |||
| 10/21/2002 | 49000 | 1 | 06/03/2002 |
| I bought my 2002 chevy s10 truck in june of 2002. october 21, 2002 at 4035 miles the idler arm was replaced. january 2003 the heat sensor for the heater needed to be replaced, as the blower worked but the heat wouldn't. march 4, 2004 at 26, 345 miles the idler arm was replaced. also, the drivers door had to be adjusted not closing properly, the drivers side visor wasn't aligned and wouldn't lock in place needed to be adjusted. july 8th the fuel pump modulator needed to be replaced. i feel this is way to many problems for a new vehicle. | |||
| 12/31/2003 | 55000 | 2 | 02/23/2002 |
| 2002 chevrolet s10 has had to have new fuel pump module put on 03/19/03 and has now gone out again on 12/31/03. had leak in oil pan, leak in windshield on passenger side. the truck had 29,000 miles the first time the fuel pump went out and 55,000 this time when it went out. i feel that is entirely too frequent for fuel pumps to fail. | |||
| 02/04/2003 | 4103 | 4 | 04/25/2002 |
| Car is dangerous in that it misfires in higher speed conditions. chevy executive office and 2 dealers (o'connor & bob johnson in ny) refused warranty coverage after their 4th attempt failed to cure the problem. 2 independent shops verified problem. chevy executive office (ms. mann) refused to call independent mechanics for any information even though this would have helped with diagnosis. car is not even a year old with less than 4200 miles. *jb | |||
| 11/05/2001 | |||
| Fuel pump malfunctioned, causing fuel to pump back into fuel tank. has caused a no start condition due to fuel not bypassing to engine. consumer has contacted dealer. please provide any further information. *ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - DELIVERY - HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | |||
| 02/23/2007 | 98500 | 1 | 07/28/2005 |
| Broken fuel line below drivers seat. while standing outside of the vehicle, i reached inside and started the ignition, after which i saw an approaching fluid coming toward my feet. while waiting for the engine to warm-up, i loaded the vehicle with some personal items (lunch bag, coffee) and then got inside, closed the door and continued to let the engine warm-up. i asked my passenger if they too could smell gasoline. we both agreed that the smell was extremely strong at which time i opened the door to check the source. i saw that the approaching fluid i had seen on the ground earlier was now being pumped out at a great rate and immediately shut off the ignition and told my passenger to exit the vehicle due to a broken fuel line. there has been no work done on the vehicle prior to this event. nobody has touched the truck and i am not aware of this being an earlier problem. needless to say we chose to drive another vehicle. this is an extremely serious and dangerous defect!!! thank god we weren't driving down the road when this happened. i will be looking at this as soon as i get home from work tonight. * update: in order to file this complaint, i needed the vin number... so i called my neighbor and he went to go get it and said that the vehicle is still leaking gasoline. i will probably be leaving work to secure the situation. *jb | |||
| 08/01/2002 | 1 | 04/02/2002 | |
| Driver fell asleep while driving 75 mph, vehicle left the road, rolled a few times and caught on fire. driver suffered minor injuries. vehicle was totalled. *ak consumer states that he doesn't believe that there was steering failure and feels that it probably was the fuel shut off mechanism (electrical)that failed, in which the gas continued to feed the initial fire. *scc | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM - INJECTORS | |||
| 03/24/2005 | 24324 | 50 | 08/12/2002 |
| Truck started stalling, while at idol and when i put into drive. it as if it has no gas. *ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY | |||
| 10/19/2006 | 31925 | 1 | 12/01/2002 |
| The bolt of right side in the gas tank was missing when i sent the truck to fix in stocker chevrolet in 701 benner pike, state college, pa 16801, on 10/19/06. my vehicle is chevrolet s10 pickup, 2002, mileage 31k. *nm | |||
| 07/15/2002 | 0 | 06/14/2002 | |
| Loud thumping noise coming from gas tank area during sudden stops or accelerations. also during normal stops and normal acceleration. noise continues to present time. *nlm | |||
| 02/01/2002 | 6 | 01/01/2002 | |
| Multiple parts replaced with no success - sending unit, level sensor, gauge, etc. mr | |||