2005 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Fuel system Problems

FUEL PUMP FAILED

NHTSA ID

11128608

Incident

Aug 22, 2018

WHILE FUELING THERE SEEMS TO BE A BACKLASH AIR BUBBLE THAT OCCURS AND IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES TO PUT $30 WORTH OF FUEL. WHILE PUMPING THE GAS NO MATTER HOW SLOW OR FAST AS THE SAFETY IS IN PLACE TO STOP THE FUEL FROM COMING OUT OF THE FUEL NECK WHERE IT MEETS THE FUEL GOING IN THIS IS NORMAL TO KICK OFF THE FUEL SO SPILLAGE DOES NOT BECOME A PROBLEM HOWEVER WHEN YOU STOP FUELING THERE IS A BURP BACK AS IN A AIR BUBBLE THAT SPLASHES OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY SPLASH IN A FACE OR ON YOUR SKIN AND IT ALSO RUNS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE AGAIN THAT IS WHEN FUELING HAS STOPPED IT BURPS THE FUEL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. OBVIOUSLY THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY WHILE FUELING. THIS OCCURS NO MATTER WHAT GAS STATION IS USED OLD NEW IT DOESN'T MATTER.

NHTSA ID

11033010

Incident

Oct 12, 2017

THERE IS A FUEL SMELL THAT OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND IMMEDIATELY WHEN IGNITION IS TURN TO ON POSITION ESPECIALLY ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

10956477

Incident

Feb 14, 2017

Mileage

146,800 mi

THE DEFECTIVE FUEL LINES RUBBED TOGETHER AND CAUSED A LEAK. I PAID A LOCAL DEALERSHIP ABOUT $1100 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE FUEL LINES AS IT WAS UNSAFE. MY VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER A RECALL BUT IN RESEARCHING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT OTHERS HAVE A RECALL. I OPENED AN INCIDENT WITH CHEVROLET AS A DEFECT BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ASSIST AS MY TRUCK IS OVER 70K MILES AND PASTED THE WARRANTY, THE FUEL LINES ARE NEXT TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE.

NHTSA ID

10733956

Incident

Apr 17, 2015

Mileage

111,836 mi

VEHICLE RUNNING FINE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS - NOTICED FUEL SMELL IN GARAGE AND TOOK IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND SEE WHAT'S UP - FOUND THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK WAS A PUDDLE OF FUEL AND WAS RUNNING DOWN SIDES. HAD THE TANK DROPPED AND FOUND THE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP WAS ROTTED AWAY WHERE THE PRESSURE AND RETURN LINES EXIT PUMP AND BEFORE THEY ATTACH TO THE PLASTIC FUEL LINES. ONLY LEAKS WHEN VEHICLE RUNNING SO HAD NO SPOTS IN GARAGE BUT WAS LEAKING ALOT WHILE DRIVING - 25 MILE DRIVE TO SHOP USED 7 GALLONS OF FUEL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10553320

Incident

Oct 8, 2013

Mileage

106,226 mi

I HAVE 2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE..I'D BEEN SMELLING GAS EVERYDAY I DROVE THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT A WEEK. I LEFT WORK AND MADE IT HOME ONE DAY AND GAS WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE DRIVE WAY. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, BUT THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VIN ACCORDING TO GM. I WILL NEED TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE TO A GM DEALERSHIP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10550851

Incident

Nov 21, 2012

Mileage

160,000 mi

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I NOTICE A RAW GAS SMELL. PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, LEFT THE TRUCK RUNNING AND GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SAW GAS POURING OUT. STOPPED THE ENGINE AND GOT UNDER THE TRUCK FOR A CLOSER LOOK. UPON INSPECTION, I NOTICED THAT THE TWO PLASTIC BRAID OVER RUBBER FUEL LINES WERE COILED OVER EACH OTHER CAUSING THEM TO RUB, WEAR AWAY THE PLASTIC BRAID AND RUB THE RUBBER HOSE TO THE POINT OF CREATING A HOLE. THIS IS WHERE THE GAS WAS SPRAYING OUT FROM, RIGHT NEAT TO THE EXHAUST PIPE! I IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK FOR FEAR THAT IT MIGHT IGNITE. LOOKED ON-LINE AND SAW MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS EXACTLY WHAT I FOUND ON MY INSPECTION! *TR

NHTSA ID

10507194

Incident

Apr 4, 2013

Mileage

81,194 mi

I HAVE A 2005 AVALANCHE THAT I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND I STARTED TO SMELL GAS IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. WHEN I ARRIVED AT WORK A CO WORKER CAME OVER AND STATED YOUR TRUCK IS LEAKING FLUID. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND IT WAS LEAKING GAS ALL OVER THE GROUND. I HAD JUST FILLED UP THE TANK AND IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 1/4 FILLED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION AFTER THE LINES DRIED I NOTICED A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINES. IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD RUBBED TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER LINE AND CAUSING A HOLE.

NHTSA ID

10466221

Incident

Jul 13, 2012

Mileage

106,808 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE CROSSED ABOVE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING THE THEM TO RUB AND FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE FUEL LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 132,000. UPDATED 05/31/12*LJ

NHTSA ID

10457371

Incident

May 2, 2012

Mileage

132,000 mi

DRIVING HOME I STARTED TO SMELL GAS IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. AFTER THE TRUCK WAS PARKED I FOUND GAS ON THE GROUND UNDER THE ENGINE. WHEN I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE PROBLEM HE FOUND THAT THE FACTORY INSTALLED FUEL LINES WERE TOUCHING AND HAD RUB A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINES AND WERE LEAKING GAS ON THE ENGINE ALSO THE E85 SENSOR MODULE WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING GAS. NO FUEL LINE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. I WAS TOLD NOT TO USE THE TRUCK AS THE LEAK COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THIS TO ME IS A BIG PROBLEM AS THEIR IS NO WARNING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10402272

Incident

May 20, 2011

Mileage

112,900 mi

FUEL LINES - 2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK 2/17/2011, I KEPT SMELLING GAS. SINCE IT IS A 45 MINUTE DRIVE, THE SMELL DID NOT DISAPPEAR UNTIL I REACHED HOME AND TURNED OFF MY VEHICLE. MY SON TOOK OUR JACK OUT TO SEE IF WE COULD LOCATE THE PROBLEM. HE FOUND THE GAS LINES SOAKED WITH GAS UNDER THE TRUCK BUT AT THAT POINT IT WAS HARD TO TELL IF IT WAS WHAT WE THOUGHT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE; A HOLE IN THE GAS LINES. SINCE THE DEALERS WERE CLOSED WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE FIRST THING THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE SMELL FOLLOWED ME THE SAME AS IT DID THE NIGHT BEFORE. WHEN THE DEALER PULLED IT IN THE SHOP, THEY CONFIRMED OUR SUSPICION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE ORIGINAL INSTALLED GAS LINES ON MY TRUCK WERE CROSSED FOR WHAT REASON IS UNKNOWN AND THEY RUBBED OVER TIME AND RUBBED A HOLE IN THEMSELVES. THEY ARE A REINFORCED BRAIDED LINE. UPON DOING SO, AND WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, GAS WAS SPRAYING ALL OVER THE UNDERSIDE OF MY TRUCK. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS SOAKED. THE DEALER WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THEIR SHOP UNDER ANY CONDITION BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE. THEY ALSO CHECK ALL THE RESOURCES USED BY ANY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THERE IS NOT ONE RECALL OUT THERE FOR THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS I AM SENDING THIS INFORMATION. ONE IS THAT AFTER RESEARCHING ON LINE ABOUT MY PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS FOR VEHICLES OF THAT TIME FRAME BURSTING INTO FLAMES AND GM WARRANTING IT OFF AS A SHORT UNDER THE DASH. GM SEEMS TO BE TAKING THE VEHICLE FIRE ISSUE OF SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS I READ TOO SLIGHT. MY TRUCK COULD HAVE BURST INTO FLAMES AND CAUSED MY LIFE AND POSSIBLY OTHERS. EVEN NOW THAT OUR SON CHECKED THE PROBLEM, HE WAS EVEN AT RISK JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT IT WAS! THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM GM CREATED IN THE DESIGN OF THE FUEL LINES. I HAVE PICTURES WE TOOK THAT NIGHT YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE SHOULD THIS PROBLEM BE ESCALATED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10384217

Incident

Feb 17, 2005

Mileage

70,000 mi

WITH NO WARNING AT ALL MY FUEL LINE BEGAN TO LEAK PROFUSELY. NO SENSOR WARNINGS/LIGHTS AT ALL. FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GAS - LEAKING TO THE POINT I WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE IT PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY NEAR MY HOUSE OR EVEN OUT ON THE STREET (IN CASE SOMEONE WALKED BY WITH A CIGARETTE). I FEEL THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, MY TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER A WEEK AND SEVERAL CHEVY DEALERSHIPS ARE UNABLE TO GET THE PARTS FROM THE FACTORY AND IN SOME INSTANCES ARE ONLY BEING TOLD THEY ARE "BACKORDERED" WITH NO APPROXIMATE DATE OF AVAILABILITY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10275857

Incident

Jun 30, 2009

Mileage

57,000 mi

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UNLESS THE KEY WAS TURNED TO ACCESSORY POSITION FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS ALLOWED THE FUEL FILTER TO PUMP FUEL TO THE ENGINE. I HAVE READ OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THROUGH THE INTERNET. I AM CONCERNED OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND NEEDING TO SPEND THE MONEY TO HAVE IT FIXED OR NOT FIXING IT. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE CHEVROLET DEALER KEPT THE OLD PART. *TR

NHTSA ID

10231022

Incident

Jun 1, 2008

Mileage

69,000 mi

FILLING UP WITH GAS ON MY 2005 CHEVY AVALANCHE. WHILE FILLING WITH GAS, WITH THE LOCK ON THE GAS DESPENER, AND WATCHING TO MAKE SURE IT STOPS, WHEN THE GAS DESPENSER STOPS, ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS LATER GAS STARTS TO SPRAY AND/OR LEAK OUT OF THE GAS TANK. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE GAS STATION THAT I USED, BUT IT HAS OCCURED AT MUTIPLE GAS STATIONS. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. THE DEALER HAS SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, AND NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *JB

NHTSA ID

10159792

Incident

Jun 11, 2006

Mileage

17,000 mi