1996 Chevrolet Blazer Fuel system Problems

I HAVE A 1996 CHEVY BLAZER AND THE GAS HAND FLOATS. IT DOES NOT GIVE AN ACCURATE READING ON THE GAS GAUGE. I CAN DRIVE AND IT WILL FLOAT FROM 1/2 TANK TO 1/4 TANK WHILE DRIVING. IT FLOATS NO MATTER HOW FULL OR EMPTY THE TANK IS. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS DUE TO THE INACCURACIES. I HAVE ANOTHER GM VEHICLE--1993 SUBURBAN THAT HAS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. I HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE FREEWAY ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT--ONLY THING THAT SAVED ME AND MY CHILDREN AT 2:00 AM IN THE MORNING WAS THAT I HAVE ROADSIDE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10398362

Incident

Oct 5, 2010

I RECENTLY WAS ON THE WAY HOME FROM DENVER, CO ON THE HIGHWAY. I STOPPED FOR FUEL NOTICING MY VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING MORE GAS THAN USUAL. I FUELED UP AND LEFT. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME I NOTICED GASOLINE DRIPPING ON THE GROUND. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED A MECHANIC. MY WIFE'S FATHER IS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND OWNS HIS OWN SHOP IN DENVER. HE FIXED THE LEAK, BUT TOLD ME THE LEAK STARTED BECAUSE THE FUEL LINES WERE RUBBING THE TRANSMISSION AND SHOWED ME. TO MY SURPRISE THE FUEL LINES WERE NOT SECURED IN THEIR PROPER LOCATION. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY WORK DONE TO THE FUEL LINES OR EVEN ANY WORK DONE IN THE AREA OF THE PROBLEM. SO I TOOK THE BLAZER BACK HOME TO COLORADO SPRINGS. ABOUT A MONTH LATER I NOTICED THE FUEL SMELL WAS BACK. I POPPED THE HOOD BECAUSE I DID NOT SEE ANY FUEL LEAKING. THE FUEL WAS POURING OUT OF THE LINES AT THE TOP OF THE ENGINE WHERE THEY CONNECT TO THE COUPLINGS FOR REMOVAL OF THE ENGINE. I THEN DECIDED TO TAKE THE BLAZER TO A CLOSER LOCATION FOR REPAIR. THIS LOCATION WAS DANIELS CHEVROLET LOCATED IN COLORADO SPRINGS. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE O-RINGS WERE PINCHED AND THAT THE GASKET WHERE THE FUEL LINES GO INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS BAD. I PAID THEM 480.60 TO REPAIR THE O-RINGS AND GASKET. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE SMELL OF FUEL IS BACK AND THE LEAK IS THERE AGAIN AT THE COUPLINGS ON THE BACK OF THE ENGINE WERE THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THEM THE FIRST TIME. NOW THE BLAZER IS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE VEHICLE IS MY WIFE'S, BUT DUE TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT. THE FUEL LEAKS RIGHT ON TOP OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. THIS IS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THE FUEL WERE TO IGNITE. MY WIFE HAD TAKEN THE BLAZER TO WORK THREE NIGHTS AFTER THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE O-RINGS AND GASKET, SHE HAD ALMOST PASSED OUT WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE FUEL VAPORS ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. NOW THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE ME AGAIN FOR THE SAME REPAIR THEY DID. I AM AT WITS END. *TR

NHTSA ID

10215597

Incident

Jan 9, 2008

Mileage

130,000 mi

WE HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP 3 TIMES. IT HAS CAUSED US TO MISS WORK SEVERAL DAYS, AND PUT OUR JOBS AT RISK. WE HAVE BEEN OUT MONEY FOR TOWING, PARTS AND LABOR TWICE. THE THIRD TIME IT FAILED, IT WAS JUST PAST THE PARTS WARRANTY FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $1950.00. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TAKE IT BACK TO FIRESTONE TO BE REPLACED AND MAKE OUR LIVES MISERABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10199019

Incident

Aug 9, 2007

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2004, MY HUSBAND, MOTHER, 8 YEAR OLD SON, 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND 1 YEAR OLD SON, WERE STRANDED IN THE EMERGENCY LANE ON I-66 EAST IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA WITH A BROKEN FUEL PUMP. WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK THEY WERE HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER WHO WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 100 MPH. THE BLAZER FLIPPED ONTO ITS SIDE AND SKIDDED A GREAT DISTANCE, BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE BACK SEAT, AND THE FRONT SEAT BROKE AND SANDWICHED HER IN BETWEEN THE TWO. SHE BROKE HER JAW WHEN SHE WAS SLAMMED INTO THE SMALL HANDLE ABOVE THE REAR RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. SHE ALSO SUFFERED A BROKEN WRIST AND BROKEN ARM WHEN SHE WAS THROWN INTO THE DOOR. WHEN THE BACK SEAT BROKE IT CAUSED HER TO HIT THE HEADSET OF THE BROKEN FRONT SEAT WHICH IN TURN CAUSED SOME OF HER TEETH TO GO THROUGH HER BOTTOM LIP. MY MOTHER WHO WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS INJURED WHEN THE ROOF DID NOT HOLD UP IN THE CRASH AND SUFFERED THANKFULLY WHAT WAS CLASSIFIED AS "MINOR" INJURIES, BUT COULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN MAJOR INJURIES BECAUSE THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE FROM FRONT TO BACK DID NOT HOLD UP IN THE ACCIDENT. I DO HAVE MANY PICTURES OF WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY BLAZER, FROM MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES BOTH INSIDE AND OUT. I AM DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT BOTH SEATS BROKE, AND THE ROOF DID NOT HOLD UP AT ALL. MY 8 YEAR SITTING IN THE REAR CENTER SEAT HAD A LACERATION AND CONCUSSION, MY 1 YEAR OLD SITTING IN THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HAD NO INJURIES, AND MY HUSBAND IN THE DRIVERS SEAT SUFFERED MINOR HEAD AND SHOULDER INJURIES. GRANTED THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE, BUT I EXPECTED A LOT MORE OUT OF THE BLAZER THAN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10104101

Incident

Sep 5, 2004

Mileage

178,000 mi

THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A SMELL OF GAS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE ITEMS AND THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED PER THE MANUFACTURER. *JB THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS INTERMITTENT, THE HATCHBACK LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT AND THE INTERNAL LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT. RECALL# 03V159000 AND 96V234000. *SC

NHTSA ID

10087785

Incident

May 14, 2003

Mileage

45,000 mi

MOSES LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT REPORT 2003-1096. POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMPS INSTALLED ON 1996 CHEVROLET BLAZERS, CAUSING FUEL TO BE RELEASED FROM THE FILL TUBE WHILE FUELING IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED. VEHICLE TURNED OFF AT TIME OF INCIDENT. OWNER REPORTS THIS AS THE SECOND INCIDENT INVOLVING A FUEL SPILL DURING FUELING--MECHANICAL INVESTIGATION INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP ON THE FIRST INCIDENT AND PUMP WAS REPLACED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10017036

Incident

May 2, 2003

THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN OUT OF GAS, DUE TO A GAS GAUGE THAT WAS NOT REGISTERING GAS INTAKE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10010008

BOUGHT USED VEHICLE THOUGHT IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. LEAKING INJECTORS CAUSES SHAKE WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS A REOCCURING PROBLEM. MR

NHTSA ID

767852

Incident

Jun 11, 2002

IN JAN 99, THERMOSTAT APPEARED TO FAIL AND WHEN I OPENED THE RADIATOR CAP, NOTICED WHAT LOOKED LIKE MUD/GRIT IN CAP. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER, THEY SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. ENDED UP REPLACING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, PULLING AND REPAIRING/CLEANING RADIATOR AND REPLACING THERMOSTAT. IN JULY 2002, TRUCK OVERHEATED AGAIN. TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED $1200 IN REPAIRS TO FLUSH OUT "COAGULATED" COOLANT (DEXCOOL). ENDED UP REPLACING RADIATOR, RADIATOR CAP, AND THERMOSTAT (AGAIN) AND FLUSHING ENTIRE COOLANT SYSTEM. FIRESTONE PERSONNEL SAID THIS WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM ON THE BLAZERS WITH THE DEXCOOL BREAKING DOWN AND TURNING INTO A BROWN, MUDDY, GUMMY SUBSTANCE. ACCODING TO FIRESTONE, GM HAS SEVERAL TECH BULLETINS OUT ON THIS, BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS DEXCOOL BROKE DOWN AFTER ONLY 30,000 MILES. WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS? GM IS KNOWINGLY SELLING A DEFICIENT PRODUCT AND THEY REFUSE TO STAND BEHIND IT. PLEASE, CAN SOMEONE OUT THERE HELP US!?!?!?!*AK

NHTSA ID

765319

Incident

Jul 25, 2002

NO SUMMARY FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

763015

Incident

May 1, 2002

CONSUMER SMELLED AN OVERPOWERING ODOR OF GASOLINE IN THE GARAGE, UPON INVESTIGATION CONSUMER DISCOVERED A WET SPOT ON THE GARAGE FLOOR DIRECTLY BELOW THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER DOOR, CONSUMER LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THE FUEL TANK HAD A SIMILAR WETNESS TO IT JUST OVER THE WET SPOT ON THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THE FUEL TANK HAD RUSTED SO MUCH THAT FUEL WAS SEEPING OUT AND LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE.*JB

NHTSA ID

564822

Incident

Nov 1, 2001

WHILE DRIVING FUEL LINE CONNECTING TO GAS TANK FELL OFF AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LEAK FUEL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

NHTSA ID

8005554

Incident

Jan 1, 2002

FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMTATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

898891

Incident

Nov 7, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

754193

Incident

Nov 3, 2001

2ND CHEVROLET VEHICLE WITH LOW MILES EXPERIENCING INJECTOR FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID

739562

Incident

Jan 15, 2001

THREE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS STARTED LEAKING AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE OXYGEN SENSORS TO BURN OUT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR DRIVABILITY PROBLEMS ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WITH NO CORRECTION. ALL THE FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED BEFORE 35000 MILES DUE TO FAILURE, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERE NOISES AND VIBRATION IN CAB OF VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

721271

Incident

Feb 1, 2000

1&2) LOWER LEFT BALL JOINT AND IDLER ARM HAVE BEEN REPLACED, LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR AND WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 3) 4X4 ELECTRIC SHIFT JUST FAILED LAST WEEK. PRELIMINARY TROUBLESHOOTING INDICATES A #2 FAILURE CODE WHICH POINT TO EITHER THE ENCODER/SHIFT MOTOR ASSEMBLY OR THE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE (TCCM). 4) THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM. WHENEVER THE GAS GAUGE INDICATES 1/8 TANK OR LESS AND THE VEHICLE STANDS FOR MORE THAN 2 HOURS IT IS DIFFICULT TO START. IT TAKES 4-5 TRIES AND REQUIRES THAT THE GAS PEDAL BE PRESSED ABOUT 1/2 TRAVEL IN ORDER TO START. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR WITH A NEARLY EMPTY GAS TANK, DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. YET, THE DAY BEFORE THE HARD STARTING PROBLEM OCCURED AT LEAST 6 TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID

713539

Incident

Jun 15, 1999

PROBLEMS WITH RECALL REPAIR WORK ON THE SHIFT IGNITION (99S19) 99V-194. MJS

NHTSA ID

548572

SOMEHOW AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRED IN THE FUEL PUMP. THE MECHANIC WHO FIXED THE SHORT SAID THAT THIS WAS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD AS THE SHORT WAS IN THE TANK ASSEMBLY SO CLOSE TO FUEL..

NHTSA ID

708748

Incident

May 27, 1999

THE FUEL PUMP IS BEING REPLACED FOR THE 8TH TIME ON THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO CUT OFF AT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. EVERY 10,000 MILES THE FUEL PUMP NEEDS REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

NHTSA ID

841111

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

707870

Incident

Jun 24, 1999

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES, GIVING THE DRIVER NO WARNING. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR/BATTERY AND FUEL PUMP AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

NHTSA ID

840908

Incident

May 23, 1999

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FULLED UP THE GAS WILL START LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK AS IF THERE IS A HOLE IN IT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A DEALER THAT IT MAY BE AN HOSE CLAMP. *AK

NHTSA ID

833393

Incident

Dec 18, 1998

WHEN FILLING WITH GAS, INTERIOR OF VEHICLE SMELLS FOR AT LEAST 10-15 MINUTES.

NHTSA ID

7800306

WHENEVER CONSUMER FILLS UP VEHICLE WITH GAS, INTERIOR OF TRUCK SMELLS FOR AT LEAST 10-15 MINUTES.

NHTSA ID

780306