Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE THROTTLE CABLE MAKES CONTACT AND RUB THROUGH THE FLEXIBLE PRESSURIZED FUEL LINE CREATING A PINHOLE LEAK OF NATURAL GAS. I SMELL GAS INSiDE CAB. CAUSES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON
TAKATA RECALL - HAVE BEEN STRANDED NUMEROUS TIMES AS IT HAS APPEARED TO BE THE FUEL PUMP NOT GETTING GAS TO START THE CAR. SOMETIME CAN HEAR PUMP RUNNING AS I HAVE REPLACE 3-4 PUMPS SINCE 2012 OR 13. SOME TIME BEATING UNDER TANK HELPS. THERE SEEM TO BE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. SECURITY LIGHT FLASHING AND START SOMETIME WHEN IT IS RESET. SOUNDS WONDERFUL WHEN IT RUNS. CAN IT BE THE COMPUTER? TOWED TO A SAFE LOCATION AFTER NOT STARTING AND DIAGNOSTIC TECHNICIAN SHOW 10% FUEL PRESSURE. I PARKED WENT IN TO MAKE A PAYMENT AT A BUSINESS AND WOULD NOT START FOR 4 DAYS
FUEL AND BREAK LINES COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. FUEL LINE BROKE WHILE REPLACING FUEL FILTER. NECESSITATED REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE FUEL LINE SYSTEM. BREAK LINE BROKE WHILE DRIVING AROUND SAME TIME LOSING ALL BREAKING FUNCTIONS. NEEDED TO TURN OFF ROAD AND KILL MOTOR TO STOP. ALL BREAK LINES NEED REPLACEMENT. I SPENT $2500 FIXING.
BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES ARE VERY RUSTED ALSO THE DRIVE SHAFT AND ABS BRACKET 2 BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK HAS ONLY ABOUT 100,000 MILES IT IS VERY DANGEROUS
THE FUEL LINES RUST AWAY AND START LEAKING FUEL BADLY. ALL LINES HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE RUST ON THIS TRUCK IS UNBELIEVABLE. GM WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE PRODUCT. THE ROCKER PANELS ALL RUSTED OUT AS WELL. THE FRAME IS RUSTING OUT. THESE TRUCK ARE JUST RUST BUCKETS
EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON BRAKE AND FUEL LINES. HAD A METAL LINE BLOW OUT NEAR REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL CAUSING DRIVER TO HAVE TO USE TRANSMISSION AND HOLDING PARKING BRAKE RELEASE HANDLE WHILE USING E-BRAKE WHILE STEERING WITH ONE HAND. UPON SPLICING IN A SECTION OF REPLACEMENT TUBING, I NOTICED THE FUEL RETURN LINE FROM THE ENGINE TO THE TANK IS CORRODED SEVERELY TOO. I HAD A SECTION OF FUEL LINE FALL APART UPON REPLACING A FUEL FILTER AND SPLICED IN A RUBBER FUEL HOSE WITH CLAMPS TO GET A FUEL FILTER REPLACED. WHEN THE FUEL LINES RUPTURE, THERE IS A CHANCE OF FIRE FROM THE EXHAUST OR HOT BRAKE DRUMS. WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT I NEED TO SELL TRUCK AS IT HAS 18-24 MONTHS LEFT WITHOUT PROPER AND EXPENSIVE REPAIRS BEING MADE. RARELY GETS UNDERBODY WASH AS A QUALITY WASH IS FAR AWAY AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE RUST IS PROBABLY HOLDING IT TOGETHER AND ADVISED NOT TO KNOCK OFF ANY MORE RUST AS IT WOULD ACCELERATE FURTHER CORROSION. WAS ADVISED A WASTE OF TIME TO USE RUST REFORMER OR UNDERCOATING. I NOTICED THIS STATIONARY AS THE VEVICLE WAS MAKING SQUEAKING SOUNDS FROM THE REAR AXLE HUB ON DRIVER SIDE (SAME LINE THAT BLEW) AND FIGURED HANGING CALIPER SO I DID A FULL BRAKE PEDAL PRESS AND FELT THE PEDAL GET SPONGY AND DROP ANOTHER 1" TOWARD FLOOR. I OPENED DOOR, HUNG OUT LOOKING UNDER TRUCK AND PRESSED PEDAL AGAIN TO SEE FLUID POURING FROM REAR AXLE AREA. DROVE IT 30 MILES WITH NO SERVICE BRAKES TO GET TO THE GARAGE USING ONLY E-BRAKE AND 3,2,1 AND NEUTRAL RANGE OF TRANSMISSION TO BE ABLE TO STOP IF NEEDED. ALSO WAS ADVISED ABOUT FUEL TANK STRAP AND THAT I WOULD NEED A FLAME CUTTER TO CHANGE THE FUEL PUMP AS TRUCK BED BOLTS LOOKED HORRIBLE OR WOULD NEED TO CUT TANK STRAPS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK. THE "ANNUAL UNDERBODY WASH" MOST OWNERS MANUALS RECOMMEND IS INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000. MA 10/19/2015
LUCKILY I WAS PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I FOUND OUT MY BRAKES HAD GONE BECAUSE THEY HAD RUSTED THROUGH NOT LONG AFTER MY GAS WAS POURING OUT CAUSE THE FUEL LINES RUSTED AND NOW CHANCES ARE I WONT GET AN INSPECTION STICKER THIS COMING YEAR BECAUSE MY FRAME IS RUSTED OUT
I'VE HAD TO REPLACE CALIPERS, ROTORS, BRAKE LINES THE HAVE RUSTED, BRAKES HOSES THAT HAVE GONE BAD AND THIS VEHICLE IS WELL KEPT AND INSIDE. LOW MILES FOR A 2002 AND YET ALL AT ONCE EVERYTHING WENT BAD INCLUDING MY FUEL SENSOR FOR THE GAS GUAGE.
I HAD REPLACED ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE LAST YEAR AND HAD BRAKES WORKED ON THIS YEAR AND LAST AND REPLACED BRAKE PADS. THE ROTORS HAD BEEN TURNED BEFORE, ON A TRIP TO MY DAUGHTERS MY BRAKES STARTED TO GO OUT. THEY WERE COMPLETELY OUT BY THE TIME I REACHED HER CORNER. I HAD TO HAVE ALL NEW BRAKE LINES AND ROTORS AND PADS EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE ONLY 6,000 MILES ON THE PADS. I ALSO HAD RUSTPROOFED THE TRUCK INCLUDING THE UNDERBODY AND CARRIAGE WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2002. IT'S A RUST BUCKET DESPITE THE EXTRA PROTECTION. THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE WAS RUSTED. THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. AND NOW THE FUEL PUMP IS OUT AND THEY FUEL LINES ARE RUSTED AS WELL. WHAT GETS ME IS I PAID SO MUCH EXTRA FOR EXTRA RUST PROOFING. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED THROUGH THIS BAD AT ONLY 125000 MILES. THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE IS PLACED WHERE THE RUST CAN GET AT IT RIGHT UNDER THE CHASSIS PART UNPROTECTED. SO MUCH FOR SAFETY. THAT WENT OUT AT ABOUT 75000 MILES BUT JUST GOT IT REPLACED AT 100000 MILES OR SO. THE BRAKE LINES AND THE FUEL LINES ARE A JOKE ON THIS VEHICLE. I USED TO MAKE AND INSPECT AND TEST THEM AT A FACTORY AND THESE WOULD HAVE NEVER PASSED INSPECTION FOR CORROSION TEST. BUT THEY WEREN'T MADE THERE. THE FACTORY IS CLOSED. NO UNION WAGES EITHER, BUT WE DID GOOD WORK NOT THIS GARBAGE. IT COST OVER $500 FOR MODULE AND IT COST 2500 FOR THE REST OF BRAKE JOB. AND NOW THE FUEL LINES AND PUMP AND FILTER WILL COST OVER $1000. PLUS MY TRUCK BODY IS RUSTING THROUGH ON THE ROCKER PANELS. I BOUGHT A SILVERADO BECAUSE THEY HOLD THEIR VALUE AND ARE DEPENDABLE. NOW MY VEHICLE IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE AND I'M PAYING THOUGH THE NOSE ON TOP OF IT! WE HAVE A 98 CHEVY BLAZER WITH 195000 AND NO RUST ON THE ROCKER PANELS AND THE BRAKE LINES ARE JUST NOW GETTING REPLACED. THERE WAS NO EXTRA RUST PROTECTION ON IT EITHER! WHEN IS GM GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE? *TR
BEGAN TO SMELL GAS AND COULD VISUAL SEE FUEL LEAKING FROM IN THE AREA OF THE FUEL TANK. MECHANIC CONFIRMED FUEL WERE LEAKING DUE TO CORROSION. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED FUEL LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND A CERTIFIED MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL LINE WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.
STATE INSPECTION MY TRUCK FAILED DUE TO GASOLINE RUSTED AND LEAKING GAS,REAR SHACKLES RUSTED THRU, PARKING BREAK WON'T HOLD CORROSION. I HAVE NEVER HAD SO MANY RUSTED OUT PARTS ON MY TRUCK BEFORE, THE GAS LINE SHOULD NOT RUST THRU THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. SHACKLES RUSTED THRU WHAT GIVES MY OLD 88 NEVER HAD ANY OF THESE PROBLEM PLEASE DO A RECALL. *TR
LOST MOST OF MY BRAKING AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RUST ON BRAKE LINES AND OTHER BRAKE PARTS. MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS WAY MORE RUST THAN THERE SHOULD OF BEEN IN THESE AREAS. *TR
THE PART OF THE FRAME THAT HOLDS UP THE GAS TANK AND CONNECTS TO THE SHOCK HAS ROTTED AWAY. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR LEAF SPRING SHACKLES DO TO RUST AS WELL AS THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE. THE REAR OF THE TRUCK IS RUSTING AWAY. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP, THERE IS A KNOCK IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT I HAVE HAD FIXED ONCE ALREADY, THE ENGINE HAS TICKING SOUND WHEN IDLING, AND THE A/C COMPRESSOR IS BROKEN. *TR
BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES MUST BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUSTING. BLEW A BRAKE LINE AND HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. ADDITIONALLY, THE FRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD TO BE WELDED. LOOKING AT REPAIR COSTS BETWEEN $1500 - $3000 DEPENDING UPON HOW THIS GOES. *TR
2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500, 4 WHEEL DRIVE Z71 OFF ROAD, 58420 MILES, WAS STOPPED WITH FOOT DEPRESSED ON BRAKE PEDAL, FELT PEDAL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO ACCELERATE AND HAD NO BRAKES. BRAKE FLUID LEAK DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINE. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION ALL BRAKE LINES, FUEL LINES, EHCU BRAKE LINE CONNECTION ARE ALL RUSTED. BRAKE LINE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED BUT AT A STAND STILL AT THE MOMENT DUE TO A LEAK AT THE EHCU CONNECTION DUE TO PITTING, THERE ISN'T A TIGHT CONNECTION. STILL IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRS. HAVE ALL PARTS. *TR
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 58000 MILES. THIS TRUCK WAS NEVER USED FOR TOWING. THE REVERSE WENT OUT BACKING OUT THE GARAGE. ALSO, THE VENT AND VAPOR SENSOR FOR THE FUEL TANK FAILED. I WAS TOLD THERE HAVE BEEN MANY UPDATES FOR THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE, SECOND, AND FOURTH GEARS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION REACTION SHELL CAUSED THE FAILURE AND WAS REPLACED AT THE COST OF $1,728. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 57,000. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ THE FUEL PUMP AND U-JOINTS WERE REPLACED. UPDATED *JB
TL* - THE CONTACT SAID THAT THE CAP AND ROTOR THAT GOES TO THE SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN REPLACED, BECAUSE OF A RECALL. THE CONTACT SAID THAT THE PARTS WENT BAD A YEAR LATER. HE TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER (PEARSON BUICK GMC) AND THEY REPLACE THE PARTS AGAIN, BUT THEY CHARGED HIM $100 FOR HIS WARRANTY USE. THE CONTACT SAID THAT SINCE THE PARTS ARE STILL UNDER RECALL WHY DID THEY CHARGE HIM FOR THIS WARRANTY USE? THE CONTACT HAS REPAIR ORDERS FOR ALL THE WORK.
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