2000 GMC Sierra Fuel system Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THEY WERE TRAVELING 25 MPH AND THE FUEL TANK FAILED AND BEGAN TO LEAK GASOLINE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO COME OUT TO DISPOSE OF THE GASOLINE. THE TANK WAS CUT OFF AND SECURED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE THE STRAPS HOLDING THE TANK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WERE SEVERELY COVERED WITH RUST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

NHTSA ID

10465061

Incident

Jul 1, 2012

Mileage

125,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND FELT A DRAGGING SENSATION AND SCRAPING NOISE. I PULLED THE TRUCK OVER, LOOKED UNDERNEATH EXPECTING TO SEE THE MUFFLER DRAGGING. I WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISED TO SEE THE GAS TANK RESTING ON THE STREET. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE LEAKING ONTO THE STREET. I CALLED AAA TO COME TOW THE CAR. THEY SAID I NEEDED TO CALL THE FIRE DEPT., WHICH I DID [XXX] SOON THERE WERE 2 FIRE TRUCKS AND A HAZMAT VEHICLE. THEY PROCEEDED TO CALL THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND 2 OF THEIR TRUCKS ARRIVED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CUT THE REMAINING STRAP AND REMOVED THE TANK. THE MDE PUMPED THE REMAINING FUEL INTO A METAL BARREL. IN LIGHT OF FORD'S RECALL ON 1.1 MILLION PICK-UP TRUCKS, I THOUGHT IT IMPORTANT TO REGISTER THIS REPORT AS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT GMC MIGHT BE USING THE SAME STRAPS TO SUPPORT THE GAS TANKS. I DO NOT HAVE VIN # AS THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO S & L AUTO [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

10463947

Incident

Jul 1, 2012

Mileage

125,000 mi

THE LOWER HALF OF THE REAR GAS TANK STRAP HAS ROTTED OUT AND DISLODGED FROM THE UPPER HALF OF THE STRAP. THE FRONT STRAP ALSO HAS VISIBLE CORROSION. A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO FIND THE LOWER HALF OF THE STRAP, AS I WAS MOVING FIREWOOD ON MY PROPERTY. I FEEL BLESSED THAT I FOUND THE ISSUE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING. I BELIEVE IF UNDETECTED, THE RELEASE OF THE GAS FROM THE CHASSIS WOULD HAVE LIKELY BEEN CATASTROPHIC. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS! *TR

NHTSA ID

10442224

Incident

Dec 11, 2011

Mileage

168,467 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL LINE STRAP FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE FUEL LINE STRAP HIMSELF TO PREVENT IT FROM HANGING. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 96,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 09/07/2011 *LN *TR

NHTSA ID

10413409

Incident

Jul 17, 2011

Mileage

95,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER OR A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000. UPDATED 03/07/12

NHTSA ID

10398664

Incident

Nov 24, 2010

Mileage

41,000 mi

MY GAS GUAGE ON MY 2000 GMC SIERRA PICKUP IS ACTING ERATIC. IT GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. I DID A SEARCH ON GOOGLE AND FOUND THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM WAS BEING REPORTED TO AUTOMOTIVE HELP SITES BY A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE. SOME SAY IT IS THE SENDING UNIT IN THE GAS TANK - SOME DEALERSHIPS TOLD THEM THIS. THE COST TO DROP THE TANK AND FIX THE PROBLEM IS AROUND $800. EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO FORCE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, YOU CAN EASILY SEE BY SEARCHING GOOGLE THAT THIS IS INDEED A MAJOR PROBLEM. I SUSPECT THAT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN FILL A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA. THANK YOU...*NM

NHTSA ID

10173109

Incident

Jan 1, 2006

Mileage

50,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL TOUCHED THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A RUSTED BRAKE LINE . UPDATED 8/30/2006 - *NM

NHTSA ID

10164843

Incident

Aug 4, 2006

Mileage

74,000 mi

THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE IN MY 2000 GMC SIERRA HAS BEEN ERRATIC AND IS NOW CONSISTENTLY REPORTING THE TANK IS EMPTY EVERY TIME I FILL IT UP AND IT WILL THEN KEEP FLIPPING BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 100 MILES AFTER FILL UP. I CANNOT TRUST THE GAUGE ANY LONGER TO TELL ME WHEN THE TANK IS GETTING LOW EITHER, AS IT WILL SHOW 1/8 TO 1/4 EVEN WHEN IT WILL TAKE 26 OR SO GALLONS OF GAS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAULTY LEVEL SENSOR THAT IS AFFECTED WHEN THE TANK IS FULL, MOSTLY, AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CONNECTING TO THE SENSOR IN THE TANK MAY BE SHORTING OUT IN THE TANK NEAR OR IN THE PRESENCE OF GASOLINE! I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND SUGGEST THAT IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

NHTSA ID

10161870

Incident

Jul 6, 2004

Mileage

70,000 mi

I OWN A 2000 GMC SIERRA. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM AS THE 2000 CHEVROLET SIVERADO. THE FUEL GAUGE READ ERRADICALLY THEN LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ONE EVEN THOUGH TANK FULL OF FUEL. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECT. WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE FUEL LEVELING SENSOR. *NM

NHTSA ID

10159516

Incident

Jan 8, 2005

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA CLASSIC. HE HAD TO REPLACE A FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY THAT WAS HOUSED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK. THERE WAS SOME RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLES BUT NOT FOR HIS MODEL. THERE WERE FOUR WIRES IN THE FUEL TANK TWO OF THE FOUR WIRES WERE MELTED TOGETHER INSIDE THE FUEL TANK. *JB

NHTSA ID

10128106

Incident

Jun 29, 2005

INCORRECT FUEL GAUGE READINGS WHEN AT A FULL TANK. *AK

NHTSA ID

10118369

Incident

Apr 22, 2005

Mileage

56,000 mi

THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FLUCTUATE WHILE DRIVING, THIS CAUSES A PROBLEM FOR CONSUMER NOT KNOWING THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE FUEL TANK. CONSUMER IS AFRAID OF RUNNING OUT OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK UPDATED 06/16/06. *JB

NHTSA ID

10115060

Incident

Apr 2, 2002

Mileage

35,000 mi

VEHICLE SPORADICALLY STARTS. DEALER ADVISED NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP, FILTER. INDEPENDANT SHOP STATED THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM. INDEPENDANT FLUSHED INJECTORS AND REPLACED HOSE THAT WAS MELTING FROM GAS AS PER BULLETIN. TRUCK RAN GREAT FOR A WEEK AND THEN PROBLEM BEGAN AGAIN. TRUCK CURRENTLY WON'T START AGAIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

10112610

Incident

Feb 23, 2005

Mileage

44,844 mi

NO EVENT LEADING UP TO FAILURE. THE FUEL GAUGE QUITS READING FULL INSTEAD READS COMPLETELY EMPTY GIVING NO INDICATION OF FUEL LEVEL NOTHING HAS BEEN CURRENTLY DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS IT INVOLVES REMOVAL OF PICKUP BED TO REPLACE SENSOR IN FUEL PUMP. 5 OTHER VEHICLES IN SAME AREA HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10108441

Incident

Jan 6, 2003

Mileage

66,000 mi

WHILE FILLING UP FOR GASOLINE THE GAS GAUGE WOULD REGISTER A HALF OF TANK. BUT THE DRIVER FILLED A FULL TANK AT THE GASOLINE PUMP. THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPEN TWICE. THE DRIVER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT TO BRING IT IN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

NHTSA ID

10108881

Incident

Jan 25, 2005

WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE IT RAN ROUGHLY, AND A SMELL OF FUEL WAS NOTICEABLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND SAID IT WAS THE PLENUM CHAMBER AND GASKET THAT WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SMELL LIKE FUEL WHEN STARTING UP. *AK

NHTSA ID

10101093

Incident

Nov 15, 2004

Mileage

45,000 mi

TRUCK WON'T START, IDLES ROUGH, BUCKING OR NO POWER, FUEL INJECTORS GUMMED UP, BACKFIRES SOMETIMES WON'T GO OVER 30 MPH*AK

NHTSA ID

10056524

Incident

Jan 22, 2003

DEAR SIRS, IN JANUARY OF 2000 I PURCHASED A NEW GMC SIERRA PICK-UP TRUCK FROM A GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIP. IN APRIL OF 2003 THE GAS GAUGE BEGAN TO ACT ERRATICALLY FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER A FILL-UP. IT WOULD GO FROM FULL TO EMPTY, AND THEN ACT NORMAL UNTIL THE NEXT FILL-UP. THE ODOMETER READING WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES WHEN THIS PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED. IN SEPTEMBER 2003 THE GAUGE WOULD ONLY REGISTER FULL. AT THIS TIME I HAD THE TRUCK INSPECTED BY TWO INDEPENDENT GARAGES. THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD SEEN A NUMBER OF GMC'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT SEEMED THAT THE 1999-2001 MODELS HAD A DEFECTIVE PART. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP IN SEPTEMBER 2003 I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE PART. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE COST OF THIS REPAIR WOULD BE $650.00, INCLUDING PARTS (THE PART COST WAS $395.83). I WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE THE MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000 MILES, THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. I STATED THAT THE MILEAGE SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR FOR A FUEL GAUGE. I DID NOT EXPECT GM TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY; HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT SOME CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TOWARD THE COST OF THIS PART. I HAVE CONTACTED THE GM CONSUMER DEPARTMENT HOWEVER NO RELIEF HAS BEEN OFFERED TOWARD THIS REPAIR/PART. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE HELD FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEFECTIVE PART. *LA

NHTSA ID

10052319

Incident

Apr 15, 2003

CONTINUED HARD STARING, NO STARTING, STALLING, AND SPUTTERING WHILE DRIVING. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023733

Incident

Jun 20, 2003

Mileage

69,000 mi

FUEL GAUGE IS ERRATIC. DEALER FOUND THAT FUEL LEVEL SENSOR SHORTED/REPLACED/REMOVED. *SC. *AK

NHTSA ID

567848

2000 GMC SIERRA INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT - TRUCK EXPLODED AND BURNED. *AK

NHTSA ID

750444

Incident

Jul 10, 2001

THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THE GMC SIERRA PICK-UP TO EXPLODE AND BURN. *AK

NHTSA ID

748977

Incident

Jul 10, 2001