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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002196004 | Incident Date: Aug, 22 2002 |
| Consumer's City: MESA | Consumer's State: AZ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SUBURBAN | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3GNFK16T4YG | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 15 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Chevy suv stalls chevy 2000 suburban 5.3l bi fuel cng and gasoline spent most of the summer driving around mesa on just cng, sometimes for a whole month. gasoline tank was almost always full. during the past 2 years have used about 50 % gasoline and cng each and have 29,500 miles on vehicle. took a trip on friday 23 august up to an area northwest of williams az started to drive home on sunday 25 august and was now running on cng at 79 mph (speed limit was 75mph), 107 degrees outside when the engine stalled completely on a moderate acceleration. while still moving i tried to switch to gasoline but that did not work. noticed the engine had stopped and the suburban went into neutral. brakes faded and stearing went to manual. transmission went to neutral. coasted to a stop. could not restart. got a tow to chevy dealer in prescott az and tried to start the suburban but nothing happened. found the ecm b fuse had blown. replaced fuse. drove 94 miles on gasoline and the fuse blew again at 70 mph on the freeway. replaced fuse and drove 18 miles home without a problem. gasoline fuel tank at 1/3 full. monday 26 august, dropped the suburban off at the chevy dealer and they replaced a module that they said had an internal ground in it. fuse blew at least 6 more times, very scarry. replaced fuel pump and problem went away. they said pump was drawing to much current at times and was failing. |
