Consumer Complaint Detail

GMC / SIERRA 1500 / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005013997 Incident Date: Mar, 30 2005
Consumer's City: BROKEN ARROW Consumer's State: OK
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SIERRA 1500 Model Year: 1997
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#: 2GTEK19R8V1 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 30 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 06 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Truck will not start. not hearing the electic fuel pump in gas tank. truck towed for repairs. during fuel pump replacement. noticed the connector inside the gas tank arced and burned with 2 inches of insulation burned off the wires supplying power to the fuel pump. 1997 gmc truck. i guess this connector that mates through the tank has had a history of arcing burning here. also the connector defect isnt easily noticable to the technician. causing intermittent fuel pump failure as in my case. has there been any history of fire/exposion with these connectors on gm vehicles. this i feel is a serious defect. this truck has been probably driven for some time with this defect and it is a known issue to many technicians.. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3102/is_6_123/ai_n6083406 here is an article explaining the defect.