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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005025003 | Incident Date: May, 28 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ATLANTA | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: S10 | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCCS194XWK | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 19 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I recently purchased an 1998 chevy s-10 pickup in which had highway miles of @176000 miles. these trips were made from the texarkana to dallas area on i-30. after my purchase of said vehichle being the second owner i had been smelling gasoline and searched high and low for its source of origin for approximately 2 weeks and on my way home from sheveport la., the smell was overwhelming and was very lucky my truck did not explode into flames that night, i checked again under the hood and eventually underneath the carrige and found no leaks from the tank etc. i started the engine and looked again and noticed smoke from the underneath exhaust, upon further inspection the main gas line which routes over the transmission through a metal strap which holds it inplace had rubbed an area in which created this and what is a very dangerous incident and needs to be looked into, had the exhast ignited, gas was all over the top of the transmission as well all the way down the drive shaft. i replaced with regualar flex gas line from an automotive store. i still have the old line for futher inspection if needed, but others may not be as fortunate as i and would only think the smell is coming from the carburator area and would end up the vehichle catching fire or blowing up. take this very serious and correct the defective area by installing a rubber spaced metal strap which will seperate the three lines as well exposure of being rubbed by the strap in which holds them. my leak was spraying up into the body underneath and not just spraying directly down. |
