| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005029046 | Incident Date: Jul, 06 2005 |
| Consumer's City: BRADNER | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SIERRA | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, other |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2GTEC19T5X1 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 15 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 21 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Truck running sluggish. difficult to start at times. hooked up to computer a couple times and showed different sensors bad at different times. driving to work on 7/7/2005 vehicle suddenly shuts down, able to pull into a resturant parking lot. problem : fuel pressure regulator clogged ( this is a vaccum line no gas should go through it) causing gas to flow at 60 pounds fuel pressure into the intake manifold causing a fire. because of this the manifold burned a big hole where #4 cylinder would be located. this happened while i was driving 55 mph down the road & was possibly still burning while i waited in my vehilcle to be picked up. i believe this is a dangerous & should be looked at. my girlfriends nephew found the problem & replaced the intake manifold & fuel pressure regulator. while working on my 99 gmc sierra her brother who drives a 2000 gmc sierra describes the same problems i was experiencing & promptly brings over his truck. upon looking at his fuel pressure regulator it also was full of gas ! his was found earlier without resulting in fire & his fuel pressure regulator was replaced. i contacted gmc & they have given me a hard time, because they wanted me to take it to a gmc garage, i was not going to pay to have it towed there . but plan on stopping there monday 7/18/05 to show them the parts ( i have the fuel pressure regulator & the intake manifold with the hole burnt through) |
