| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006088845 | Incident Date: Jan, 12 2006 |
| Consumer's City: SPRING | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: CORVETTE | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, other:storage:fuel gauge system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1YY32G025 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 14 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 22 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The gas gauge on my 2002 corvette goes to empty while driving, the dic flashes " low fuel" & the check gauges light comes on. just as suddenly, it will start working again several days later. i paid a local dealer ~$700 to replace the fuel tank sensor unit about a year ago. since then the problem has recurred several times. now the dealership is telling me to add a gas additive, only available from chevrolet at $25 a treatment, to fix the problem. after adding a bottle of the gas treatment, my gas gauge went to empty & stayed there for 3 days. i understand nhtsa investigated a similar problem for the 2000 malibu (ea02028), but no recall was ordered. surfing the web, this looks like a common problem on chevy autos & trucks. have contacted chevy owner assistance who contacted the local dealer & parroted their "old" gasoline explanation for fouling the sensor. why do you use a sensor that is not compatible with the fuel available to your customers? i only use fuel from brand name suppliers. this is clearly a defect in the gas sensor & needs to be treated as such by chevrolet. *jb |
