1996 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

FUEL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. FUEL PUMP FUSE BLOWN. REMOVED FUEL PUMP/SENDING UNIT ASSEMBLY, FOUND WIRING BURNT/CHARRED INSIDE FUEL TANK. REPLACED ENTIRE SENDING UNIT. 30K MILES LATER, SAME MALFUNCTION. WIRING BURNT AT THE FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR. *NM

Mileage: 171,038

CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE GASKET AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ARE DETERIORATE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AN REPLACED PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE CAUSED THE WIRE FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO GET EXTREMELY HOT AND BURNED THE PLASTIC CONNECTION. *YH

OUR ASE MECHANIC STATES THEY HAVE REPLACED ~35-40 SIMILAR CHEV SUBURBAN RADIATOR FAILURES IN PAST 24 MONTHS IN THEIR SHOP (DOCUMENTATION ON REQUEST). THESE HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH WATER PUMP FAILURES, INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS AND OCC. HEAD GASKET FAILURES WHEN COOLANT HAS LEAKED OVER ENGINE. AMONG ASE MECHANICS IN OUR AREA THIS IS A WELL-KNOW, "LEMON" DESIGN FAILURE WHICH WILL COST ME $900 TO REPAIR. *AK

FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. *SLC

THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY FAILED. YH

PINION SEAL ON REAR DIFF. LEAKED AT 36K MILES, FUEL INJECTORS CLOGGED AT 40K AND INOPERABLE OXYGEN SENSOR. BATTERY LEAKED AT SIDE TERMINAL (38K MILES), CORRODED BATTERY CABLES AND SHELF. WINSHEILD WIPERS DO NOT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STARTING POSITION WHEN TURNED OFF. CURRENTLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STARTING THE VEHICLE. STARTER WAS CHECKED AND IS O.K. PROBABLY ELECTRICAL, DUE TO LEAKING BATTERY OR A COMPUTER PROBLEM.

ENGINE CUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING ALL POWER STEERING AND ELECTRICAL POWER TO GO OUT. ALSO. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 5 TIMES, AND HAS CHANGED FUEL PUMP NUMEROUS TIMES. BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

SIX TRIPS TO DEALER FOR REPAIR OF BRAKES, UNSUCCESSFUL UNTIL MANUFACTURER'S BULLETIN. TWO REPLACEMENT FUEL INJECTORS. DESIRE RECALL INFORMATION ON CHEV. BRAKES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245R16R45 )

MAJOR FAILURES AT 2 YEARS A/C, BATT, ALTERNATOR, FUEL PUMP & DIFFERENTIAL,

WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE WHICH ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO LIST HERE ON YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE. CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN OF ANY SERVICE OR HELP TO US. WE HAVE OBTAINED AN ATTORNEY AND WE WERE ADVISED TO CONTACT YOUR SERVICE AND TRY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION. IF YOU CAN BE OF ANY HELP, PLEASE CONTACT ME. THANK YOU.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED CONTINUED STALLING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP AND WIRING HARNESS.

FUEL INJECTOR FAILED. QCAW

FUEL INJECTOR FAILED.

FUEL INJECTOR FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, NOTICED A BURNING SMELL, PULLED OVER AND UNDERNEATH THE HOOD WAS ON FIRE. FIREMAN STATED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE ON FIRE. *AK

FUEL SYSTEM FAILED TWICE.

CONSUMER WAS FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL AND THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL STATIC AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND THE FILLER NECK, IN ADDITION WHEN OPENING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR CONSUMER NOTICED ELECTRIC STATIC. *AK

FUEL INJECTOR GASKETS FAILED.