After fueling vehicle and parking in garage the vehicle for days will smell very strongly of gasoline until gallons are consumed via driving to approx. 3/4 of tank. Vehicle is not over filled ! No visual indications of fuel leaking on ground. This also happened since on july 12, 2016 last time vehicle was fueled.
2002 Chevrolet Corvette: fuel leak
7 of the 157 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette describe fuel leak.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- typical mileage
- 51,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Fuel leak by model year
What owners say
Car has fuel leak. Once I turn on the car it starts leaking gas. I could be stationary or in motion, it still leaks gas. It also smells terrible inside my car. I am worried about my health and other corvette owners. Some corvette owners may not even notice and next thing you know there car is on fire. Worse case scenario they could be injured or even death. This is a safety issue and gm should recall this. Im lucky to be even writing this I could've blown up while driving the car.
Fuel tank leaked gasoline into garage of my home. Was afraid of the house catching on fire from the fumes and afraid to drive car because of fuel leaking onto exhaust system. This seems to be a common problem with corvettes. It would be nice if gm was made to reimburse customers for this rather expensive repair.
2002 chevrolet corvette fuel leak/smell near left side of fuel tank. Fuel is visible and accumulates near fuel neck hose. Occurs frequently through daily driving.
I own a 2002 chevrolet corvette that has recently developed a serious fuel leak when refueling car. Not only is this a fire hazard but also the leak allows raw gas to be released into the atmosphere, a pollution problem. I did a search on this problem on a corvette web site ( corvetteforum.com ) and found this to be a wide spread problem in the c5 versions of the corvette. The car was built on 4-3-02, and first delivered on 7-19-02. I am the second owner, car has 51,156 miles, has had all required maintenance performed and is kept in like new condition. Since this is a wide spread problem with this particular vehicle, and the safety and pollution hazards it presents I feel gm should be required to repair at no cost to the consumer these blatant design errors. If nothing else, the repair should be covered under pollution laws. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
At about 15000 miles the fuel tank began leaking/smelling of gas after a fill up. Dealer did replace tank under the extended warranty. Dealer description: 25565 leaking fuel tank line l1280 2.1 (gmpp) inspected the fuel system for a leak and found the hard line to the top of the fuel tank is leaking at the connection to the tank. Removed the fuel tank and drained the tank. Swapped the sending unit and installed the new tank. Repairs were done on the right side tank. Tech 2310.
1. Each time the fuel tank is filled up there is a strong fuel odor smell. 2. Recently there is fuel leakage on my garage floor directly in front of the right rear tire & fuel on the side and bottom of the fuel tank. 3. Gm said car was out of warranty for this issue.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette fuel leak
Is fuel leak a common problem on the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette?
7 of 157 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette (4%) mention fuel leak. The model year with the most reports is 2008.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2002 Chevrolet Corvette?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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