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.
2002 Chevrolet Corvette fuel system complaints
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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.
Fuel tank leak due to a split in non metal tank.
Steering column lock-up on 2 corvettes ( 97 & 02 ) locked up 3 times on the 2002 corvette & 1 time on 1997. Both mirrors broke on 97 & had to be replaced. Fuel gauge would go from half to empty & later back to half on 2002 & passenger door would not unlock w / remote & sometimes passenger window would not go down when convertible was put down . Read-out on heater / temp. Gauge & radio display would fade in and out.
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 the federal safety agency 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.
Dt*: the contact stated cracks were discovered in the spokes on both rear wheels of the vehicle. Although the vehicle was taken to the dealership for inspection, no repairs were made. Updated 3/9/2006 - the wheels were inspected by factory representative who authorized the dealer to replace both rear wheels at no cost to the consumer. The electric fuel pump was also replaced.
1. When the fuel gauge reads just below half, sometimes the gauge will suddenly jump to empty. Note that I normally refill the tank (completely full) when the fuel gauge reads about one eighth of a tank remaining.*ak 2. When this failure occurs, the vehicle can only be driven a few miles before running out of fuel. This has happened four times, all in the last four months. 3. I took it to the dealership that I purchased it from and they said they could not duplicate the problem and therefore they would do nothing about it. I called the gm service complaint number and they stated they would do nothing to assist me in getting this problem fixed.
While driving 85 MPH vehicle stalled. Vehicle has been serviced seven times due to stalling once the fuel gauge reached 3/8. The dealership was going to replace the fuel gauge again.
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