Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that fuel was leaking from the fuel pump. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.
2008 Chevrolet Equinox fuel system complaints
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The fuel rail developed a pinpoint leak resulting in gas being sprayed out of the system and into the engine compartment. Leak was only detected because it was subsequently pulled into the passenger cabin causing nausea and headaches in my toddlers. Hole is not visible to the naked eye, and is small enough that the system only leaks when pressurized.
I began to smell a strong gas odor. Then the equinox started to give me trouble when I started it up. It would just keep turning over but never start right away. People would leave notes on my car the gas smell got so strong. Gas mileage went down dramatically. I took the truck to my mechanic and it was a faulty fuel module that was leaking. This should be a recalled part my truck is new never been wrecked or worked on that the fuel module should be leaking.
When the vehicle is turned on the fuel gauge reads on the opposite side turning the key on and off quickly will let the gauge return to normal settings. The key needs to be turned on and off several times for it to return to the normal setting, also disconnecting the battery will allow it to return to the normal setting but this only lasts for a few times. The range - how many miles you have left till you need to get gas - works fine if I did not have this I would probably run out of gas or I would be visiting the gas station quite a bit. I took the vehicle to the garage and they told me there were no recalls for this problem. It was going to cost about $500 to fix this. They suggested a new fuel pump to fix this problem. No codes showed up on the machine.
Fuel smell inside and outside of car plastic fitting on fuel pump assy cracked and leaking was told my car did not have a recall internet search shows a recall for 41,000 gm vehicles with the same problem.
My wife smelled gas on my 2008 equinox when the vehicle was parked in the garage. Vehicle was pulled out and I noticed the smell was coming from the passenger rear. I got under the car to see if I could see a visible leak and noticed gas around the gas tank. Monday july 30 2012 I will take the vehicle in to my local dealership. I searched on line and noticed this is a on-going problem with the equinox, I'm alarmed that there has not been a recall on this issue. This could lead to a fire/ fatalities with the vehicle.
Gas is dripping from the fuel tank possible early defective parts. Premature worn parts only 43000 miles. Concern safety issue due to leaking gas.
Gas tank leaking from the top of the tank.
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