Dt: while driving she was experiencing hesitation, hit pothole and had to be towed home. Upon inspection of the vehicle, the factory wiring inside the fuel tank to the fuel pump was burned up at the connector, only bear wiring was present in the fuel tank. Fearful this may catch fire. Hardwired this feature per owner who is also mechanic. Appeared to be faulty wiring, definitely 4 pin connector at the top of that wire assembly. No other problems.
1996 Chevrolet Silverado: fuel pump failure
6 of the 186 complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado describe fuel pump failure.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Fuel pump failure by model year
What owners say
Last year august,2000 fuel pump replaced by james chevrolet at 103,000 miles. Problem came back when consumer noticed vehicle stalling and not starting. In may,2001 problem was intermittent and dealer said they could not fix it if it was not broke, and to bring it back when it failed. Three months later failed and the sender kit was replaced along with fuel pump and melted wires were found inside the tank. Dealers service manager had seen problem, but not enough to be conbustible.*ak
Fuel pump had malfunctioned, and had to be replaced twice. However, problem has reoccurred.
While driving vehicle would stall out for no reason. Had no warning when this happened, consumer would lose control of vehicle. Vehicle towed to dealer & fuel pump replaced 5 times by mechanic. Mechanic do not know cause of stalling.
Wiring harness connected to fuel pump within the fuel tank burned up due to fuel pump failure. Incident could have LED to a vehicle explosion. Asking the federal safety agency help in this matter.
There are many examples of windsheald wipers failures on 1996 silverado trucks ,but gm says that the VIN number dosent include my truck.I beleave you should expand this recall because its apparent that many other trucks have the same deadly problem.I suspect from my research on the web the AC and fuel pump problems are also common.I received my truck just after the strike. That was a big mistake .
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado fuel pump
Is fuel pump failure a common problem on the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado?
6 of 186 owner complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado (3%) mention fuel pump failure. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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