1999 Chevrolet Silverado: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Jul 20, 2009 · Fuel system, Suspension · 114,000 miles · SC

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 chevrolet silverado. Whenever the contact drove various speeds, he heard a squeaking sound coming from the front passenger side suspension. The sound has been present ever since the vehicle was purchased. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 114,000. Updated 8/7/09 *cn the consumer stated the right front upper control arm was the reason for the noise. Also, the gas gauge malfunctioned. It would come on and go off reading low fuel. Updated 08/11/09.

Filed May 21, 2007 · Fuel system · 85,000 miles · CA

Fuel gauge sending unit faulty.fuel gauge erractic.fuel gauge does not respond after filling tank and low fuellight comes on. Im not only one experiencing this problem I knew 3 people with 1899 and 2000 silverados that have same exact problem with their fuel sending unit.im sure this is a defect.

Filed Dec 31, 2005 · Fuel system · 56,850 miles · MI

Fuel gauge works off and on mostly off. I purchased truck in spring of 2002 and problem started immediately after purchase , so I am guessing that the dealer knew of the problem just got lucky that I didn't notice till after the deal was done . Have talked to several people with chevrolet trucks all years within 1999 through 2004 and all have had the same problem. And I have talked to several dealers and was told it would cost upwards of 600 hundred dollars to repair. Sounds to me as there is definitely a problem and it isn't the car owner's that are at fault. There should be a recall on this problem.

Filed Nov 3, 2004 · Acceleration, Electrical · 60,942 miles · TN

The transmission was serviced more than four times while under warranty for the vehicle revving and sticking in gear. The vehicle has been maintained as it should have been. The manufacture offered no help. *jb the engine had come on, the fuel gauge did not read correctly, transmission slipped, the c control would not engage and a green and white wire at the pin circuit was loose, and the sensor in the washer jug was bad.

Filed Aug 30, 2004 · Fuel system · 94,894 miles · MI

Consumer states the fuel gauge reads incorrectly. As a result driver has to use the mileage to know how much fuel the vehicle has.

Filed Aug 13, 2004 · Brakes, Fuel system · 50,000 miles · MI

The fuel gauge sending unit failed (I go by mileage to know if I need fuel or not). Driver's side seat belt locks up when you go to look to change lanes (dealer couldn't reproduce the problem--so it's never been fixed). Passenger seat belt locks up if you just lean forward to roll down the window (was told this was a mechanism for a baby seat--didn't think car seats were supposed to be in the front seat). Right side daytime running lamp burned out a long time ago. Abs module failed (had to pull the fuse so the pump wouldn't burn up) therefore the truck no longer has ABS. Driver's side front wheel hub failed due to lack of grease in the non-consumer maintainable bearing (the whole hub had to be replaced). The water pump has already failed (replaced that). The transmission is starting to slip here & there. The accelerator sticks causing you to have to jam on it in parking lots & other places where it's just not safe to be darting forward. This model year was just a bad year for gm. They need to fix these problems. This is the worst gm vehicle I've ever owned (and I've been a loyal gm customer all my driving years).

Filed Aug 2, 2004 · Fuel system · 35,000 miles · TX

There is a chronic fuel level sending unit failure, fuel gauge fails. This unit located in the fuel tank fails due to "contaminated fuel in the area attacking and corroding the unit causing it to fail." this is the same response dealers are instructed to give when customers complain about this problem. I have heard this from different parts of the country from dealers from el paso, texas to northern new mexico.

Filed Jul 14, 2004 · Fuel system · TX

Fuel sending unit faulty. Many reports on web of same failure due to fuel additives damaging contacts.

Filed Jun 10, 2004 · Fuel system · 102,500 miles · AL

The fuel guage on the 1999 chevrolet silverado would become erratic and would read incorrect fuel readings. Cause of this defect is a faulty fuel sending unit, built into the silverado's fuel pump assembly.

Filed Feb 25, 2004 · Fuel system · 60,000 miles · TX

My fuel gauge does not read correctly. It either reads full (most of the time) or just after I fill up it flips to empty intermitently. This has caused me to run out of fuel a couple of times before I discovered the problem. I now have to use the trip meter to gage how far I have gone.

Filed Feb 24, 2004 · Brakes · 54,000 miles · VA

1999 chevrolet silverado had catastrophic anti-lock brake failure. Antilock breaks are now totally inoperable. This is caused by a poorly designed control module, and could potentially cause an accident. The same vehicle has a fuel gauge problem in which the fuel gauge works only intermittantly, and is rarly accurate when it does work. How am I supposed to feel safe when driving this vehicle? How can I in good conscience let my wife drive this vehicle, and feel that she is safe? How could gm not recall, and fix these problems?? Please answer my questions!!

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Brakes, Engine · NY

This is the first new vehicle we have ever bought. But not a good expreience, we have always had gm products with no problems. We just had the truck in the garage and they put it on the computer, it said code po137 02 sensor bank 1 sensor 2 replace also code po300 misfire #7 cylinder replace injector and fuel pressure regulator. This cost 448.78. Also po300 misfire #7 cylinder replace injector and fuel pressure regulator and code po463 fuel level sensor needs fuel sensor replaced at a cost of 301.00. We can't afford this at this time. They also said both front wheel bearings with speed sensors need replaced at a cost of 642.00. We can't have this done now either. We are going to try to get along with the brake failure long enough to save money to fix. We replaced the battery sept 11th at a cost of 65.00 and an alighment in june at a cost of 47.00 and rear brake rotors and pads replaced in july at a cost of 279.00. We had thought of trading or selling outright and getting another truck, but can't sell it as it is.