1999 Chevrolet Tahoe fuel system problems

Filed May 10, 2016 · Brakes, Fuel system · 133,000 miles · IL

Fuel line leaks .pouring gas out of pressure side .pics below.vehicle 130000 miles.2.brake lines rotting away .rear mount to differential lines.must be replaced.how can this be allowed? 560 dollars in just parts alone.3.gas fill neck rotted and leaks during fueling.had to replace

Filed Apr 17, 2013 · Fuel system · 186,000 miles · TX

Fuel pump wiring failed causing fuel pump to burn up. Obvious issue as gm now includes replacement wiring with replacement fuel pumps. Safety issue for the following reasons, any wiring failure in proximity to the fuel tank could cause a fire, failure of the wiring resulting in failure of the fuel pump leaves the vehicle immediately stranded, whether on a high speed freeway, in local traffic, in a an unsafe area or sitting in your driveway. There is no symptom so that preventive maintenance can be performed.

Filed Mar 18, 2011 · Fuel system · 96,998 miles · MD

Bought from new 99 tahoe. Has had 2 runaway over speed events. The 2nd was yesterday. It has been having also, loss of power at time when first starting off. It goes away quickly, usually in few seconds. Hear at least one exhaust popping noise during event. Never looses power during long highway travel. Both times the runaway acceleration was after a hard acceleration. Goes into bauck ( loss of power) & then into full acceleration! Last runaway required 3 key off shutdowns to relieve. Neutral caused it to rev to 5000 RPM. Brakes seem to control run away a bit at 40mph, but not down hill! We never use cruise control & it was in off position. Hard to steer of course with engine off at 40+ MPH! Suspect fuel injection system. Was in drive position at occurrence. First occurrence was about a month previous. It was controlled by full braking stop then. It was then only at slow speed to start. A less experienced driver on the steep hill I came up on during run away could have been killed into trees on side of hill. Ex nasa engr with only carburetor knowledge!

Filed Feb 6, 2009 · Electrical, Fuel system · 94,550 miles · TX

Went to visit inlaws in canada for chrismas, arrived late at nite. Got up in the morning truck will not start, local mechanic diagnosed it as the anti-theft system,{ passlock } he got it running and said I need to go to the nearest dealer to get it reprogrammed be fore it happens again. Next morning was going to dealer it would not start again. Three days latter it finally started. Dealer charged $330 to reprogram {passlock} two days latter when I was going home it would not start again. I haven't got it running yet. Was supposed to be back to work in texas three days latter. I got fired , and I'm still stuck in canada and broke now. Thank you chevrolet!!

Filed Sep 29, 2006 · Fuel system · 75,000 miles · FL

On 2-11-03, the california epa announced that general motors has been required to extend the fuel injector warranty on '96-'01 model year light trucks, suvs, trucks & vans to 10 years/200,000 miles. "malfunctioning fuel injection systems (scpi) cause significant increases in air pollution". Gm will fix the problem at no cost to the vehicle owners. The fuel systems were replaced with the new mfi units. Gm settled with the california epa to avoid a threat of a nationwide recall. I own a vehicle that falls into this category but do not live in california. I contacted local dealerships as well as the chevrolet customer care center for assistance and was told that only vehicles in california were eligible to be repaired. All affected vehicles manufactured by gm with the defective scpi fuel system should be treated in the same manner as this is not only an issue for vehicles driven in california. The fuel injector (oem part number 17091432). Replacing plugs, wires, distributor cap & rotor, cleaning injector & induction systems does not eliminate the basic problem which is a defective scpi fuel system. See url (http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr021103.htm) for specifics.

Filed Apr 4, 2006 · Fuel system · 85,555 miles · MA

The gas tank rusts out around where the fuel pump is attached to the gas tank due to lack of drainage and precipitating the failure of the fuel pump. Just in my circle of friends who own chevrolets all have had the same incident happen. Poor design by manufacturer. Fuel could also leak from this type of failure.

Filed Oct 4, 2005 · Fuel system · 30,000 miles · CA

Is the federal safety agency recall campaign 05v155000 (chevrolet suburban 2000-2001 fuel pump failure) going to be expanded to other gm trucks? My 1999 tahoe had the exact failure described in this recall, and I expect it will fail again. If the recall will be restricted to the 2000-2001 suburbans, I will perform my own modification to my tahoe's pump (I will bypass the internal pump connector and solder the wires). However, if the recall will be expanded to the 1999 tahoe in the near future, I would rather have the official gm fix applied.

Filed Jun 27, 2005 · Fuel system · NC · fire

Dt: the contact owns a 1999 chevrolet tahoe. The rear end caught on fire. Vehicle was making a noise so she pulled over, and the person behind consumer was flagging her down because the vehicle was on fire. She smelled fuel coming from the vehicle.

Filed Jun 1, 2005 · Electrical, Fuel system · 90,000 miles · MN

Fuel pump went out on 1999 tahoe. Took to dealer to service under extended warranty. I was told that there is a service bulletin about the wiring harness with a warning that they can be faulty and short out the fuel pump, in which case the new fuel pump would not be covered under warranty unless the wiring harness was replaced. I was also told that there is a recall coming out on this very problem but only for 2000-2003 (or 2004?) tahoes. My concern is that if this is a know problem that happen to thousands upon thousands of 1999 tahoes why aren't the 1999 tahoes being included in the recall that is soon to be released? I was told this by my dealer.

Filed Sep 21, 2004 · Fuel system, Transmission · 74,039 miles · IL

Fuel leaks from the central port injections into the onboard computer. As a result, the vehicle becomes inoperative. A recall was issued. However, this vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN. *ak the PCM was replaced. A misfired in the 3 cylinders and 3 injector were replaced. *sc