Noticed strong fuel odor around the vehicle, found out a crack in the tank around the tube connecting the hose coming from the filler neck, quite dangerous it could lead to a fire, ask gm and the have a safety policy adjustment, but it expires when the car is 7 years old or 70000 miles, there are many many cases like this so this must be a recall issue at my point of view.
2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT: gas smell in the cabin
5 of the 100 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT describe gas smell in the cabin.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 5%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Gas smell in the cabin by model year
What owners say
Fuel leak and heavy fuel fumes with gas tank/assembly leak on 2002 chevy trailblazers.
Smell of gas inside and outside of the vehicle after fill up. Took to dealership and notified them of an emission service bulletin #07099 regarding a fuel inlet check valve fracture. The dealerships assessment was that they found lines at top of sending unit rusted and fuel leaking out of lines, replaced sending unit. I do have the part they replaced and lines are rusted but see no holes where leaking occurred. Bill total was $816.78 (219.65 labor, 535.60 sending unit module, 15.30 seal.
2002 chevy trailblazer 1) check engine light came on. Observed strong gasoline odor and leakage. Vehicle failed emissions inspection. 2) took car for service where they identified that the gas tank's fill nipple had split where it was joined to the tank (stress failure?). 3) I heat-welded the nipple back on to the tank.
After smelling gas fumes and having the "service engine soon" lamp illuminated, I took my 2002 chevrolet trailblazer ext to my mechanic for service. The attachment from the fuel filler line and the gas tank was loose. He relayed that chevy was having a lot of problems with this. After pursuing this with gm, I found a special policy # 05012. Gm will fix the problem on vehicles with up to 70,000 miles. My vehicle has 72,000 miles. Gm refuses to repair this defect.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT fuel smell
Is gas smell in the cabin a common problem on the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT?
5 of 100 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT (5%) mention gas smell in the cabin. The model year with the most reports is 2003.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT
Check engine light 7Fuel leak 5Power windows 5Transmission failure 5Wipers 5
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