2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT: fuel pump failure

Filed May 2, 2011 · Fuel system · 69,582 miles · GA

On several occasion over the past year my fuel gauge in my 2004 chevrolet trailblazer lt has read inaccurately leading to breaking down due to the vehicle running out of gas while the gauge was still reading at least 1/4 tank moments before the engine stalls. On all occasions I was driving on the freeway the gauge showed 1/4 tank and then all od a suddenly dropped to e with the fuel warning light coming one. Within a few miles of this sudden drop and the warning light coming on the engine would stall due the vehicle being out of gas. I have complained to my local dealer on several occasions and all they have offered to me is to replace the sending unit, which in this model is integrated with the fuel pump at the cost of almost $800. This seem wrong to me. Now that I have read that this seems to be a problem on these types of vehicles I am even more upset that the local dealership told me my issue is an isolated issue and they have never heard of any problems with the fuel gauges in these vehicles.

Filed Aug 18, 2010 · Fuel system · 36,000 miles · OR

Fuel pump failure on 2004 chevy trailblazer at approx 36,000 miles.

Filed May 26, 2010 · Fuel system · NJ

S10 comeback- letter to secretary from requesting reimbursement for work done to a chevy trailblazer ext *tgw the consumer stated his daughter owns the vehicle. His daughter received a recall letter in the mail regarding the fuel pump. She made an appointment after being told it was covered, however when she arrived at the dealer, the manager informed the consumer that the corporate division told them it was not covered because the vehicle had over 120,000 miles. *jb the consumer would like to know the date and time the recall was issued and is seeking reimbursement of $900.00 for the repairs. Updated 01/28/11.

Filed May 18, 2009 · Fuel system · 55,225 miles · CA

On july 26 the fuel tank broke and the fuel pump went out also on my chevy trailblazer it was two days before I had it for 30 days I called the dealer and they said that they couldn't do nothing we paid about $2800.00 dollars to get it fixed you could smell the gas inside the car I was very worried being that it was harmful to my kids and I let the dealer know that and then a week later we got a recall letter from chevy about the problem the dealer never gave us the car fax report like it states in there dealer front door I would like to do something about this .

Filed Oct 16, 2008 · Fuel system · 53,213 miles · CA

The dealership that we bought our car from didn't want to fix our problem being that we didn't have and extra 1500 dollars to buy an extra warranty for the car about three weeks later after taking it off the lot at a store the car didn't come back on so we called and asked a mechanic what could be wrong and they let us know that it could be the fuel pump or some thing to do with the fuel lines so we took it in to get checked and it was the fuel pump and the fuel tank so we called the dealership and told them what happened and they told us that they would talk to the manager and see what they can do so then about two hours later they called back saying that they couldn't do nothing because of the fact that we didn't buy the extra 1500 dollar warranty so I told them that it wasn't even thirty day after we took the car off the lot and all they could say is that they were sorry we didn't get a (car fax report) like it says ion a display on the dealership entrance door we didn't get nothing they expected us to give them 1500dollars down payment and we had to use that money to fix the car and they didn't even care.