VEHICLE HAS PROBLEM WITH FUEL SYSTEM. EITHER THE FUEL GAUGE GOES OUT INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE MORE GAS THAN YOU REALLY DO. THE FUEL PUMP GOES OUT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS DRIVING UP A WINDING HILL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY TRUCK STOPPED WITH NO WARNING ON A BLIND CURVE. THIS CREATED A SAFETY ISSUE AS THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE CAUSED A TRAFFIC COLLISION. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN TO RALLY CHEVROLET FOR THIS PROBLEM 4 TIMES IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS. THE FIRST TIME WAS FEBRUARY 2003. THE SECOND TIME WAS APRIL 2003. THE THIRD TIME WAS JUNE 2003 AND THE FOURTH TIME WAS JANUARY 21, 2005. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES FUEL SYSTEM. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM. EVERY SINCE MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, WE HAVE BEEN SMELLING COOLANT AFTER EITHER SHORT TRIPS OR LONG DRIVING TRIPS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE ONCE THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THEN A FREEZE PLUG WAS REPLACED. TO THIS DAY, WE STILL SMELL COOLANT AND THE DEALER CAN NOT FIND A LEAK. I DON'T THINK THIS IS NORMAL. *JB
2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED WITH THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A GARAGE DOOR. THE ACCELERATION COULD ONLY BE STOPPED BY PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO THE PARK GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS AND THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 11000. UPDATED 4/30/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS WAITING FOR HIS GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. UPDATED 06/01/10.*JB