TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON XL. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE SIDE MIDDLE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE INJURIES TO HER NECK, SHOULDER, BACK, AND LEGS. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 41,500.
2006
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I NOTICED A GASOLINE ODOR COMING FROM MY FUEL TANK AREA, I IMMEDIATELY HAD A MECHANIC INSPECT THE ISSUE AS I WAS FEARING A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. UPON INSPECTION HE FOUND THE FUEL LINES TO THE FUEL PUMP TO HAVE DISINTEGRATED AND SPEWING FUEL . THE FUMES AND FUEL WERE DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND I FEAR THAT I JUST NARROWLY AVERTED DISASTER. FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALSO ABOUT TO RUST THROUGH AND THE EFFECT OF THAT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC IN A HIGHWAY OR ANY HARD BRAKING SITUATION THAT COULD INITIATE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO CAUSE THE LINES TO BURST. I AM VERY UPSET THAT GMC HASN'T APPRISED OWNERS OF THIS HAZARDOUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION WITH THESE VEHICLES. I HAVE REPLACED ALL AFFECTED COMPONENTS AND FEEL THAT THIS IS CAUSE FOR A RECALL AND REIMBURSEMENT FROM GMC BEFORE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT TAKES PLACE DUE TO BLATANT NEGLIGENCE OF THE MANUFACTURER. MY UNDERSTANDING IS MANY PEOPLE HAVE VOICED CONCERN OVER THIS AND GMC HAS TURNED A BLIND EYE. *TR