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2004 Chevrolet TAHOE Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	751339
Internal NHTSA #	10295544
Manufacurer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Brand	CHEVROLET
Model	TAHOE
Model Year	2004
File date	15/10/07
Component	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I bought new a 2004 chevy tahoe. It is kept garaged 99% of its life. About 2 years ago i started smelling gasoline on windless days whenever i would exit the car after any trip. At the time in 2006 i thought it was almost impossible for there to be a gas line that was rusted and i thought that somehow a line must have cracked. I went to my mechanic and had him check it out. He called me the next day and told me that the gasoline right where they exited the fuel tank were badly rusted and thats where the gas was coming from. He brought me into his shop and with the car up in the air, he was able to show me using 2 mirrors because it wasn't possible to see by looking up as to how badly the 3 lines had rusted. At this time the car only had about 12000 miles on it. He explained to me that where the fuel lines came out of the tank that it was shaped like a bowl and that even if i was just washing it, there would still be a fairly large puddle of water there. This car was my pride and joy. I never drove it in wet weather and i never drove it during the winter. I was shocked to see how much gas was coming out and my first thoughts were that one spark with all those fumes and gas and i'd be a dead man. I always kept the gas tank full, it never went below 2/3 of a tank. My mechanic told me that he had repaired 7 or 8 of these on other chevrolet large suv's including a couple other tahoes a couple suburbans and 2 or 3 denali's. He told me that he couldn't remember which but he was aware that these other cars were covered by a recall but that for some reason the tahoe wasn't even though they all had the same gas tank. I should not have put off writing this letter. At any rate it cost me 750. 00 to get it repaired and i'm just waiting for it to happen again. This seems very much like a design problem. I have to wonder why the tahoe was not included in any recall as the are all the same.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	15000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	MOGADORE, OH
VIN pattern	1GNEK13T04JXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	06/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Chevrolet TAHOE Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Chevrolet TAHOE Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects

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