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2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 fuel system, other problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel system, other on the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 15004% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Fuel System, Other complaints
4%
share of all complaints
68,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that while traveling at an unknown speed, the fuel gauge showed an erroneous reading of empty. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was determined that the fuel sensing unit had failed. The vehicle was not repaired…

    filed Oct 10, 2012

  • 2001 chevy silverado low fuel light not working. Low fuel light stays on even when tank is full. Fuel needle moves constantly from full to empty, regardless of amount of gas in tank. Ran out of gas twice due to this problem. How is this not a recall? *tr

    filed Nov 2, 2010

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.