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2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 fuel/propulsion system problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 15002% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
2%
share of all complaints
123,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The throttle cable makes contact and rub through the flexible pressurized fuel line creating a pinhole leak of natural gas. I smell gas inside cab. Causes check engine light to come on

    filed Dec 23, 2021

  • Takata recall - have been stranded numerous times as it has appeared to be the fuel pump not getting gas to start the car. Sometime can hear pump running as I have replace 3-4 pumps since 2012 or 13. Some time beating under tank helps. There seem to be numerous complaints about this problem…

    filed Mar 22, 2018

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.