2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Fuel system Problems

“Leaving my property I stopped to close gate. I smelled gas, looked under at fuel tank and fuel line was spraying fuel onto muffler. I removed truck bed and found animal (squirrel) had chewed hole in plastic pressure fuel line at tank connection. Plastic not appropriate for high pressure fuel line. I have pictures of damaged line.”

“We had received a letter for Chevrolet about a recall the mileage on it was up to 150 thousand but the truck then was just about 6000 nothing was wrong 5/18/2013 the dash gauges went out the speedometer and tachometer failed first at about 79000 but now all the dash gauges did not work. We love our 200 silverado truck but have know way to fix it. Lost the letter please send us one because the dealer does not want to fix it for us. Help!!!!”

“While leaving my driveway I went to stop , pedal went to floor,car almost had accident with oncoming snow plow truck. Even though vehicle has low mileage dealer said warranty was up. Front brake lines were rusted through. Had them replaced. Just recently I checked under vehicle & it appears the same is happening to the rear brake lines & fuel lines. Rossi chev. My dealer told me this is a common problem. Something is not right with this very dangerous problem.”

“I was replacing two bad o2 sensors and felt something wet on my fingers, that smelled like gas. When I started the truck to move it I notice a drip trail off gas. I took the truck to my mechanic and was advised that the gas lines were rusted/rotted through and needed to be replaced. I have never had to replace gas lines or brake lines on another vehicle. This is very unusual. I think these gas lines and the brake lines I reported earlier were made of inferior material. I do feel extremely fortunate that I did not crash or catch on fire.”

“While traveling to work I attempted to stop and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. I was able to stop by using only the emergency brake but only after approx. 100 feet. I was able to drive the truck home by using four wheel low and allowing the engine and transmission to keep me at a safe speed. I then contacted my mechanic who lives right down the road and he came up and looked at the truck. He told me the brake line had ruptured and additionally all the brake lines should be replaced along with the fuel line that appears to be badly corroded. …”