2007 Chevrolet Equinox FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

ON 7 FEB. 2013 I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AS THERE WAS A CONSTANT SMELL OF FUEL. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK WOULD NEED TO BE DROPPED TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FUEL LEAK THOUGH THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGN OF LEAKING FUEL. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL MODULE THAT SET ABOVE THE FUEL TANK HAD CRACKED AND WAS CAUSING THE SMELL/LEAK. I WAS INFOMED THAT TO REPAIR THE ISSUE IT WOULD COST ME OVER $1200.00 TO REPAIR. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT RECALL THAT IS ONGOING IN FOUR OTHER STATES. I INQUIRED AS TO WHY AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT REGISTERED NOR DID I RESIDE IN ONE OF THE STATES AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I INFORMED GM THAT IT SHOULD NOT MATTER AS TO WERE I LIVED THAT THEY SHOULD RECALL ALL EQUINOX AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED. I WAS GIVEN REFERENCE # FROM GM IN CASE THERE IS A DECISION TO RECALL THE EQUINOX FOR THIS PROBLEM. AS OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE STATED IT SHOULD NOT MATTER WERE THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED IF THERE IS THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IT SHOULD BE FIXED BY GM AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. *TR

WHEN I WENT TO START THE ENGINE IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE, SHORTLY AFTER, WE STARTED NOTICING A VERY STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE FUEL RECEPTACLE WHICH GOT WORSE AS TIME WENT BY. A MECHANIC TOLD US AFTER INSPECTING THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD A BAD LEAK BUT WOULDN'T TOUCH IT BECAUSE HE KNOW OF A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IT TURNED OUT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT THE RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. *TR

I KEPT SMELLING A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE AND EVEN WHEN PEOPLE WOULD JUST WALK BY MY VEHICLE THE COULD SMELL IT. I LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM LIKE THIS AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY TYPE OF VEHICLE FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED TRYING TO GET IT FIXED WITHOUT ME HAVING TO PAY FOR IT BUT THEY SAID MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT ONE THAT WAS RECALLED. I HAD TO GET IT FIXED BECUASE I WAS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT COST ME $790 AND I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. I THINK IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT I BE REIMBURSED FOR MY COSTS. *TR

FUEL PUMP IS BROKEN FROM MANUFACTURE ISSUE, CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE, CHEVY HAS RECALLED IN CERTAIN STATES HOWEVER NOT NATIONWIDE.....NEEDS TO BE A NATIONAL RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE FUEL WAS NOTICEABLE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL WAS VISIBLE ON THE GROUND. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE FUEL TANK MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,634. UPDATED 02/26/13*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SMELL OF GASOLINE FUEL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LATER DISCOVERED A SMALL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP) HOWEVER, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE EQUINOX APPEARS TO HAVE A FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE. I HAVE LOOKED UP EQUINOX RECALLS AND THERE ARE OVER 40,000 OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE MODEL, MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. THE CAR HAS A STRONG GAS SMELL COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. I HAVE READ TESTIMONY AFTER TESTIMONY ONLINE OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL ALSO NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. LAST YEAR WE HAD TO REPLACE THE EGR VALVE AS WELL AND IT APPEARS IT IS IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE. (REGISTERING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR IT'S FAILURE AS WELL) WE WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE GM TO MAKE A TOTALLY RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE THAT IS EVIDENTIALLY EXTREMELY MORE WIDE SPREAD THAN THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS SAID IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE PUMP STARTING AT $900, AS A TEACHER THIS IS NOT A REASONABLE FEAT. PLEASE HELP US GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED FOR BOTH THE FUEL SYSTEM AND THE EGR VALVE. THANKS! *TR

A FUEL LEAK IN THE AREA OF THE FUEL TANK WAS DETECTED. AT FIRST IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE TANK HAD CRACKED, BUT AFTER THE FUEL TANK WAS DROPPED A CRACKED PLASTIC SUPPLY LINE LEADING INTO THE FUEL PUMP WAS FOUND. I HAD THE MODULE REPLACED AT MY OWN EXPENSE. AFTER THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED I HEARD OF A RECALL ISSUED BY GM FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM, BUT WHEN I CONTACTED THEM THEY SAID THAT THE RECALL WAS SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS THAT WERE LOCATED IN THE STATES OF ARIZONA, NEVADA AND TEXAS AND AS MY VEHICLE IS REGISTERED IN NY THIS RECALL DOES NOT COVER MY VEHICLE. HOW CAN A SAFETY RECALL BE ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIC PROBLEM AND NOT COVER ALL VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE RISK OF FIRE FROM MY LEAKY FUEL PUMP WAS THE SAME AS THE CARS LOCATED IN THOSE OTHER STATES. THIS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. A SAFETY DEFECT IS A SAFETY DEFECT, NO MATTER WHAT STATE A CAR IS IN AND SHOULD APPLY TO ALL VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE SAME DEFECT.. GM'S REFUSAL TO REMEDY THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE AND DOES NOTHING TO ENHANCE THERE REPUTATION OF BUILDING QUALITY CARS AND STANDING BEHIND THEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER HE WAS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, HE COULD SMELL GASOLINE FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, SHE BEGAN TO SMELL GASOLINE. THE SMELL BECAME STRONGER AND AFTER TIME, BECAME NOTICEABLE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A FUEL LINE WAS CRACKED. AFTER AN ONLINE SEARCH, THE CONTACT LOCATED A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 ( FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE COULD SMELL GASOLINE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANICS ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE PLASTIC SUPPLY PORT ON THE FUEL PUMP WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP) BUT SHE WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A STRONG GASOLINE FUEL ODOR EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

EXTREME GASOLINE SMELL FROM RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP MODULE COST $998.47. WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE #12190 , SUBMITTED A CLAIM AND WAS DENIED DUE TO THE LEAK WAS ON THE DISCHARGE LINE INSTEAD OF THE VENT LINE.THE WHOLE PART IS FAULTY AND CAN CAUSE A FIRE OR SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX REGISTERED IN AZ, CA, NV ARE AFFECTED BY RECALL BECAUSE THEY MAY LEAK GAS FROM FUEL PUMP MODULE. I OWN THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR VEHICLE WITH A LEAKING FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY BUT BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS NOT REGISTERED IN ONE OF THE THREE STATES ITS NOT AFFECTED. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE ITS A COINCIDENCE MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I'D LIKE SOMEONE TO EVALUATE IF THIS PROBLEM EXISTS IN ALL EQUINOX VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, SHE NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED FUNCTIONING AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE A CORRECT READING. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED INSIDE AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND WAS INFORMED THE PLASTIC SUPPLY RETURN PORT CRACKED ON THE FUEL PUMP CAUSING A LEAK. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED ABOUT RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AS HE LIVED IN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH WAS DEEMED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS A STATE THAT DID NOT HAVE A HOT CLIMATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

AS DOCUMENTED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAL - CURRENT NOTICES, 2007 EQUINOX HAS A SERIOUS FUEL LEAK PROBLEM FROM THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH, AS GM NOTES, MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF IGNITION SOURCE IS PRESENT. // GM - CHEVY - RECALL ID# 93254 // // GM - CHEVY - SERVICE BULLETIN # 12190 // // NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 // THE PROBLEM IS, THEY ARE NOT COVERING ALL VEHICLES. MY 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX IS LEAKING FUEL FROM THE FUEL PUMP - BUT GM/CHEVY IS NOT REPLACING, AS MY VIN IS NOT COVERED. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT WE'RE REQUESTING BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED BEFORE A SERIOUS INJURIES OCCUR. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS IMMEDIATELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE SMELLED GASOLINE BEING EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED AND DISCOVERED A GASOLINE FUEL LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

AS I WAS BACKING OUT THE DRIVEWAY I CAN SMELL GAS BEFORE I COULD TAKE OFF I SAW A HUGE LINE OF GAS MY HUSBAND THEN CHECKED IT AND THERE WAS A CRACK/LEAK JUST EARLIER TODAY I CHECKED ONLINE AND COME TO FIND OUT THEREOUT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP BUT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT ONE OF THEM I FIND THIS VERY UNFAIR I AM A MOTHER OF 3 AND I WANT MY CAR FIXED PLEASE FUEL PUMPS ARE EXPENSIVE. *TR

FUEL PUMP LEAKING, STRONG SMELL OF GAS, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, FUEL PUMP REPLACED. AFTER THE FACT A RECALL WAS MADE FROM GM ABOUT FUEL PUMPS ON MY EXACT VEHICLE. I DIDN'T QUALIFY DUE TO RECALL IS VIN SPECIFIC. THERE MAY BE MORE VEHICLES OUT THERE LIKE MINE THAT FIT WITHIN RECALL GUIDELINES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VIN NOT INCLUDED ON THEIR RECALL LIST. GM MAY NEED TO EXPAND THEIR RECALL TO INCLUDE MORE VIN'S. *TR

THE FUEL MODULE IS LEAKING GAS DOWN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE GAS TANK (FOUR INCHES FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE). CHEVROLET HAS THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE COBALT AND IT WAS RECALLED. THE EQUINOX HAS NOT YET BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A POTENTIAL THERMAL EVENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE REPAIRS THAT WERE NEEDED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP) AND CONTACTED THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PURCHASED A NEW FUEL PUMP FROM AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND REPLACED IT INDEPENDENTLY. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, HE WAS ALERTED TO THE RECALL FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE, AS HE DID NOT RESIDE IN ONE OF THE STATES LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK AND THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. AFTER INSPECTING THE FUEL TANK THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSE THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN OVERPOWERING GASOLINE ODOR PRESENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE ODOR WAS SO SEVERE THAT IT WOULD CAUSE THE CONTACT TO BECOME NAUSEOUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE MODULE KIT AND THE GASKET FOR THE FUEL TANK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 94,506. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,256.