2007 Chevrolet Equinox

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ODOR OF FUEL OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS ALSO A VISIBLE LEAK. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SOLD NOR WAS IT CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN ANY OF THE STATES LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND THE VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

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.

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GASOLINE FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000. *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

MY CAR STARTED TO SMELL LIKE GASOLINE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT THE SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THE GAS TANK HAD SPLIT INTO TWO. AFTER THEY TOOK THE TANK APART THEY ALSO NOTICED THE FUEL PUMP HAD STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE FOUND A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN THE EQUINOX'S ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND TEXAS BUT MINE WAS MADE IN CANADA AND SOLD IN OHIO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED A STRONG FUEL ODOR. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE RETURN FUEL PUMP LINE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000.