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Pontiac G6 Fuel/propulsion System Safety Report | June 12, 2012
Reported on June 12, 2012
| 6/11/12; WHEN STARTING AUTO, LONG CRANK, GOT BATTERY REPLACED, BUT NOTICED A FUEL SMELL IN THE GARAGE. ON 7/12/2012, AFTER CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH STARTING CAR AND INCREASED FUEL SMELL IN GARAGE, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HILLES UNION 76 AND ALLOWED TO SIT OVERNIGHT. IT WOULD ONLY HAVE CRANK PROBLEM AFTER SITTING FOR AWHILE. MECHANIC NOTICED SEVERE FUEL ODOR AND REQUESTED TO DROP GAS TANK DUE TO POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK. THE FUEL PUMP WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC PIECE IN THE CENTER. HILLES UNION 76 ORDERED THE FUEL PUMP FROM JESSUP MOTORS IN CATHEDRAL CITY, CA. PART WAS REPLACED. THE COST OF REPLACEMENT & LABOR WAS $988.00. I WENT TO THE INDIO GM AND SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT THIS PART. IT MADE NO SENSE THAT A FUEL PUMP WOULD GO OUT ON A VEHICLE WITH 45,000 MILES ON IT! HE TOLD ME, IT WAS NORMAL . I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT AND HAD FULL INTENTION OF CONTACTING GM WITH THIS COMPLAINT. SO I KEPT THE CRACKED FUEL PUMP!TO THIS POINT GM IS NOT AGREEING THAT THIS VEHICLE IS PART OF RECALL, IT CLEARLY IS. *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G6 |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | PALM DESERT CA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2ZH361174 |
| Mileage: | 45321 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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