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Pontiac Grand Prix Fuel System, Gasoline Delivery Fuel Pump Safety Report | Jan 15, 2002
Reported on Jan 15, 2002
| VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON 10/8/2001, ACCORDING TO RECORDS- BRAND NEW VEHICLE HAD UNDER 40 MILES. ON JAN 15TH 2002 I WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY GOING 60 MPH AND THE VEHICLE (DIED) STOPPED WITH NO WARNING SIGNS OF ITS FAILURE. POLICE OFFICER ASSISTED ME TO THE SHOULDER I THEN WAITED FOR TOW TRUCK. CAR WAS TOWED TO HULING BROS THEIR TECH'S FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL PRESSURE AND PUMP WAS NOT WORKING THEY REPLACED THE FUEL TANK MODULE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED ACCORDING TO THE TECH PRIOR TO ME PICKING UP THE VEHICLE THE TECH'S TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE RAN FINE. I WAS CALLED TO COME AND PICKED THE VEHICLE UP IN THE SERVICE CENTER OF HUILING BROS. I DROVE JUST UNDER A MILE AND AGAIN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF (DIED) IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF WARNING FROM THE CAR. I WAS TOWED BACK TO HULING BRO SERVICE STATION. TECH'S VERIFIED IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AGAIN THE CONNECTOR TO THE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE FIXED AGAIN. *JB | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Prix |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2001 |
| 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: | FEDERAL WAY WA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2WK52J81F |
| Mileage: | |
| Speed: | 60 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | U |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | Y |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | HULING BROS SEATTLE WA 98126 |
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