Tl* the contact owns a 2004 gmc sierra 1500. while operating the vehicle, the engine suddenly stalled. it was discovered that the vehicle was out of fuel; however, the fuel gauge indicated that the tank was half full at the time of the incident. the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer and local dealer (garcia buick gmc, 2721 cerrillos rd, santa fe, nm 87507) were both notified, but no assistance was offered. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 160,000.
Please help we recently purchased our son a 2004 gmc sierra pickup ,truck is excellent shape not to many miles etc. he has put about 200 miles on the truck and all of a sudden his speedometer quits his fuel gage wont register right,we take it in and they say it is a cluster panel problem cost about 600 to fix,they told me there is alot of this with this year model why is there not a recall ,i came home and researched the internet and found hundreds of complaints why is gm getting away with this hopefully there would be no deaths related to this but this is a problem hope you can help thanks *tr
Internal failure of part in fuel tank that caused the fuel gauge to not read accurately, but allowed the low fuel light to operate correctly. this part was not a part of the fuel pump, but worked in conjunction with the pump as the pump was a warranty item ,and this part was not.*ak