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MacShee98
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Greetings!
My new 2002 Coupe has been a flawless performer for the first 4000 miles, but, unfortunately, that's now changed.
While returning to Manhattan yesterday, in the middle of the Lincoln Tunnel (the worst of all possilbe places for a breakdown) the fuel guage dropped to ZERO and the DIC reported LOW FUEL. I envisioned thousands of angry commuters giving the evil eye to a stranded C5, not to mention the "bad press". Fortunately, the car didn't quit running and got me safely back home.
I called my dealer immediately. The Service guy said it's a not a common problem, but it's not that rare either. He said they've seen a few of these before and had more than their fare share of warranty fixes for this.
He said that sulphur in the fuel might be attacking the sender(s) and that both of them would have to be replaced (there are two, one in each fuel tank.) GM is apparently aware of the problem because the replacement is with an updated part(s).
Anyone else seen this?
Thanks
Michael
My new 2002 Coupe has been a flawless performer for the first 4000 miles, but, unfortunately, that's now changed.
While returning to Manhattan yesterday, in the middle of the Lincoln Tunnel (the worst of all possilbe places for a breakdown) the fuel guage dropped to ZERO and the DIC reported LOW FUEL. I envisioned thousands of angry commuters giving the evil eye to a stranded C5, not to mention the "bad press". Fortunately, the car didn't quit running and got me safely back home.
I called my dealer immediately. The Service guy said it's a not a common problem, but it's not that rare either. He said they've seen a few of these before and had more than their fare share of warranty fixes for this.
He said that sulphur in the fuel might be attacking the sender(s) and that both of them would have to be replaced (there are two, one in each fuel tank.) GM is apparently aware of the problem because the replacement is with an updated part(s).
Anyone else seen this?
Thanks
Michael