9999 GMSPO 20 GALLON FUEL TANK Recall
- Campaign:
- 95E020000 on 06/13/1995
- Component:
- Fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly
- Affected:
- 13,105
- Defect:
- One or more pairs of the six projection welds that attach the sender unit retaining ring to the tank may not have been welded correctly.
- Consequence:
- These welds can fracture during sending unitinstallation. if the welds fractured and was not noticed by the installer,the tank could spray some fuel in a collision and/or leak fuel if thevehicle rolled over. if an ignition source were present, a fire could occur.
- Correction:
- Dealers will inspect the fuel tank for inadequate welds attaching the sender unit retaining ring to the tank. tanks having inadequate welds will be replaced.
- Notes:
- System: fuel; fuel tank assembly.equipment description: 16 and 20 gallon aftermarket replacement fuel tanksfor use on 1975 through 1986 chevrolet and gmc c/k series trucks and 1987through 1991 chevrolet and gmc r/v pickup trucks and chassis-cab trucks.note: if your vehicle is presented to an authorized dealer on an agreed uponservice date and the remedy is not provided free of charge within a reasonabletime, please contact chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020 or gmc truck at 1-800-462-8782.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safetyhotline at 1-800-424-9393.
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