1999 GMC SUBURBAN — Complaint #1817298
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE filed June 7, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1817298 (ODI reference 11467921) concerns a 1999 GMC SUBURBAN and was filed on June 7, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 19, 2022. The report was geocoded to Iowa based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:storage, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same GMC SUBURBAN cohort independently describe similar fuel system, gasoline:storage failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1999 GMC SUBURBAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The original fuel tank in this vehicle way rusty and leaking. I replaced the original tank with a Dorman model 576-372 fuel tank. The tank was installed in September 2021. The tank began leaking in February 2022. A repair shop discovered that the tank was defective and had failed. The Tank was discarded and replaced with a new unit. As no OEM parts are available the replacement was also and aftermarket part. That tank also was defective and began leaking within 90 days. A third aftermarket tank was installed and it also began leaking recently. When these leaks occur the tank fails in such a way that a large volume of fuel is spilled collects under the vehicle. As there seems to be only one company manufacturing these parts there seems be be a large potential that the issue will affect many vehicles.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1817298 |
| ODI Number | 11467921 |
| Date Filed | June 7, 2022 |
| Failure Date | February 19, 2022 |
| VIN | 3GKGK26J8XG |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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