re: Heads-up PSA to GM, Chevy, GMC owners…

Something similar happened to me in my work car. It is a little bit older than that, and an Equinox. We've got a small fleet of them, but mine is the only one that has had this issue.

About a year ago, and my wife was having surgery the next morning and I had taken my youngest ones to her mother's to spend the night. And our oldest was out of town. Drove across town just fine, and then I was stopping at a place to grab dinner to take home. Fired it back up in the parking lot, put it in reverse, and when I shifted into drive it died. I cranked it back up and it drove fine to the next intersection, but when I stopped it died again. Did this two more times on my way home, and at that point I made sure I was in the far right lane so I could at least be somewhat out of the way if it didn't start back again. But I did make it home, and ended up driving my daughter's car for a few days until I could get it to be repaired. Something to do with a sensor and the fuel pump, but it sounds like a similar problem to what this recall is for.

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GMT800, OBS, all the way back to square bodies, You can pretty much find anything. The problem is that everybody has figured out how good they are and the prices are ridiculous especially old clapped out square bodies

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Good luck finding replacement interior panels for OBS trucks when the original plastic parts inevitably break or wear out. Especially in certain colors

This happened to me on the interstate heading to Florida. As I got in the left lane to pass the cars my truck lost the ability to accelerate and I had to merge back over and luckily made it to the off ramp. I only had maybe 20k mile on the truck and it was covered under warranty.

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have a 2000 Silverado extended cab full-size bed

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When the fuel pump goes out and you have a full tank of fuel, don't take the tank out. You can remove four bolts on the driver's side of the bed, loosen the four bolts on the passenger side, pop a couple of wire connectors loose to the tail lights, and prop the bed up enough to get to the top of the gas tank to replace the pump. You're creating the world's greatest rat trap.So brace up the bed very securely. I had my son help me.And he was just leaning against the bed, staring at his phone while I stuck my neck underneath there. That was the day I introduced him to profanity

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Replaced any of the computer system components?

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i put 200k on my 2000 3 door. I replaced the water pump, fuel pump, knock sensors (intake valleys have foam blocks in either end that hold water and rust them out) and drivers side power window switch. The water pump and knock sensors were the only bitches to replace. The PCMs are solid and the go to for most older resto mods

GM is one of the worst car manufacturers on the planet. Their engineering is awful, their suppliers are awful and their QA/QC is awful.

I looked hard at purchasing a heavy duty truck recently to tow my boat. I love the GMC 2500 look. There is mountains of data on how bad those trucks are and I couldn’t do it.

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GM is one of the worst car manufacturers on the planet. Their engineering is awful, their suppliers are awful and their QA/QC is awful.

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Okay, so who do you like?

My son drove mine when it crapped out and left it in the walmart parking lot
I drove up there, crawled under it and punched the tank with my fist, and it started working long enough to get it home. It's a plastic tank, so you can punch it pretty hard. When I got home, I could not repeat it.It was finally dead for good

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The cost of the part was almost nothing compared to $1200. I think it was under $100 or maybe it was $120. I don’t remember.

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I think i bought one in ebay for $120. Worked perfectly

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When you unlock your GMC or Chevy, you should hear the fuel pump prime.

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GMT800 it's when you turn the key to on IIRC. That's how I knew mine was dead. I also jumped it in the fuse box and nothing