Affected Component: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Date Published
JUL 08, 2015
NHTSA TSB #
10089884
TSB Document
Summary
09275C - SPECIAL COVERAGE (REVISED PARTS). SOME 2006 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET COBALT, PONTIAC G4, AND SATURN ION VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND TEXAS; AND SOME 2007 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET COBALT, PONTIAC G5, AND SATURN ION VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, GEORGIA, HAWAII, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TENNESSEE MAY HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE PLASTIC SUPPLY OR RETURN PORT ON THE MODULAR RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY (MRA) MAY CRACK. IF EITHER OF THESE PORTS DEVELOP A CRACK, FUEL WILL LEAK FROM THE AREA. THE CUSTOMER MAY NOTICE A FUEL ODOR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN OR AFTER IT IS PARKED. IF THE CRACK BECOMES LARGE ENOUGH, FUEL MAY BE OBSERVED DRIPPING ONTO THE GROUND AND VEHICLE PERFORMANCE MAY BE AFFECTED. IF A VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THIS SPECIAL COVERAGE DEMONSTRATES THE CONDITION OR SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ABOVE, DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE, AND IF NECESSARY, THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE OR FILLER HOSE, REGARDLESS OF THE VEHICLEÂ’S AGE OR MILEAGE.