2001 GMC Sierra 1500 fuel system problems
17 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2001 GMC Sierra 1500, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 10% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 79,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 14 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 79,000 miles, and 7% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the fuel system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
Gas fuel gauge-: gauge registers empty when tank is full. Refuel light comes on & stays on. Gauge bounces back & forth & is hard to tell how much fuel is actually in the tank. Have to watch odometer to figure out when to fill tank up with gas. On -going problem!!!!!
Two things started to happen 1. The truck when coming to a stop of a speed of less then 25 MPH started to lose its brakes and feel spongy. This continued until I got it in the shop which was about two days. 2. The truck started to run very rough and the engine light was coming on at the same time as well. After I got it in the shop and they got it up on a lift they found that all of the brake lines and fuel lines were all most rusted through and starting to leak.
Other problems reported for the 2001 GMC Sierra 1500
- Brakes 116 complaints