general problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche

While fueling there seems to be a backlash air bubble that occurs and it takes approximately 10 minutes to put $30 worth of fuel. While pumping the gas no matter how slow or fast as the safety is in place to stop the fuel from coming out of the fuel neck where it meets the fuel going in this is normal to kick off the fuel so spillage does not become a problem however when you stop fueling there is a burp back as in a air bubble that splashes outside the vehicle which could potentially splash in a face or on your skin and it also runs down the side of the body of the vehicle again that is when fueling has stopped it burps the fuel out of the vehicle. Obviously the vehicle is stationary while fueling. This occurs no matter what gas station is used old new it doesn't matter.

There is a fuel smell that occurs when vehicle is running and immediately when ignition is turn to on position especially on the driver side of the vehicle.

The fuel lines rubbing together causing fuel to dump every where right next to the cat on the driver side of the truck n this is not a recall. Then I say its attepmed murder charge agaisnt chevy. . . .

The defective fuel lines rubbed together and caused a leak. I paid a local dealership about $1100 dollars to replace the fuel lines as it was unsafe. My vehicle is not under a recall but in researching, it was discovered that others have a recall. I opened an incident with Chevrolet as a defect but they were not able to assist as my truck is over 70k miles and pasted the warranty, the fuel lines are next to the catalytic converter and would have caused a fire.

After driving the smell of fuel comes from the engine by the drivers door. I contacted gm and my vehicle does not show on the list of this known recall. They passed me to a local dealership which stated my vehicle is not one that falls under the recall and admitted they had fixed others with similar issues. This is appalling that a manufacture can assist some customers but not all. I will never purchase another gm vehicle again.

Supply and return fuel lines have a flexible, shielded section at the frontmost end . . . The hoses cross and therefore rub against one another . . . Top hose became worn through, causing copious quantities of fuel to be pumped out onto the cross member and roadway . . . Extreme fire hazard.

Gas was dripping out of one of lines, after smelling gasoline for a month or so. Today the truck will not start and I'm afraid to jump start it.

I noticed a strong smell of gasoline and upon inspection found a significant fuel leak under the driver's door. A closer look reveals that there are 2 rubber fuel lines that touch and have worn through each other, causing them to leak fuel. This is all within inches of the exhaust system. Any reasonable person would assume that this is a fire hazard! this is an obvious design flaw that could easily be avoided.

Driving home from work, I notice a raw gas smell. Pulled into my driveway, left the truck running and got out to see what was going on. Looked under the vehicle and saw gas pouring out. Stopped the engine and got under the truck for a closer look. Upon inspection, I noticed that the two plastic braid over rubber fuel lines were coiled over each other causing them to rub, wear away the plastic braid and rub the rubber hose to the point of creating a hole. This is where the gas was spraying out from, right neat to the exhaust pipe! I immediately got out from under the truck for fear that it might ignite. Looked on-line and saw multiple complaints exactly what I found on my inspection!.

Noticed a strong gas odor in the garage. I couldn't see any leakage until I started (pressurized the fuel lines). I noticed a braided area of the fuel lines that cross over each other, touching, which caused them to rub together creating a pin hole in each line. When pressurized, they shoot fuel out. Luckily, they didn't cause a fire as we had just finished a 700 mile trip with our grand kids. The shop wants $805 to replace the lines. This is a safety hazard that should be recalled. Very dangerous!!! ## VIN failed ## 2005 chevy Avalanche ##.

Arrived at work this morning and my 2005 chevy Avalanche was leaking fuel, upon further inspection the fuel lines were rubbing together and caused a break in the line.

Fuel lines - 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche while driving home from work 2/17/2011, I kept smelling gas. Since it is a 45 minute drive, the smell did not disappear until I reached home and turned off my vehicle. My son took our jack out to see if we could locate the problem. He found the gas lines soaked with gas under the truck but at that point it was hard to tell if it was what we thought the problem might be; a hole in the gas lines. Since the dealers were closed we took the vehicle to the garage first thing the following morning. The smell followed me the same as it did the night before. When the dealer pulled it in the shop, they confirmed our suspicion of what was going on. The original installed gas lines on my truck were crossed for what reason is unknown and they rubbed over time and rubbed a hole in themselves. They are a reinforced braided line. Upon doing so, and while the vehicle was running, gas was spraying all over the underside of my truck. The catalytic converter was soaked. The dealer would not allow me to remove the vehilce from their shop under any condition because of the possibility of a fire. They also check all the resources used by any Chevrolet dealership and there is not one recall out there for this problem. There are several reasons I am sending this information. One is that after researching on line about my problem I have found many complaints for vehicles of that time frame bursting into flames and gm warranting it off as a short under the dash. Gm seems to be taking the vehicle fire issue of some of the complaints I read too slight. My truck could have burst into flames and caused my life and possibly others. Even now that our son checked the problem, he was even at risk just trying to see what it was! the other issue is that we have to pay for a problem gm created in the design of the fuel lines. I have pictures we took that night you are welcome to have should this problem be escalated.