Two problems related to other fuel system pump have been reported for the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On October 22,2015 while driveing on interstate 75 the fuel pump stopped functioning and resulting in a near disasterous situation. Results $751. 81 repair cost plus tow. Then one week later,October 29 2015 at wilmington pike and inertstate 675 red light my brake lines burst and I narrowly avoided a wreck. Repair cost $870. 17 . I was not noteafide of any recall. So be fair warning if I had known or been I would have fixed it.
Recently, my vehicle has had a hard time starting. I took my vehicle to the local Chevrolet dealership to have it inspected/diagnosed. I was informed that my fuel pump/filter combo as well as all the injectors needed to be replaced and would cost me just under $6000. 00 for the repair. It has come to my attention today after researching that this is and has been a known issue to the point that gm issued a service bulletin to repair this problem and modified the bulletin to extend the time frame and/or total mileage, but that time extension has expired before my vehicle developed the same issue that the bulletin addresses. With such a wide spread problem such as the nature of this magnitude, why does this not fall under a mandatory recall from NHTSA? I use my vehicle for only weekend recreation, and as such, I only have 42k miles on my vehicle, and for an engine that I paid a premium for, I think that it is just plain wrong to expect to pay such an outrageous bill for an engine that is advertised as a 'tough, long-lasting engine'. Nhtsa should force gm to address this issue, because there are many like me out there, and I truly believe that is is a safety issue for the people like me that own these vehicles.