Posted on 05/05/2014 12:14:20 PM PDT by bkopto
The auto manufacturer said Saturday it is recalling 51,640 SUVs because of possible inaccurate readings of their fuel gauges.
The recall involves 2014 models of Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia. GM said a software problem could lead to a faulty reading on both the high and low end of the range by as much as one quarter of a tank.
If a customer runs out of fuel without any warning from the fuel gauge, it will cause the vehicle to stall and increase the risk of a crash, the company said.
GM said dealers will reprogram the software for free, starting immediately.
The latest recall comes as the company is dealing with a battery of recalls involving millions of vehicles that range from Buicks to Saturns and Chevrolet models.
GM has especially come under fire for its recall of 1.6 million vehicles worldwide for an ignition switch problem. GM engineers knew at least as early as 2004 of the problem, but the company did not recall the vehicles until February of this year.
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It just amazes me how technology is working backwards. We conquered the fuel gauge close to a century ago and they are screwing up now!!!
America’s been making coffee makers for half a century and yet Black and Decker starts making them where the carafe spills consistently. Call the factory and they send out a ‘replacement’ that is worse at spilling that the original carafe.
I bought pos truck of theirs right before the bailout and right after the warranty expired most of the electronics stopped working. 3 door locks, one window, all the tire sensors, cruise control... recall this pos you government losers.
After a bad experience being stranded as a kid when my Mom’s 1975 Buick’s fuel gauge failed, I tend to follow the odometer and tripometer as well. I’ve also seen too many fluctuations in the accuracy of the fuel gauges in both the Jeeps and Toyotas I’ve owned to ever trust a fuel gauge. Alone, anyways.
My tactic is to buy them used near the end of their warranty, with a clean service record. This way the weak and deformed are eliminated.
Only the fit should prevail.
/automotive-eugenics.
My 2007 Uplander has been doing this for years. I have to go by the trip odometer to know how much gas I have.
They need to add Trailblazer to the list. And it’s way more than just the fuel gauge...
During the late 70s to mid 80s I owned several Ford pickups.
They all had defective fuel gauges. I learned to fuel up before it got to 1/4 tank as it would be empty by then. No other real problems except front suspension problems with an 86 F-250.
There were no zerk fittings so no way to grease them and the ball joints were bad by 100,000 miles.
Ugh - I suffered with one of those in the company motor pool. It was always the last car left because nobody wanted to drive it.
Me, too. I always set one of the tripometer’s back to zero when I buy gas, know when it is near 300 miles of city driving I will have to refill.
The Mechanical fuel guage on my new 2013 Escape is empty when I have 5 gallons of gas left. The digital trip is accurate.
Looks like GM is starting to reflect it’s true owners.
An incompetent fascist bureaucracy.
GM fuel gauges have ALWAYS been imaginative. They sit at “F” for 75 miles jut down to 3/4s, than 1/3, then less than 1/8 and sit there for dozens of miles. More thanonce I have had a GM run out of gas with the gauge reading 1/8.
‘72 Chevy Impala
‘73 Buick Regal
‘74 Chevy Malibu
‘94 Chevy Caprice
‘96 Chevy Monte Carlo
‘92 Buick Century
The Dodges are similar.
Same thing happens if a person runs out of gas WITH a warning from the fuel gauge, Einstein.
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