NHTSA Complaint #10616157 — 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

AFTER PUTTING FUEL IN MY TANK, I STARTED TO PULL OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND NOTICED MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY FUEL GAUGE WAS BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN EMPTY AND FULL. THIS WENT ON FOR THE ENTIRE DAY AS I WAS RUNNING ERRANDS. THEN THE GAUGE DROPPED TO EMPTY AND STAYED THERE AS WELL AS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON. THE NEXT DAY THE GAUGE STAYED AT EMPTY AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I STOPPED BY MY MECHANIC TO HAVE THEM CHECK AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE. THEY CHECK THE CODE AND FOUND THAT IT WAS THE FUEL SENSOR AND RIGHT AFTER THEY CHECKED THE CODE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE FUEL GAUGE WENT TO FULL. THEY TOLD ME TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND LET THEM KNOW IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT. I CLOSELY WATCHED THE FUEL GAUGE AND NOTICED THAT MY FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT MOVING EVEN AFTER DRIVING OVER 100 MILES IT WAS STILL SHOWING FULL. AT THIS TIME I STARTED LOGGING THE MILEAGE EACH WEEK I FILLED MY TANK AS I WAS CONCERNED THAT I WOULD RUN OUT OF FUEL BECAUSE THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT REGISTERING CORRECTLY. THIS CONTINUED EVERY WEEK FOR MONTHS. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED DOING THIS MORE OFTEN DURING THE WEEK. SO I BROUGHT IT BACK TO MY MECHANIC AND HAD THE FUEL SENSOR REPLACED. SINCE THEN WITH ALL THE RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING I DECIDED TO SEE IF MY VEHICLE WAS PART OF ANY OF THE RECALLS THAT WERE GOING ON AND NOTICED THE COMPLAINTS ON THE FUEL SENSOR. I SAW THAT THERE MAY BE A CHANCE THAT I COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR 50 PERCENT OF THE REPAIR WORK THAT I HAD TO HAVE DONE AS THEY WERE NOT DOING A FULL RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. IF THERE IS A CHANCE FOR REIMBURSEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MY NEXT STEP IS TO START THE PROCESS. *TR