# 1999 GMC SIERRA — FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
> NHTSA complaint `544413` · 2005-07-16 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** SIERRA
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
- **Miles at failure:** 59,997
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
TRUCK RUNNING SLUGGISH. DIFFICULT TO START AT TIMES. HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER A COUPLE TIMES AND SHOWED DIFFERENT SENSORS BAD AT DIFFERENT TIMES.  DRIVING TO WORK ON 7/7/2005  VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUTS DOWN, ABLE TO PULL INTO A RESTURANT PARKING LOT.  PROBLEM :  FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR CLOGGED ( THIS IS A VACCUM LINE NO GAS SHOULD GO THROUGH IT)  CAUSING GAS TO FLOW AT 60 POUNDS FUEL PRESSURE INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD  CAUSING A FIRE.  BECAUSE OF THIS THE MANIFOLD BURNED A BIG HOLE WHERE #4 CYLINDER WOULD BE LOCATED. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH DOWN THE ROAD & WAS POSSIBLY STILL BURNING WHILE I WAITED IN MY VEHILCLE TO BE PICKED UP.  I BELIEVE THIS IS A DANGEROUS & SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.  MY GIRLFRIENDS NEPHEW FOUND THE PROBLEM & REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD & FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR.  WHILE WORKING ON MY 99 GMC SIERRA HER BROTHER WHO DRIVES A 2000 GMC SIERRA DESCRIBES THE SAME PROBLEMS I WAS EXPERIENCING & PROMPTLY BRINGS OVER HIS TRUCK.  UPON LOOKING AT HIS FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR IT ALSO WAS FULL OF GAS !  HIS WAS FOUND EARLIER WITHOUT RESULTING IN FIRE & HIS FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED.  I CONTACTED GMC & THEY HAVE GIVEN ME A HARD TIME, BECAUSE THEY WANTED ME TO TAKE IT TO A GMC GARAGE, I WAS NOT GOING TO PAY TO HAVE IT TOWED THERE .  BUT PLAN ON STOPPING THERE MONDAY 7/18/05 TO SHOW THEM THE PARTS ( I HAVE THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR & THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH THE HOLE BURNT THROUGH)
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