# 1997 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
> NHTSA complaint `557124` · 2005-10-04 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 1997
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
- **Miles at failure:** 127,000
## Narrative
DT: THE AUTOMOBILE WOULD NOT START.  NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS, THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT.  THE CONSUMER ASSUMED IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP.  AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CAME OUT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE.  HE DETERMINED THE FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT ASSEMBLY HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH MELTED THE WIRING INSIDE THE FUEL TANK.  THERE WERE NO VISIBLE FLAMES, WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WAS UNKNOWN.  HE WAS UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND WOULD HAVE NOT KNOWN UNLESS THE MECHANIC HAD PULLED THE  FUEL PAN BED AND DISCOVERED THIS FAILURE.  THE MECHANIC OFFERED NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED.  THE PLASTIC SIMPLY MELTED, AND THE WIRING WAS BURNED.  THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK
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