Transport CanadaCritical
1977 GMC K SERIESTransport Canada Recall #1995096
Defect
On certain vehicles, the service-part fuel tanks may have one or more pairs of the six projection welds which attach the sender-unit ring to the tank that do not meet specification. These out of specification welds may fracture during sender unit installation resulting in fuel leakage and a possible vehicle fire. Note: recall covers 1975-1986 chevrolet/gmc c/k pickup and chassis cab trucks and 1987-1991 chevrolet/gmc r/v pickup and chassis cab trucks.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
vehicles with fractured sender ring weld pairs will have a new fuel tank installed.
227 vehicles affectedMfr ref: 5D18