On 3/5/09 while driving my recently purchased used 2005 Chevy Trailblazer with my husband, the truck suddenly lost power as I was going through a busy intersection. Luckily we were going fast enough to roll into a shopping center. My husband jumped out and knew something was wrong. He walked to the driver's side and was horrified by what he say. He opened the door and dragged me and the dog out and told us to get away. When I looked, 30 gallons of fuel was pouring from the fuel line of the truck. We avoided serious tragedy that day for sure.
Four weeks prior to this, we had purchased this truck from the Auto Gallery in Corona, CA. They promised the truck was in good working order and that they would back that up. As we suspected, the truck did have a few "bugs" notably the fuel gauge registered empty and the fuel light stayed on even when the tank was full. We mentioned this to them and brought it back for a simple repair. A day later, the truck was all better and we resumed our lives.
While in the shop for 6 days, the Chevy mechanic was shocked when he discovered the reason for the problem. During the fuel gauge repair, the Auto Gallery Mechanic, improperly removed and replaced the fuel line and gas tank.in doing so, he broke a vital part, the C Clamp, which holds the fuel line onto the gas tank.instead of thinking about human safety, he thought about saving money and decided to wrap tape around a pressurized fuel line thinking that would fix everything. As we know now, probably not the best idea. Anyone purchasing a car from Auto Gallery DO NOT let them do any repair work on the vehicle. We are now trying to collect the money we are out for the repair, lost wages for the day, fuel and the rental car. We haven't even made the first car payment yet!!!
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