Other fuel system problem on the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
When other fuel system problem gets reported
Owners of the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 report other fuel system problem at a median of 90,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 80,000 miles and a quarter after 130,000 miles, from 10 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 90,000 miles. It is the 7th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 70,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 145,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 77,961 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
0% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69,239 miles | 79,500 miles | 91,984 miles | 130,723 miles | 147,200 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $300–$2,200 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 15 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 10 miles, and latest on the 1997 at 190,000 miles.
By volume the 2002 is the worst of them, which makes this a problem of this specific year rather than of the model as a whole.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. The contact stated that the fuel injectors have failed. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle shut off on the highway. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle and it was towed to her residence. A warning light illuminated on the dashboard prior to the engine shutting off. The dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. A district manager stated that there was nothing they could do to correct the failure since the dealer was unable to duplicate or diagnose the failure. The failure mileage was 62,389.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. While driving 65 MPH the vehicle stalled without any prior warnings. While coasting to the emergency lane, the engine warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and a technician concluded that the fuel injectors failed. The vehicle is in the process of being repaired at the owners expense. The failure mileage was 91968 and the current mileage was 92000. Updated 3/17/10 *cn updated 05/06/10
My 2002 chevy silverado with duramax diesel engine broke down while on a trip from michigan to florida. The diesel injector casing failed causing the crankcase to overfill with diesel fuel then caused oil and diesel fuel mix to come out of the engine while traveling down the road covering the underside of the vehicle and roadway as well as vehicles directly behind me. The gm dealer in georgia stated we were in by mileage but out of the extended 7 year 200000 mile injector warranty by 1year and 4 days and the cost would be $6250 to replace 8 injectors. They offered a 10% discount off that repair. Subsequent calls to gm customer assistance were made to no end (they stated the 10% discount was their best offer). I pleaded that the time limit should not be a factor as this should not affect wear (injectors do not fail when they are not operating) my vehicle has 120000 miles on it (well under 200000 warranty as stated by the customer assistance rep). I paid extra for the diesel for longevity and fuel economy as I am on a fixed income but wound up being treated unfairly especially for a known problem and the fact that oil/fuel blowing…
Also reported on the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
Loss of braking
Brake line, hose or caliper failure
Other brake problem
ABS module or sensor failure
Other engine problem
Engine sensor failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 16 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other fuel system problem happen on the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500?
Across 10 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 90,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 80,000 miles and a quarter after 130,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other fuel system problem on the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500?
16 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 4.9 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed