# gm's truck gas gauges going to shit.. **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336 "2005-02-15T17:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BETRAYED93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BETRAYED93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BETRAYED93)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/1 "2005-02-15T17:19:00Z")
anyone ever has a gm truck… 94-up… s-10… or the 99 up silverado’s have there gas gauge go nuts? like bounce around out of the blue… read the wrong amount of fuel… ex full tank and when empty 3/4 tank… basically my 00 zr2 s done it 2 weeks ago… my 97 s-10 work truck’s done buddies 2002 s-10 zr2 does it… few misc trucks in and out of work always ask us to fix them… so anyone have any ideas? im lost!! and i hate it so im going to try and fix it sooner or later… :down: it… ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/2 "2005-02-15T17:27:24Z")
yes its a warrenty problem return it to GM they know about it… It has to do with the fuel corroding the sensor. My 01 cav did it. so did my mom’s 00 cav when she had it. I think My dad’s GMC sierra did it too but I could be mistaken… ---
**Author:** ![Stroker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stroker/32/5948_2.png) [@Stroker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stroker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/3 "2005-02-15T18:34:05Z")
it needs a fuel level sensior they go bad all the time ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/4 "2005-02-15T18:39:15Z")
yup both my buddies blazers do it all the time… Just wait till your turn signal solenoid, just comes on out of no where too… ---
**Author:** ![Stroker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stroker/32/5948_2.png) [@Stroker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stroker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/5 "2005-02-15T18:47:49Z")
what it comes down to is you need a fuel level sensior get about 4 people unbolt your bead take it off and put the sensor in way easer then dropin tank ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/6 "2005-02-15T18:55:10Z")
if its still under wareenty just have a dealer do it, it took them about 45 min to do mine… ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/7 "2005-02-15T19:22:55Z")
> [@Stroker](#): > > what it comes down to is you need a fuel level sensior get about 4 people unbolt your bead take it off and put the sensor in way easer then dropin tank there like only 70 bucks! ---
**Author:** ![Stroker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stroker/32/5948_2.png) [@Stroker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stroker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/8 "2005-02-15T19:36:17Z")
ya their cheep better then buying a whole sending unit ---
**Author:** ![22PSI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/4af34b/32.png) [@22PSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/22PSI)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gms-truck-gas-gauges-going-to-shit/172336/9 "2005-02-15T20:46:13Z")
theres updated software for that concern, but mostly it need a fuel level sensor.