Anyone have issues filling up their gas tank?

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akbrener

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My wife has been telling me that the last few times she has put gas in the tahoe that the pump will stop and when she pulls away the gas gauge does not show full. It looks as if the pump stops just short of full.

A few weeks ago, after the first time she had issues, when I had to fill it up I put the pump on the "medium" notch and after it stopped I manually controlled the pump and got about another 2 gallons of gas in the tank before it stopped again. When I turned the key, the gauge pegged out on the F and I guess it was actually full.

Do these truck have tendency to "burp" early? The nozzle sits a bit more vertical than any other vehicle I have owned. Not sure if the design of the filler neck makes the vapor trick the pump into thinking its full.
 

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TSB 09-06-04-028C
Replaced with parts 20995472, 19257603, 10121502, and 11509087

Had it fixed a month+ ago and no problem
 

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I always give it another go anyway...and I hope you don't mind me mentioning it...but especially with today's prices, pumps cutting off at $75, $80, $85 are pretty common...even though I typically put $90-$95 of gas in my Tahoe these days. Swiping the card twice sucks.
 

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I always give it another go anyway...and I hope you don't mind me mentioning it...but especially with today's prices, pumps cutting off at $75, $80, $85 are pretty common...even though I typically put $90-$95 of gas in my Tahoe these days. Swiping the card twice sucks.

That could very well be the issue
 

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It happened to me once literally every five seconds it would stop but hasn't happened since.
 

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I always give it another go anyway...and I hope you don't mind me mentioning it...but especially with today's prices, pumps cutting off at $75, $80, $85 are pretty common...even though I typically put $90-$95 of gas in my Tahoe these days. Swiping the card twice sucks.

AGREE! This is in my opinion total BS. If I swipe my credit card and it let's me swipe it immidiately after AGAIN, why does a pump shut off in the first place at a given dollar amount?
 

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I should've elaborated on my post. That's the TSB to go into the dealer with and the part numbers they should replace. That's for this exact issue.

As for the pump stopping, that's the amount the credit card company will let the gas station pre-auth before having to start a new transaction. A few years ago I would fill a Tahoe and two 16 gallon jet skis during peak prices. I'd have to swipe once for 87 for the Tahoe, then twice for premium to fill up the skis.
 

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I disagree that the pumps stopping at a determined price is due to credit cards. Gas stations have 100% control over that. The Shell right by my house use to stop at $75. I got sick of it, and so did several other customers that were filling with diesel. I talked to the gas station over a year ago and expressed my frustration. After getting a few other people customers doing the same thing I did they decided to raise the limit to $150. It's all in the people running the station.
 

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I'm having the SAME problem. Can't fill up without the pump stopping at least 20 times, it takes forever to top off. Been doing some research and there's a possibility that it's a bad canister purge solenoid valve. Fortunately I purchased my truck as a CPO, the bumper to bumper warranty is good till the end of July. Thanks goodness for the warranty, looks like the replacement part is $250-$300.
 

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