General Motors has issued a recall for certain examples of the 2017-2020 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickup trucks due to a potential problem with the evaporative emissions canister.
The problem: GM has issued the voluntary emissions recall as evaporative some emissions canister service parts manufactured during a certain time period and installed in vehicles during a service repair were not manufactured to engineering specifications. This problem may affect vehicles with both the 2.5L LCV four-cylinder engine and the 3.6L LGZ V6 engine.
The hazards: an evaporative emissions canister is a type of emissions control device. If there is an issue with the emissions canister, the vehicle’s tailpipe emissions may be adversely affected.
The fix: dealers are instructed to inspect the evaporative emissions canister and replace it if the part does not meet engineering specifications. A new evaporative emissions canister will solve the issue completely, as the original part may have been repaired with faulty service parts.
Affected components: evaporative emissions canister.
Affected vehicles:
- 2017 Chevy Colorado
- 2018 Chevy Colorado
- 2019 Chevy Colorado
- 2020 Chev Colorado
- 2017 GMC Canyon
- 2018 GMC Canyon
- 2019 GMC Canyon
- 2020 GMC Canyon
Owners should: GM will notify owners of affected vehicles and instruct them to make an appointment with their dealer. If owners are unsure whether or not their vehicle is affected by this recall, they can visit my.gm.com/
Contacts:
- GM recall number: N202313200
- Chevrolet Customer Service: 1-800-222-1020
- GMC Customer Service: 1-800-462-8782
- NHTSA Toll Free: 1-888-327-4236
- NHTSA (TTY): 1-800-424-9153
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Comments
Can any auto builders get it right today? Parts from lowest bidder or demanding cheap price over quality.
They all try to split it between highest quality for the best price.
If not you would not buy the car anyways.
People complain about Walmart but they still shop there. It all comes down to price.
The evaporative emissions canister issue is a GM hallmark. It has failed on every single GM I have owned always right out of warranty. Ditto family and friends cars and the majority of vehicles that went through my buddy’s dealership. I’m sure it happens on other makes too but on a GM it seems to be a guarantee.
Never had a problem with a canister. Nor family or friends.
Now Purge Valves are a valid GM issue.
If someone does have a canister issue often it is tied to over filling the tank as they tell you to not top off and most do. This is for all brands.
The charcoal canister purge valve is the main part of this system and is located generally next to the gas tank on many GM’s There is a purge valve under hood also as part of this system by the engine. The charcoal canister by the gas tank is what I’m referring to and that is such a common failure that this part is sold literally everywhere as if it were a set of spark plugs. The tell tale sign is code P0455 with the gas cap checking out good and no leaks in the hoses doing a smoke test. Whether or not it is tied to over filling the gas tank is not a sure thing as this system also suffers from poor designed gas caps and failure of the EVAP purge valve or defective EVAP charcoal canister which has been the case in literally ever GM vehicle I have come across with 40-100K miles. It’s hard to pinpoint what causes these failures and as I stated it can happen on other makes too but I’m sticking to it being a Gm hallmark issue and very common.
Yep. I had to replace it on my silverado several times.
The purge valve is the purge valve not the canister two different parts of the vapor recovery system.
My comments were on the valve when you claim canister.
The valves stick yes they are a problem. Ut the canisters do not need replaced.
Often the valves stick from dirt.
Canisters only go bad if fuel gets into the filter from over filling.
So I agree this is a EVAP issue but the canister is not the issue.
For what it is worth I have not had the issue nor has any family. I have seen the valve issues on GM and other mfg cars as it is not just a GM thing.
In nearly 50 GM cars in my family’s history the carbon canister was never an issue.
I did replace a valve for a buddy but it was just clogged with dirt. That was on a GP with it in the quarter panel where road dirt clogged it. Not hard to find or fix.
Then why is the part in the back by the gas tank referred to as a Charcoal canister purge valve assembly by GM and every parts store? The one under the hood is a simple purge valve and is called that and doesn’t go bad nearly as much as the unit in back. This is right from all the prior paperwork on my last 5 GM vehicles from the dealer!
And regardless if dirt or a leaky hose or a failed electrical component are the culprit the charcoal canister purge valve is always the part that gets replaced when the 0455 code small leaks sets and that has 99% of time cleared the issue. It is still a very common GM problem no matter how much you try and argue otherwise!
I have a 2015 Impala and the charcoal canister went bad with about 90K miles. The check engine light was on and whenever I removed my gas cap air escaped as if it was under pressure. The dealer tried replacing the purge valve and said a hose came loose but the light came back on. Replacing the charcoal canister fixed the issue.
charcoal canisters should last a long time if you do not regularly try to squeeze extra gas in after the first click,some models build the purge valve into the canister making a cheap repair expensive
This has failed on every GM gas vehicle I have owned.
If you drive where it is dirty it will fail every time well before 100,000 miles !
If you drive on cleaner pavement, it will last and last !
Most of mine, I wash the valve, works every time !
The canaster, you just hack saw a ring around it, there is a slight spring pressure on a felt material, packing the charcoal desiccant in.
Pour it out on a clean bench.
Wipe it around until it is on a clean part of the bench.
Pour it back in the canister.
Blow out the felt with a air hose.
Push the felt, the spring, and the cover back on.
Then here is my favorite part, where you cut the ring with your saw, just wrap duct tape around it until the next time you need to clean it !
ABSOUTLY EVERY 5.3 truck, in the country on a farm, here in South Dakota, has the light on unless you do this, and I have done o so many !
GM is great, carry on !
If you could post a picture, my hunting buddy has a Surburban with this trouble right now. I could do it and show you all that is is indeed a problem if you take a Chevy truck off road.
The intake hose for this canister on a Canyon is by the fuel fill hose and the dust up there is 1 inch thick !
Also the 2016 years of this Canyon the valve is on the engine, already replaced with ZERO HELP FROM GM , and it to is a well known issue !
Got the letter to prove it, from GM !
Again GM is great, carry on !
Congrats to the GMC Canyon team!
It takes effort to come in last place on the Consumer Reports reliability survey. Usually only Fiat or Land Rover achieve that distinction.
Yes you are correct,
Like everyone always says, well the customer will decide who is the best.
Well in another GM case here the midsized truck customer has decided that this Canyon/Colorado is not the best.
People here always say, the customer will decide with their pocket book, and once again the customer has decided to buy another brand more than these trucks, buy a pretty large margin.
Again, the customer is always right, and has spoken by buying another brand plain and simple !
Just one more slot, GM is not leading in, and trailing the top by a large margin.
Vehicle sitting for long periods and overfilling will do that. Can say I haven’t actually had one go on any vehicle. Had a 98 DeVille where the back portion developed a crack and even it didn’t set a code lol. Duck tape for good measure.
“Canisters only go bad if fuel gets into the filter from over filling.”
Only is not the correct word here.
Another cause is the correct word here.
And JWL and Joe are correct.
In every case, of the GM truck I have fixed, the dust that plugs up the canister makes the valve stick.
Clean out the canister, blow out and PB blaster the valve, fixed until the canister plugs and lets to much dirt in the valve.
Now if overfilling the gas tank, is another cause, ok.
My question here for a GM tech is how come the years 15 and 16 are not included, I was led to believe that these trucks in that department are the same.
On my 2015 Canyon, the purge solenoid is what went bad, therefore it lets excessive fuel vapors into the combustion chamber. The engine was surging at idle almost to stalling, no code, but yes the ticking from the valve, then a code all the time until I fixed it ! Months later, what do you know, a letter from GM: 18029 , July 2018, 48 0020513, I could have gotten reimbursed by GM if I would have had the dealer do it and pay them, yet I did it myself because the dealer would have charged me to replace it, until they got the letter to replace it. Its a warranty timing issue, and again, if you have, a dealer do everything to your GM vehicle for the 150,000 miles you keep it, maybe GM will pay you for a $16.00 part after you already paid for it !
One picture here would be proof. I am looking at the letter from GM right now while typing !
This is what I replaced on my 2015 Canyon,
Ac Delco 12690512 GM Vapor, Canister, Purge Valve.
Just the site I ordered it from alone had already sold over 900 of them when I ordered mine way back then.
Just one picture, would shed the truth.
You know like the police cams.
We all know who is telling the truth there now don’t we ?
Well when they are turned on.
Just remember people, this recall has nothing to do with safety, this recall is because of emissions.
And when GM sells ” known Faulty ” parts to the Government, GM is forced to fix them !
Yet right now, I am following a group of GM heavy Duty truck owners who have loose steering do to a ” Known Faulty ” intermediate steering column shaft.
That’s 40,000, fourty thousand pounds traveling down the interstate at 80 miles per hour, WITH LOOSE STEERING !
Is there a recall ? Nope
And some owners have had several replaced, already and loose again !
Check it out.
One picture, and the truth will set you freeeeeeeeee !
And seriously people, you overfill a gas tank, that’s the blame here for GM.
This is just like telling the GM customer how a transmission shifts.
In the year 2020 GM is now telling the Customer they are overfilling their gas tanks?
Have we been filling GM vehicles with gas for over 100 years now ?
Now in the year 2020, you can put to much gas in the gas tank that has been filled with the same pump since I have been alive for 52 years.
$hit, did the GM sales person show me how to put gas in my truck and I was not paying attention ?
Seriously people, the American citizen has been filling up GM gas tanks the same way for 100 Years, and now in 2020 we are doing that wrong also !
How the hell do you people fill your GM vehicle with Gas ?
I remove the gas tank cap, put the f0cking hose in the tank filler hole, and fill the gas tank !
have I been doing something something wrong for 40 years ?
Hey, I have never had anyone tell me in 40 years of GM vehicles I was filling the gas tank wrong ?
This conversation could go on for years by the real GM customers.
And one picture or video would show the truth.
The SAME reason that our 2005 Cadillac SRX needed 3 compressors in the rear, under the fender, on gravel driving, is it takes in air through 1 inch of gravel dust. In turn what fails $600,00 rear air shocks with magnetic ride control. Yep replaced them also, if you run them flat, it ruins them. And to top that off, no check light on compressor failure, unless you listen for the 10 second compressor run at startup, you never know if your compressor goes bad.
One picture, I have a box of 2005 compressor parts, and shocks, and receipts !
Did you ever here me say a word until now on that ? NO, not one word, Nobody at GM lied to me then ! they fail ! they suck dust ! Mr, Mrs GM person, why did my compressor go bad, sorry 4 time Cadillac buyer, buts its a poor design and location of the air system.
NOT, NOT, sorry 4 time Cadillac buyer, but this failure is because you did not listen over the radio or traffic for th e10 second run time of your compressor, to make sure it worked, way back there in the farthest back muddiest, dustiest, place the GM engineer could put it because they need to save two cents on that hose running back there from under the hood where the air is clean.
One picture, one video, done !
And if you drove a f0cking Cadillac instead of a Chevy Spark Dan Berning, you would know this !
And for longer than 30,000 miles for two years !
OK, I got it !
Some of you people here want me off this site, here is your answer on how.
When GM designs an ICE vehicle, places the air intake for the engine behind the rear wheels, and when the engines start failing because the air cleaner is full of dust, IS ONE THING !
But if you people here, the GM is ALWAY RIGHT people, start blaming the GM customer because the customer should have been driving the vehicle backwards, I am DONE, I will quit buying GM and I will get off all the sties, DONE !
Because we would have gone to:
The GM customer, and only the GM customer:
No longer knows how a 100 year old automatic transmission should shift ! (The GM 8 speed junk transmission trouble )
No longer knows how to drive a Heavy Duty truck ( the intermediate shaft trouble )
No longer knows how to fill their vehicle with gas ( because the Canister is failing )
No longer knows how to drive backwards, ( because the air intake is behind the rear wheel )
Is there ANYONE ELSE you could think of to blame here ?
Ill give you a couple minuets !
GM, Its GM !
The answer to my question is GM !
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2017 Impala Premier – evap canister leak -needs replacing according to dealer less than 45,000 miles. This sucks!