Volkswagen To Retrofit 209.000 Diesel Vehicles To Prevent Owners From Pumping Gasoline Into Tanks

The service action covers 209,500 cars in the United States and 51,600 in Canada. Affected models are the TDI versions of the 2009-12 Jetta, 2010-12 Golf and 2009-12 Jetta SportWagen, called the Golf Wagon in Canada.

In a notice sent to VW dealers last week and obtained by Automotive News today, VW said it will begin notifying customers of the service campaign on May 28.

"As diesel engine passenger vehicles become more popular, auto manufacturers have seen an increase in the number of misfueling cases where diesel engine vehicles are mistakenly fueled with gasoline," according to the notice. "The resulting fuel system contamination can lead to costly repairs that are not covered under warranty."

jeffgall - 5/22/2013 1:21:03 PM

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Are these owners that stupide. I can see if you rented a diesel in the U.S. or Canada and were not used to it, but if you purposely purchased one, get with it.

vdiv - 5/22/2013 2:18:02 PM

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So when the "stupide" user inserts a gasoline nozzle the fuel filler will remain closed. Then the user would squeeze the trigger and get sprayed with gasoline squirting back out from the filler. Then a single spark plug newly mounted by the fuel cap (diesels "normally" don't have spark plugs, only glow plugs, but those would be too slow) would ignite the gasoline and the problem will be solved. ;)

Of course if we had turbine cars the engine wouldn't care less what kind of combustion fuel was used.

topneuro - 5/22/2013 2:27:58 PM

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VW put one on the “The Beast”, Presidential limousine.