Does anyone know if there is a TSB on the inability to fill the gas tank on a coupe in cold weather? Mine is tarting to **** me off.

 

Have you tried a different gas station? Never had any problems filling here. Maybe its a particular nozzle brand/type...

 

No, it happens at every gas station whether they pump it or I do. Kicks out immediately and then you can force 10-11 gallons in.

 

just pull the nozzle out a bit - don't cram it all the way in - and it should stay on until the tank is full. i think that lets some of the fumes out as the tank fills.

 

You guys are missing the point. The freakin' gas tank won't fill up past 2/3 to 3/4. I don't have enough time to sit there and dribble gas into the tank. It's an issue and you obviously don't have it.

 

Not every problem you have with your car will be experienced by everyone else - maybe you just have a defective tank/fill tube .. You seem pissed that everyone isn't having the same problems as you are.

I may be asking another obvious question but have you brought the car to the dealer for service on this yet already? What have they told you?

For someone who seems so intent on getting an answer you sure aren't volunteering much information. (has it been this way since youve owned the car? you mentioned temperature - what outside temp does it need to be for the problem to go away? have they looked at the problem under warranty? do different nozzle positions make any difference? different types of nozzles - with our without airlock collars ..)

The more you give the more you get.

- pink

 

I checked, nothing:

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr.../tsbsearch.cfm


I have had this same problem on my sedan a few times, but it's pretty rare.

 

It happened to a few people that I know, I suggest you bring to back to the dealer. Check out this link in the forum -https://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46240

 

So, if you have it, it must be an "issue."

 

ya i got the same issue, only happens sporadically...

 

Yes it is an issue for me.....I'm not pissed but I have searched and found a lot of threads about this "issue". If I come off as pissed, I apologize. I am taking it back to the dealer next Thursday and I want to be armed. I have evidence of maybe 30 cars with it. Out of thousands sold, that is not really bad but it seems to be a more common thing than I thought.

It has been going on since the weather has been cold. It did the same thing last year but when the weather warmed up, it stopped. I have no idea what the temp has to do with it. I have not driven the car much this year because of all the snow NJ has had and I don't have snow tires so it sat in a garage.

 

It would be interesting to find out if there is an acutal problem. I encountered this same thing, occassionaly as others have indicated, in my around-town POS '03 Chevy Cavalier. I've also had the same, ocassional problem with a'97 Mistubishi Eclipse GSX, a '99 Mistu. Galant GTZ, a '97 Chrysler Cirrus LXi and a '91 Ford Mustang GT. I always assumed the problem was with the pump or with how far I was putting the nozzle in. Never occurred to me that the problem may have been with each and every one of these vehicles.

Any chance that the cold-weather correlation might have something to do with being in a rush to fill it up so you can get out of the cold? I have had cars that needed more time to allow the fuel to travel through the filler neck, which meant that you could seldomly fill it up a the max flow rate of the pump.

 

I wish that were the case....I live in NJ, we have Indian and Russian "gas-pumpers". I have tried it myself. I found that if you turn the handle toward the front of the car it will take some but will still not fill up.

 

I've had this same problem with my car, and on one occassion, with a loaner that I drove. Now it will almost fill all the way up but not all the way to the "F" The one time that I brought it in to the dealer, they said that they were able to fill it all the way up. But when I checked it did not go all the way to the "F". I was like whatever- and have just been dealing with it for now. As long as I can get it almost full I am not going to hassel with trying to get the dealer to acknowledge that ther eis a problem until my next service appointment- then I'll bring it back up again.