THE EVENT OF SMELLING GASOLINE WHENEVER HEAT WAS TURNED ON IN CAR AND THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WHEN EXITING CAR. FUMES WERE VERY STRONG. CAR TAKEN TO PROCARE AUTOMOTIVE, AND MECHANIC INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED FUEL RAIL WAS DEFECTIVE. WAS TOLD DANGER IN DRIVING BECAUSE FUEL WAS RUNNING DOWN ON ENGINE BLOCK AND COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DESIGN OF PUTTING THE FUEL RAIL ON TOP OF BLOCK WAS DANGEROUS. THE FUEL RAIL AND INJECTOR ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE AMOUNT OF THIS WAS OVER $650.00. NO MECHANIC COULD TELL US WHY THIS HAPPENED. THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, IT COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 10148972
- Incident
- Jan 28, 2006
- Mileage
- 114,626 mi