THERE IS A PROBLEM WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, WHEN THE GAS PUMP CLICKS OFF, FUEL SPILLS OUT ON MY VEHICLE AND THE GROUND, ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS
- NHTSA ID
- 11152395
- Incident
- Apr 18, 2018
- Mileage
- 110,000 mi
Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2007 Jeep Wrangler 2-Dr 4X4 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 116 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 116, in the owner's own words
THERE IS A PROBLEM WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, WHEN THE GAS PUMP CLICKS OFF, FUEL SPILLS OUT ON MY VEHICLE AND THE GROUND, ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS
DURING REFUELING, WHEN TANK IS FULL FUEL OVERFLOWS OUT OF THE FILLER AS THE PUMP SHUTS OFF. EVERY TIME AT EVERY GAS STATION. VERY DANGEROUS, GAS ON THE SIDE OF JEEP AND ON THE GROUND.
WHILE REFILLING THE GAS TANK, AS THE GAS PUMP SHUTS OFF IT SPILLS GAS ALL OVER THE FLOOR. IT ALMOST SPILLED ALL OVERON ME.
WHEN REFUELING THE PUMP AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF THEN GAS OVER FLOWS. THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY NOW AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE AND FREQUENT OVER TIME. I CAN NOT DATE THE OTHER INCIDENTS AS I THOUGHT IT WAS A PUMP PROBLEM INTILL IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN ONE DAY ON A LONG ROAD TRIP AT 3 DIFFERENT STATIONS THAT I LOOKED INTO THE PROBLEM TO FIND MANY OTHERS HAVE THE ISSUE. *TR
THE FUEL TANK OVERFLOWS EVERY TIME THE TANK IS FILLED NO MATTER WHAT STATION OR PUMP IS USED. *TR
THIS VEHICLE SPITS FUEL ALL OVER THE OPERATOR WHEN TRYING TO PUMP FUEL IN. *TR
WHEN REFUELING, FUEL SPITS BACK OUT OF TANK. APPROXIMATELY 1-1.5 LITRES, EVERY TIME WHEN TANK IS FILLED. USUALLY COMES OUT WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO COVER MY HANDS, PANTS, AND SHOES WITH GASOLINE. VERY DANGEROUS! *TR
GAS OVERFLOWS INSTEAD OF STOPPING WHEN FULL. THIS HAPPENS WHENEVER FILLING TANK. DEALER WANTED 500.00 TO REPLACE ENTIRE TANK AS THE ANSWER WHEN CLEARLY THE ISSUE IS WITH VENT. GAS SPILLS AROUND VEHICLE. *TR
FUEL SPILLS OUT OF FUEL FILLER NECK WHEN FILLING TANK COMPLETELY. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY VEHICLE, SPILLING FUEL ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, BUMPER AND GROUND. *TR
WHEN FUELING THE GAS TANK, THE AUTO-SHUTOFF VALVE AT ANY SERVICE STATION WILL NOT SHUT OFF IN TIME TO PREVENT FUEL SPLASH OUT OF THE FILLER PIPE AND GET ON THE PERSON DOING THE FUELING AND POURS DOWN ON THE GROUND. THIS IS NOT ISOLATED TO JUST A FEW SERVICE STATIONS - IT HAPPENS EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU FILL THIS VEHICLE WITH GAS. *TR
EACH AND EVERY TIME I FILL MY GAS TANK THE PUMP WILL CEASE THE FLOW OF GAS FROM THE NOZZLE AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF GASOLINE WILL BACKWASH/OVERFLOW FROM THE TANK. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR OWNERS OF JEEPS WITH THIS ISSUE. GOD FORBID IF SOMEONE IS SMOKING AROUND THE AREA. AS SILLY AS THAT IDEA MAY BE REMEMBER WHO SUED MCDONALDS CORP. FOR SPILLING HOT COFFEE ON THEMSELVES AND WON MILLIONS! JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU THE COFFEE WASN'T HOT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT COMMON SENSE JUST AS IS GASOLINE SPILLING VIOLENTLY FROM YOUR VEHICLES GAS TANK IS VERY DANGEROUS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PROPERTY DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE. THE GAS TANK NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND MODIFIED OR REPLACED. *TR
WHEN FILLING GAS, GAS BLOWS BACK ONTO PERSON FILLING AND DRAINING DOWN VEHICLE. TOLD THERE WAS EXTENDED RECALL, BUT NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM MANUFACTURER. TOLD TO SUBMIT ISSUE TO GOV.'T. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR LETTER, BUT NEVER RECEIVED ANY FOR THIS, HOWEVER RECEIVED OTHERS. *TR
I PURCHASED A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER RUBICON NEW. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, I DISCOVERED THAT GASOLINE WOULD FREQUENTLY OVERFLOW THE FILLER PORT WHEN FUELING THE VEHICLE. FOR SOME REASON, ONCE THE PUMP SHUTS OFF, FUEL OVERFLOWS THE PORT AND FLOWS OVER THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE GROUND. *KB
WHENEVER I PUT GAS INTO MY TANK AND FILL UP, THERE IS ALWAYS AN OVERFLOW OF GASOLINE SPILLING OUT OF THE TANK AND ONTO MY JEEP AS WELL AS ONTO THE FLOOR. ASIDE FROM THE DAMAGE BEING DONE TO MY VEHICLE, THIS CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT FROM FUMES AS WELL AS RAISING THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES. *KB
EVERY TIME I FILL MY JEEP WRANGLER WITH GAS AS SOON AS THE GAS PUMP STOPS PUMPING IT SPITS FUEL BACK OUT OF THE FILLER TUBE. I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL GAS STATIONS AND IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME. *TT
IN THE LAST MONTH I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH GAS OVERFLOWING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK FILLER AFTER THE GAS PUMP CLICKS OFF. THE GAS COMES OUT AND RUNS DOWN THE SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND ONTO THE GROUND. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED DURING 3 OUT OF 4 FILL-UPS IN THE LAST MONTH. I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING YET TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. *TR
WHEN FILLING UP MY 2007 JEEP RUBICON, AFTER THE PUMP HANDLE "CLICKS" OFF FUEL WILL SPILL OUT OF THE FILLER NECK. IT HAPPENS ANYTIME FROM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PUMP STOPS TO UP TO 5 SECONDS AFTER. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE TIME NO MATTER WHAT STATION I USE OF THE PRAND OF FUEL THAT IS PUT INTO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE OWNED THE JEEP FOR APPROX. 1 YEAR AND HAS DONE THIS SINCE THE WEEK I'VE OWNED IT. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 20K MILES ON IT. *TR
VEHICLE SPITS OUT FUEL IF YOU ALLOW THE AUTO SHUT OFF TO RUN FROM THE PUMP. IF I FILL UP MY TANK UNTIL THE PUMP SHUTS OFF IT WILL OVERFLOW ABOUT A QUART OF FUEL ON THE FLOOR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER BUT THEY SAID IT DID NOT HAPPEN FOR THEM. I HAVE RECORDED THE NEXT THREE FILL UPS AND IT DID IT EVERY TIME. MY VEHICLE IS A 2007 BUT WAS BUILT IN 10/2006. CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM ON SIMILAR VEHICLES BUILT AFTER 03/2007. *TR
EVERY TIME I FUEL UP MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER X, THE GAS OVERFLOWS. THIS HAS CAUSED THE GAS TO SPILL ONTO THE GROUND AND OR ONTO MY FEET. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM IS QUITE PREVALENT WITH OTHER JEEP OWNERS. I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND PURCHASED IT IN FEB. OF 2010. IT HAS OCCURRED EVER SINCE I FIRST FUELED IT. *TR
PURCHASED A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER JK ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO. I HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS. GAS WILL SPILL OUT WHEN FILLING UP. PUMP NOZZLE WILL RELEASE/POP AFTER GAS IS ALREADY OVER FLOWED AND ON THE GROUND. *TR
MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER SPITS BACK FUEL WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I BOUGHT THE JEEP. I HAVE HAD THE FUEL TANK, O-RING, FUEL PUMP AND LEVEL UNIT REPLACED. *TR
FUEL GUSHES OUT OF THE FILLER NECK ON MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER WHEN I FILL UP THE TANK. RESULT IS GAS SOAKED HAND, PANTS AND SHOES WITH SPILLAGE ON THE GROUND AT THE PUMP AND GAS RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE OF MY JEEP. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP. THIS HAS GOT TO BE A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE! *TR
2007 JEEP WRANGLER X WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, IT FLOWS BACK, ALMOST A 1/4 OF A GALLON OF GAS. *TR
EVERYTIME I FILL UP MY 2007 JEEP WRANGLER AT THE GAS STATION, IT OVERFLOWS ABOUT 1/2 GALLON OF FUEL DOWN THE SIDE OF MY JEEP AND ONTO THE GROUND. I HAVE TRIED USING DIFFERENT PUMP STATIONS, BUT NOTHING STOPS IT FROM OVERFLOWING. *TR
GAS TANK OVERFLOWS WHEN GAS PUMP IS LEFT IN AUTOMATIC POSITION. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR MY YEAR AND MODEL OF VEHICLE, BUT IT'S NOT WITHIN THE MANUFACTURE DATE OF THE RECALL. THERE ARE MANY OTHER JEEP WRANGLER OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I AM A FIREFIGHTER, SO I DO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE MANUFACTURE DATE IS 12/06. *TR
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