Tank Filler Pipe And Cap Problems of Honda Civic Hybrid

The problem started before the date indicated, however we didn't call Honda until Aug. 29th, 2013. In the mornings for maybe a week we smelled gas fumes in the garage I check under the car and never saw anything leading to a leak. The cars sensors never indicated a problem, so I thought maybe some gas spilled when I removed the gas nozzle at the gas station. A few days later we smelled the gas again, so I went to Honda and purchased a new gas cap about $25. 00 and changed out the old for the new. The next morning we smelled gas again, so I called Honda and they said get your car in here ASAP. We took the car in and left it, a few hours later we received a call telling us that the fill pile weld was leaking at the tank. The service man also said the gas tanks were on back order, but he would try to find one elsewhere. He had no idea why the weld failed and also why the tanks were on back order. The service man called a few hours later and found a tank it was being shipped express and hopefully will be here this week. The estimated cost is $971. 00 for this repair and parts. I did some checking on the internet and found that in 2007 there was a shortage of gas tanks and the same problem was occurring. Example one person only had 45k miles when his tank had to be replaced. This problem I believe should be an indicator for a recall, this problem could have been deadly to us and others. There is no warning when it might happen, now I wonder how long I have with the new tank before the weld breaks on it. The expense is really costly, is their anyway I can recoup the $$ spent?.

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