Other Fuel System Tank Assembly problems of the 2017 Volkswagen GTI

Fuel tank would not accept refueling. When checked out was found that tank was leaking gas. Car was taken to the dealer and they stated the car was out of warranty and acknowledged the fuel tank was leaking gasoline. The car has never been involved in an accident of any type.

Could not pump gas into the gas tank. Could insert the pump nozzle into the opening to the gas tank. When tried to pump gas, gas would not go into the tank and spill out. This problem is already a recall on the vw Gti 2015 model. Vehicle was stationary at a gas pump.

First noticed strong fuel smell coming from rear passenger side wheel well. Fuel smell dissipated after around 45 minutes. The next time I drove the car, it began bucking as if there was a fuel pressure error. By the time I limped the car into my driveway, fuel was pouring out of the same wheel well. The car has leaked fuel on two more occasions since then. I've since found out that this is a known issue that Volkswagen addressed in safety recall 20y6. Faulty elements in the fuel tank are causing gasoline to purge into the evap system and then leak through the evap canister, down onto the wheel well. Vw apparently made a business decision not to include 2017 golfs in that recall, despite being identical cars. A quick look through these complaints or in various Volkswagen forums will show that this issue is common and popping up in more and more 2017 cars at around 35k miles.

Started to notice a fuel odor in the vicinity of the right-rear wheel while the car was parked inside my garage. Moved the car immediately outside on my driveway. Drove the car once or twice during the following week. As the car was parked on the driveway the odor persisted. Then one afternoon a puddle of gas was on my driveway (about one pint of liquid) - the car had not been driven in 2 days when the puddle appeared. Notified my local vw dealer and scheduled the repair. The dealer determined that the charcoal canister was filled with fuel - assuming that I overfilled the tank, which I don't believe happened. When the leak occurred the fuel tank was approximately 3/4 full. The dealer replaced the leak detection pump, n80 purge valve, and the charcoal canister. The repair was not covered under warranty. The car has 55,578 miles on it and I have owned it just less than 3 years.

The fuel tank and charcoal canister in this vehicle have had to be replaced twice, once by the dealer I purchased from (weeks prior to purchase) and again not even a week after purchase. It was reported that the charcoal canister flooded while fueling, however I never top off my vehicles. This issues seems to be common in this particular make and model. I noticed it by smell at first, but didn't investigate until I noticed a significant decline in my fuel level overnight, while parked. Once I began to investigate I noticed a fuel leak near the fueling door at the rear passenger side of the vehicle.

Tl-the contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen Gti. The contact stated that the fuel spilled to the ground while the contact attempted to fill the fuel tank, causing the contact to be unable to fill the fuel tank. The contact drove the vehicle home and noticed that the fuel level had dropped. The contact parked the vehicle and inspeced the vehicle and found the fuel spilled out of the fuel tank while driving the fuel tank was empty. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000. Li.