Other Fuel System Tank Assembly Problems of Volkswagen GTI

The car on is leaking gasoline from back of the gas tank, the car vas in motion and I smell gasoline from my car and may cause a fire because is near the wheel.

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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.

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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.

At the gas station, the vehicle does not allow for normal fuel up to occur. The pump nozzle keeps clicking off and I can't put more than 1/4 tank of gas without the fuel spilling out of the tank filler neck/tube. While driving, the vehicle is experiencing power loss that can be felt as a sudden "bucking" motion when accelerating normally and at constant cruise speeds above 40 mph. The Volkswagen dealer diagnosis reported plugged evap canister vent lines and fuel tank and recommended replacement. The car only has 52,500 miles and I'm the original owner. Many owners of this year model in other states are reporting the exact same fuel up issue on internet auto forums.

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.

I was parked in a parking lot with my car on when all of a sudden a lady parked next to me said that it smelled like gasoline. I decided to step out and check on the car the fuel was literally leaking out of the tank from the rear end of the car. The car had almost a full tank and in a matter of minutes it emptied itself out. Keep in mind, I am a smoker and if it wasn't because the lady told me about the gas leak it could've end up in a fatal fire/accident. I have seen around the internet that there was a recall for the same problem in 2015-2016 Gti models but once you go into the vw page nothing appears. It even appears online from trusted sources that the recall number was 20y5 and 20y6. Currently the car has been in the vw for 1 month and they wanted me to pay around $2,800 to replace the fuel tank and once I did my research I found out that the exact problem happened to thousands of other people who had the same model yet the dealer did not even mention it to me and want to charge me with the $2,800.

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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.

I am concerned when coming to a stop unexpectedly my car will start to idle rough and then stall. I'm concerned it will happen while driving and that I could be hit. Currently it happens at low speed when stopping and I cannot keep the car running when I start it up again. I am having to rev the engine to keep it running and move off the road. My car has a manual transmission and the clutch is fully pressed down when this happens. I have more than 3/4 tank of gas when this happened.

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The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen Gti. The contact stated that the vehicle was leaking fuel near the rear passenger side wheel well. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel tank was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 1,000.