According to The Detroit News is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration turning up the heat on the investigation of faulty fuel pumps Volkswagen. The administration has announced that it is currently examining 97 272 diesel Volkswagen and Audi vehicles after receiving 160 complaints about the issue. NHTSA says that in about half of the complaints, the bad pumps in a stalling of the engine on the highway or in traffic, the engine out of restarts prevented. Nevertheless, no serious accidents have been attributed to faulty pump, although a minor fender bender was reported as a result of the issue.
The study includes 2010 Golf Hatchback, 2009-2010 Jetta sedan and 2010 Audi A3 certain models.
Volkswagen says that the fuel has questions they have encountered have been contaminated by diesel fuel with gasoline pump. The company says that even a small amount of gas mixed with diesel fuel in the pumps can be switched off. Unfortunately for thusly affected owners, fuel system damage is not covered by the warranty by using the wrong fuel.
Meanwhile, Volkswagen has some 120 separate NHTSA fuel slips, some of which came courtesy of dealers and service personnel with the wrong fuel information.
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