castrosf

This has happened to me twice now. The first time I thought it was a quirk. When filling my car, I put the nozzle in as far as it will go, set the autofill lever on the pump handle and walk away to wash my windows. Twice now, when the gas tank has reached full and the nozzle trips, the nozzle jumps out of the tank, runs down the side of the car and lands on the ground - quite forcibly. So far no scratches or dings.

Has this happened to anyone else? From here on out, I am holding the nozzle!

theraj2

Its alive dude! I would switch gas stations... Thats crazy!.... Maybe you can talk the nozzle into giving you free gas!

PoaMike

First, welcome to MBworld. Second, This has happened to me a few times at "RaceTrack" (sp?) and i just stoped going to them; only reason I went to before was because they had very bright lights at 4am unlike some places that are pitch black and you trip over curbs and wonder whats out in the dark. Now I carry a maglight for any spooky moments.

tanktube67

try another gas station

Savage c-300

its the gas station, their pumps must be wacked.

Lareb

i had my car for about 2 months....DEC 23...to be exact..and i was pumping gas and i think the nozzle went in to deep and got stuck..i was trippin out for a good second and i was shaking it and pushing the nozle all around and after a good 2min of sweating it came loose...anyone had this problem before?

Oh Cool

Try to set the nozzle in there more securely till it snaps in to a locked position. Usually what you are experiencing occurs with the vapor recovery plastic elephant nose type nozzles. If the nozzle doesn't snap in then it is defective. Try another pump next time.