Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Originally Posted By: StevieC
At least they are doing the recall and admitting to it. This not being a safety concern, I would only guess the BIG-3 would have swept this under the carpet like they do other recalls...
Toyota!
How is fuel line deterioration not a safety concern? It could be a fire hazard.
It may cause corrosion to plug up the fuel system, and or cause a minor leak. The owner I'm sure would notice a gas smell and/or a fast gas gauge approaching empty.
Besides... Gas doesn't blow up in its liquid form, it has to be compressed and be in gaseous form, thus eliminating the real safety concern.
Whats the chances that an owner is first of all going to have this problem, second not notice a puddle of gas on the floor or smell, and three be near an ignition source that lights the puddle on fire which would proablly extinguish itself once it runs out of fuel to burn. It's highly unlikely that it would cause a catastrophic effect in my opinion.
Another fact is there are a lot of old cars on the road, and the ones that live in the rust belt suffer from leaking fuel lines at some point and we don't see tons of fires and/or explosions from it... So again not a real big deal in my opinion.
