wd40
Registered Member
Well, the other day when the temps were nudging 117, I fueled up early in the morning when the temperature was about 100. I never top off unless I am taking a long trip, so there was some breathing room in the tank after I was done. I did a few chores and put probably 40 miles on the car after refueling. Drove home, parked it in the garage and returned to the garage a few hours later, and was greeted with the overwhelming odor of fuel. Nauseous and overpowering, not just a slight smell. I did not find any threads that really addressed this problem and could find nothing on the Internet regarding this issue.
Made an appointment and took the vehicle into the local Hyundai dealer. The service writer told me they do get complaints on various models regarding this issue but they never find anything wrong. After about 2 ½ hours, I was told they ran a complete diagnostic on the vehicle and could find no issues. Some folks may say this is normal in high heat, but I disagree. I’ve had numerous vehicles over the past six years (company cars) GM, Ford and my other vehicle-a 4Runner and have never had this pungent very strong odor of gasoline during hot weather. The service writer wrote Hyundai customer service number on my copy of the work order ticket and recommended I call Hyundai.
Additional issues.
There has been quite a bit of conversation over excessive intake valve buildup on direct injection motors, so I asked the service writer how they were addressing the issue and how much it would cost the have the service completed. He told me he has never heard of the issue and was unaware of any problem and their dealership has never performed any maintenance on GDI engines for the valve buildup issue. I was certainly surprised they had not heard of this.
Finally, just a personal gripe about the service. I told the service writer I did not want my vehicle test driven after the diagnosis was completed. The service writer assured me the vehicle would not be driven and claimed they never test drive a vehicle unless it was a safety issue or a repair that would require a test drive to confirm the issue was resolved. The tech put four miles on my vehicle. Since the dealer did not have an R spec on the lot and claimed they rarely see them, I just wonder what kind of a hot rod trip was taken by the tech. He was messing with the radio too as the station was changed. This was very aggravating.
I called Hyundai Customer Support who is now checking the issue. We’ll see how it pans out.
Made an appointment and took the vehicle into the local Hyundai dealer. The service writer told me they do get complaints on various models regarding this issue but they never find anything wrong. After about 2 ½ hours, I was told they ran a complete diagnostic on the vehicle and could find no issues. Some folks may say this is normal in high heat, but I disagree. I’ve had numerous vehicles over the past six years (company cars) GM, Ford and my other vehicle-a 4Runner and have never had this pungent very strong odor of gasoline during hot weather. The service writer wrote Hyundai customer service number on my copy of the work order ticket and recommended I call Hyundai.
Additional issues.
There has been quite a bit of conversation over excessive intake valve buildup on direct injection motors, so I asked the service writer how they were addressing the issue and how much it would cost the have the service completed. He told me he has never heard of the issue and was unaware of any problem and their dealership has never performed any maintenance on GDI engines for the valve buildup issue. I was certainly surprised they had not heard of this.
Finally, just a personal gripe about the service. I told the service writer I did not want my vehicle test driven after the diagnosis was completed. The service writer assured me the vehicle would not be driven and claimed they never test drive a vehicle unless it was a safety issue or a repair that would require a test drive to confirm the issue was resolved. The tech put four miles on my vehicle. Since the dealer did not have an R spec on the lot and claimed they rarely see them, I just wonder what kind of a hot rod trip was taken by the tech. He was messing with the radio too as the station was changed. This was very aggravating.
I called Hyundai Customer Support who is now checking the issue. We’ll see how it pans out.
