BP Issues Gas Recall, One Of The Few

BP has publicized a gasoline recall for the states of Indiana and Illinois. A tank of fuel was contaminated before it was sections of those states. Though they are serious, a gasoline recall is a very rare thing.

Rarity with British Petroleum fuel recall

British Petroleum, otherwise known as British Petroleum, is doing a gas recall right now because of a batch of polluted gas that came from a BP refinery. A lot of stations in northeast Indiana and northwest Illinois got the polluted fuel, according to AutoBlog, and it has caused a ton of issues in cars. It was not enough for British Petroleum to have an oil spill; apparently it had to mess up again.

Rough starts or a failure to start is being reported by some motorists, according to ABC Chicago.

AutoBlog explained that the fuel in question is regular unleaded-grade fuel and came from one storage tank. It went to a variety of distributers, including Costco, Meijer, Thornton's, and Luke Oil. One customer had to get his fuel lines drained and all injectors cleaned while replacing spark plugs. That cost him $1,200 to do.

Fuel damaged

If you went to a Valpariso Mazda dealer and got your car fixed after contaminated fuel was in it, it will all be out of pocket; warranties do not cover that. All consumers can get reimbursed for "fuel-related repairs" since British Petroleum guarantees its fuel though, according to AutoBlog.

Though the fuel recall is worrying and having a car full of fuel that won't get the car to work while still making vehicle loans payments on is frustrating, instances of polluted fuel and subsequent fuel recalls are fairly uncommon.

There was a similar case of contaminated gas in Melbourne, Australia in August 2009, according to TheMotorReport.com.au. There was also a report a few years ago of a gas recall because a Minnesota refinery put too much ethanol in the fuel. It was above the 10 percent allowed in fuel, according to Minnesota Public Radio News.

Rarity with motor fuel

CBS Los Angeles explained that in June of this year, there was a fuel recall for a gel fuel used in decorative torches. Typically, recalls for fuel is not for the gas you put in your car but gas for other things.

It is really uncommon to see a fuel recall, such as a propane recall. They are seen very infrequently. WeMakeItSafer.com lists all fuel and fuel recalls on it, according to the consumer product safety commission information, and it showed only thee propane recalls in the last 12 years. They are all very uncommon.