Fuel overfill - Honda is aware and working on it?

[finneylp]

They finally admit it! I've been having this problem since purchasing the car in 12/2015. Seems like it goes away for most people, but not for my car.
I've been to the dealer twice and brought their attention to the issue, hopefully there will be a fix eventually. And hopefully no residual damage to my paint from frequent fuel overflow

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[DjinTonic]

Do pump nozzles vary slightly from brand to brand? I'm using a top-tier gas (BP) and make sure the nozzle is fully inserted -- no problem so far. Can you find a local station and specific pump that works correctly consistently? If this happened to me on a regular basis, I'd avoid filling up fully until Honda comes up with a fix -- bummer!

 

[josby]

One of the cheapest gas stations in my city is less than a mile from my house, so 95% of my fillups are there at the same pump, and it overflows a little every single time if I leave the pump on automatic shutoff.

Fortunately it doesn't do it enough to get out onto my paint - just into the well, which has the little drain there so it drains out. Because of that, I don't sweat it too much, but I do sometimes take the pump off of automatic and slow the flow rate down when I think the tank is close to full, and then it doesn't happen.

Still, if they do release a fix for it, I think I'll go get mine fixed.

 

[DjinTonic]

One of the cheapest gas stations in my city is less than a mile from my house....

But is it a top-tier (detergent) brand?

 

[josby]

But is it a top-tier (detergent) brand?

Yes, it is a Valero station.

 

[DjinTonic]

 

[josby]

That was news to me, too

 

[Civic Fan 2016]

I have the same issue. When the pump shuts off, some spills out into the well. I clean it up with paper towels.

 

[dallasjhawk]

Every single time, no matter what station. And I dont top it off. It shuts off, the fuel overflows down the paint. I wait more than 5 seconds and when I pull out the nozzle, it drips a little more. I love smelling like fuel after every single fill up

 

[mc1200s]

They finally admit it! I've been having this problem since purchasing the car in 12/2015. Seems like it goes away for most people, but not for my car.
I've been to the dealer twice and brought their attention to the issue, hopefully there will be a fix eventually. And hopefully no residual damage to my paint from frequent fuel overflow

Your paint likely will not be damaged. Your charcoal canister on the other hand----
We all should expect a check engine light soon. My charcoal canister is full of fuel as I have over flowed proabay 20 times now. It got to the point where I placed a ear plug in the little hole.

 

[jgreen16]

I just get a paper towel and put it in the well prior to fueling. I probably get a small overfill perhaps 10-15% of the time upon automatic pump shut off. I have not found an overfill connection between top tier name brand stations or other stations such as at Costco, grocery store stations, etc.

 

[mc1200s]

I just get a paper towel and put it in the well prior to fueling. I probably get a small overfill perhaps 10-15% of the time upon automatic pump shut off. I have not found an overfill connection between top tier name brand stations or other stations such as at Costco, grocery store stations, etc.

Good idea.

I see no connection either. It's all random. Some pumps just seem to be better calibrated at shutting off. I wonder how Honda will addres this issue? My friend who drives a 2014 Mazda 6 had the same issue. Mazda performed a repair that kept his 6 from over filling but he's not sure what they did.

 

[airgas1998]

I can tell you the 17's are affected by this as well.

 

[SFTOURING]

I can tell you the 17's are affected by this as well.

I found the same problem with mines too What I did was not rest the nossle inside but instead just hold the nossle up so it is not resting on anything while it is pumping the gas. When it stops, no gas leaks out. I've been doing this for a while now and so far so good.

 

[gkpar]

Can't believe they didn't test this basic shit out.

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