The title kind of says it all, I now have 1,000 miles on my DDSRT and have filled the tank 3x so far. All three times I had problems actually getting the gas pump to work. I think Dodge's gas tank system which does not use a gas cap creates some kind of back pressure that triggers gas pumps to shut off.
My very first tank of gas I had to keep twisting the filler handle and decreasing the pump's fuel flow because it kept cutting off before the tank was full. It took a lot of twisting and turning along with adjusting the flow to find the sweet spot where the gas pump would not cut off. I did not think anything of it and just figured it was the gas station's fault.
My second tank of gas I just set the pump and used the little lever to automatically fill the tank. A few miles after I left the gas station I noticed that the tank was only 75% full, but again thought it was just a fluke. Yesterday though, I was on E and really needed a full tank of gas. So I started pumping and the pump simply would not stop shutting off. This is the same gas station that I have been coming to for over 10yrs with other cars and never had this problem. It took about 20-30 attempts with twisting the pump handle, adjusting the nozzle, and adjusting the flow to finally get the pump to actually fill the tank.
At this point, I've decided it has to be the capless system causing some kind of back pressure that triggers the pump to shut off. I have never had this problem with any car I've owned and I'm pretty sure any dealership I take it to will look at me like I'm crazy. Has anyone else had this problem? I recently drove a rental Jeep Grand Cherokee and had the exact same problem; the pump kept shutting off, and the JGC had the same capless fuel tank.
My very first tank of gas I had to keep twisting the filler handle and decreasing the pump's fuel flow because it kept cutting off before the tank was full. It took a lot of twisting and turning along with adjusting the flow to find the sweet spot where the gas pump would not cut off. I did not think anything of it and just figured it was the gas station's fault.
My second tank of gas I just set the pump and used the little lever to automatically fill the tank. A few miles after I left the gas station I noticed that the tank was only 75% full, but again thought it was just a fluke. Yesterday though, I was on E and really needed a full tank of gas. So I started pumping and the pump simply would not stop shutting off. This is the same gas station that I have been coming to for over 10yrs with other cars and never had this problem. It took about 20-30 attempts with twisting the pump handle, adjusting the nozzle, and adjusting the flow to finally get the pump to actually fill the tank.
At this point, I've decided it has to be the capless system causing some kind of back pressure that triggers the pump to shut off. I have never had this problem with any car I've owned and I'm pretty sure any dealership I take it to will look at me like I'm crazy. Has anyone else had this problem? I recently drove a rental Jeep Grand Cherokee and had the exact same problem; the pump kept shutting off, and the JGC had the same capless fuel tank.
