# Gas nozzle problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 28, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682 "2010-09-28T00:07:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![petehammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@petehammer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/petehammer)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682/1 "2010-09-28T00:07:48Z")

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When I was filling up my car with gas today, the nozzle didn’t shut off automatically and I ended up with gas all over the side of my car and all over the concrete. The gas station attendant said I was holding the handle too tightly or that there was something wrong with my car. Since this has never happened before, I think it was the gas nozzle malfunctioning. What do you think?

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682/2 "2010-09-28T00:08:15Z")

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I think you are right.

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682/3 "2010-09-28T00:13:03Z")

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I had this happen to me once. Once, because I never went back to that station. Never had thi issue at any other station anywhere else.

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**Author:** ![petehammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@petehammer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/petehammer)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682/4 "2010-09-28T00:13:32Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![StrongDreamsWaitHere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/strongdreamswaithere/32/2014_2.png) [@StrongDreamsWaitHere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StrongDreamsWaitHere)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682/5 "2010-09-28T00:35:07Z")

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Ditto. The attendant is probably a min wage drone with no idea how things work.

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**Author:** ![petehammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@petehammer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/petehammer)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682/6 "2010-09-28T00:41:44Z")

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Interesting angle. I was angry because I thought he was being dishonest, but maybe he is uneducated/misinformed. But regardless, the customers’ safety is in his hands, so it’s a bad situation.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-nozzle-problem/55682/7 "2010-09-28T01:09:34Z")

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It’s always easier to blame you than to get the nozzle repaired. Sad but true.