{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11482655,"manufacturer":"Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/13/2022","dateComplaintFiled":"09/02/2022","vin":"3VW217AU7GM","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"I was driving my 2016 Volkswagen Golf on a roadtrip from Pennsylvania to  North Carolina on 8/13.  I did the 60k mile service and had my mechanic do a safety check before the roadtrip.    I spent the night of 8/13 in Richmond, VA.  I went to put gas in the car the next day and it was not taking the gas instead it was propelling it out of the car.  The gas station attendant managed to get some gas in the tank and chalked it up to the new pumps. I stopped in NC to get more gas and none would go in.  I noticed there was gas coming out of the car on the passenger side, right behind the rear tire.  I had to get the car towed to my destination in NC.   A dealer in NC looked at the car and diagnosed that there was a problem with the evap system.  They tried this \"to start with the remedy of the fuel issue on the golf we will need to start by replacing  the  charcoal canister -AND LDP valve (one unit)  N80 purge valve.  Now if it came down to replacing that fuel tank (a rough idea) there may be some additional parts we could need with replacement of the tank because it is an updated unit compared to the original. that is a big job, the rear subframe does need to be removed and in doing so the car will need to be aligned afterwards. you could be looking at an additional...\"   At no part in the journey were there any warning lights that indicated something was wrong with the car.    Others here have pointed out that there was a recall for the EVAP system for this model and year of car. https://auto-recalls.justia.com/volkswagen/gti/2016/16v647000/  Like others I called VW Customer Care and they told me that my vehicle was not covered under any current recall and they would not confirm the 2016 recall happened at all.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2016","productMake":"VOLKSWAGEN","productModel":"GOLF","manufacturer":"Volkswagen Group of America, Inc."}]}]}