{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11534630,"manufacturer":"Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/20/2023","dateComplaintFiled":"07/26/2023","vin":"3VW217AU0HM","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"One day after a fuel fill-up, during hot weather, upon returning home my wife noticed the smell of gasoline when exiting my vehicle. Then she saw a steady stream of fuel pouring onto the ground just behind the passenger-side rear tire. She immediately got back in the car and drove it back out of my garage, onto our gravel driveway. The fuel continued running out of the wheel well, from a location approximately below the fuel filler door, for several minutes. After I opened the fuel filler cap there was a hissing sound, then the fuel leak appeared to stop. I called my local VW repair shop, who advised us to get the car towed to them, and NOT to drive it. The next morning it was towed to that shop. It took them a couple of days to get to our car, and they diagnosed that fuel had filled the charcoal canister, and presented us with a repair estimate of approximately $5,000. That included replacing the charcoal canister, the entire fuel tank, and several other related parts. After doing some research online, I believe this incident resulted from failure of the fuel tank suction pump, which was the subject of VW recall 20Y6, dated 12/21/2016. Apparently the same fuel suction pump continued to be used in the 2017 model year Golf. My online research revealed that this problem continues to occur with VW Golfs of model year 2017 and even later.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2017","productMake":"VOLKSWAGEN","productModel":"GOLF","manufacturer":"Volkswagen Group of America, Inc."}]}]}