It's currently March 2022 and I have been borrowing my fathers 2017 Jeep Renegade which he just purchased in December of 2021 (with only 55k miles) for about a week now while my vehicle is getting work done on it. Anyways, I came across this thread in attempt to figure out what the deal is with this thing when fueling it up because (mind you after only 1 week) it has already truly become a NIGHTMARE for me....
Firstly, when gas prices are currently $4.25/gal I can't help but wonder how much air rather then fuel I'm paying for considering the pump stops and has to be started again literally every half a second. (For the critical critics, keyword here is can't help but wonder. Please note that this isn't my main concern and idc to get technical on the specifics as it's not my initiative for this post). Secondly, I noticed someone's post in the thread mentioning the individual playing the start/stop game at the pump (which btw I agree, unusually annoying to me as well) but that's precisely who I feel like anytime I go to fuel this thing up! So secondly, I would just like to say for anyone taking the time to reply to this thread (and not directed just specifically towards the individual's post I had just referenced in any way) regarding this particular topic, it is imperative to contemplate the situation thoroughly first - I understand there's the occasional "stickler" in every forum but several individuals seem to feel this problem is a big enough inconvenience for them to take the time to research it and ultimately decide to write a post here in hopes of a solution. After spending a good 15 min or so reading the entire thread, I couldn't help but notice a few who haven't particularly experienced this very specific problem are leaving comments that can only lead me to conclude the issue may not be fully understood because this is most certainly not just a matter of incompetentence, it is a serious design flaw... For instance, in the 6 or 7 times I have attempted to fill the tank during this last week it has taken me at least 10 minutes just to get $20 worth of fuel in the tank before I give up on filling it. The only way the gas will flow at all is if I only insert the nozzel in about an inch and just barely squeeze, typically resulting in a portion of it splashing out all over myself and the vehicle due to the flap or causing the tube to quickly overflow before it can funnel down into the tank. If you aren't holding the pump in that very peculiar and EXACT way, forget about it pumping without the Venturi tube sucking the valve shut and stopping the flow for more then a split second (literally). So please understand this isn't a matter of gas pump (I have used different pumps from different gas stations at different locations each time) or the individual by any means.
Third (and final if you made it this far, which I felt needed to be separated from the others to highlight it's importance), why or how in the world am I having to come here and leave such a post when it is now 2022?!?! I've read individuals complaining about this from 2017 - 2019 models, how does a problem of this significance and amplitude pass through any quality assurance process for the duration of at least three consecutive years/models? Why are consumers still having to make such a considerably large purchase on what can now be fairly deemed as such an important and critical design flaw such as this? There's 4 main components that make a gas powered engine run: compression, air, FUEL, and spark... Considering the engine requires fuel for it to be fully functional, this should certainly render the vehicle as completely dysfunctional and as justifiable of a problem as purchasing the vehicle right off the line without any other critical component required for the engine to run at all! At this point it's clearly only a matter of Jeep deciding THEIR best interest is to blatantly ignore the issue, it's absurd and completely unethical if not criminal.
