WHILE PULLING VEHICLE INTO DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTING INTO PARK THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED TEMPORARY LOSS OF HEARING IN HER RIGHT EAR AND MINOR INJURIES AND BRUISES TO CHEST/HEAD AND RIGHT SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML *NLM
1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE PLASTIC CAP THAT SEALS THE GASKET SEALING THE FUEL PUMP IN THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK POPPED OFF AND GASOLINE WAS PUMPED OUT ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE AND POURED OUT ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY LEADING TO EMPTYING OF THE GAS TANK AND MAJOR RISK ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO HOLES IN THE GAS TANK AND THE PLASTIC CAP WAS NOT BROKEN, IT HAD SIMPLY POPPED OFF LEADING TO THIS POTENTIALLY DISASTEROUS PROBLEM. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED, GASOLINE ALL OVER THEPLACE, AND MAJOR FIRE HAZARD.