I think you all are retarded, obsessive-compulsive freaks.....This has happened to me in my tC...and in my Jeep Wrangler before that....and my JDM Eclipse before that....and my Chevy Lumina before that.......My own synopsis is that as the pressurized gas flows out the nozzle, the back pressure in the filler neck causes just enough gas to splash back up onto (or into) the shut-off sensor and flip the mechanism.....I've found....by lifting straight upward on the handle of the pump, it allows the fuel to flow into the tank more uniformly...thus producing a full tank of gas before the nozzle shuts off.

 

then if you call us those names why are you part of this board??? you are one of us then? LOL

I was under impression that this board IS to ASK questions and discuss things?

Correct me if I'm wrong

 

I thought I saw a TSB on this ... Or at least I think I did ... hmm ... -_-;; Anyways... Yeah... The problem is that when the pumping gas exceeds certain pressure, it would automatically stop. You guys should try to check dealer for TSB... As for me, well ... I bought salvaged xB, so don't really have choice...(I think of this as a opportunity to work out my grip... =)

 

the fact that some people will run to the dealership over ANYTHING kinda aggrevates me....that's why i say obsessive-compulsive......i say retards because some people can't figure out how to run a gas pump effectively by using common sense.....maybe just too many type-a personalities around here.....

 

Calling people retards because they are willing to do the research to find out if there is a fix for a problem they are having is wrong. I had the fill up problem since the day I bought my xB and searched on here to see if anyone else had the problem and what the fix was. I did not complain to my dealer about it as it was random with the stations I use but once a fix (not a recall) was issued I called my service writer and asked if he would order the parts and have the tech do the work. In the repair they replace the tank with a new part number as well as the filler neck with a new part number. If there is a new part number with a change in design there was obviously something wrong. It is just not fatal.

Try going to a state like Oregon where they do not let yu pump your own gas and watch the frustration of the gas station attendant.

I guess I am a retard because I care about my car and had it FIXED.

 

good point ... the gas station attendant takes their agrivation out of you/your car/your service .... so thank you for bringing that point out

and for me as woman ... i dont know much about cars ... so i was under impression "I" was filling my tank somehow wrong but actually no, its not me .... its car :-)

So thank you DEWMERZ for helping me :-)

yeah, i am going to NJ so i will have to deal with gas station attendants ... so i will see how it gets into them!!!!

 

What will be funny is the guys who will still occasionally have the problem, even after the "fix."

Someone will bust a bloodvessel.

 

lol see once in a while isnt bad it's when it's constant. mine only clicks if the nozzle has that compressed boot on it that it will click (about half the pumps in sac are like that)

 

There's a difference between having it happen once in a while and having to struggle to fill up every time.

Obviously, some people are way off base griping about people getting TSBs done. The warranty's there for a reason.

 

I'm amazed so many are having this problem. I almost wish I had not read this thread, because now maybe I'll start having trouble. (I've had no trouble thus far).

 

I only have a problem with my Lava Scion and my Silver one I don't, but to fix the solution all you have to do is push the nozzle in and turn the bottom to the right so the hose is by the trunk.

 

me too..... you just have to hold the nozle in the nipple thingy, and push harder into the nipple thingy with the nozle if it doesnt pump full.......lol u can tell its late...... im out

 

had this problem since day one of having mine and still do since I just filled up my gas. It also happens to my girlfriend's Box as well.

 

SCI_TC_GUY,

You have no idea since you bought a tC. This was more than a once in a while deal, this is EVERY time I fill the tank no matter what station. I can only put in, I can't even tell you how slow, the absolute slowest possible on many pumps and it still clicks. This can not only suck the big one when it's below 0 out, but it also leads to fuel spills since one can't tell if the pump means it THIS time when it shut off.

Or, if you could process information in any kind of logical manner, you MIGHT think that since they implemented a new tank and filler design and issued a TSB that this must not just be a few people with some silly problem.

 

people downplay by saying u just hold it to the right i like settin the nozzle in setting the auto and then sitting or somethin not standin there holdin it all sideways lookin like a retard lol i hate it i can just feel the people snickering at me

 

People are confusing two issues - sometimes pumps have a problem , sometimes cars have design issues.

Some people are experiencing the former, some the latter...

 

Try to remove the gas nozzle about 1/4 of the way out (3/4's of the nozzle should be in the neck of the gas tank). This helped me with my tC it might help out with your xB.

Hopefully this helped.

 

i get the same results some stations work fine and others just plan suck ___ and click off all the time

 

I'm gald I found this string, thought I forgot how to pump gas after almost 20 years of driving.
I'm setting up an appointment tomorrow. :D

 

Yeah, I guess its been answered but its some protection thing and all u gotta do is put the nozzle in like halfway but be careful cuz it might not stay in there all the way by itself :?
I first noticed it on newer cars not just the Scion... my sister's ion did it when she first got it and thought something was wrong but its starting 2 be like this on other cars as well.