You need to talk to the gas station owner about this incident first. Your insurance company will also be able to give you advice.

This is definitely a claim worth putting into your insurance at the worst-case - you basically need to REPLACE everything (carpets, seats).

Good luck! Sorry that this had to happen to you

 

I have a feeling your insurance agent might be able to get this covered. I am with American Family in a small town and our local agent will take the time to find ways to deal with things.

Good luck.

Vipersdad

 

If you were thinking about quitting smoking, this would be a good time to act on your thought ... and if you fall off the wagon while driving, you can see if the S can go fast enough to extinguish the impending fireball. ... and remember, rolling to put-out the fire is for you, not the car.

On a more serious note; drive carefully and get a fire extinguisher

 

That sucks. At a minimum, I'd steam clean the carpets and wash all the vinyl followed by 303. You can probably use normal leather cleaner and protectant products to clean the hide of the seats, wheel, etc., but I worry that some of the gas might've soaked into the foam cushion. That foam is not all that sturdy over time, as I just had my driver seat bottom replaced because the bolster had crushed down...

Do you trust your dealer there? I'd bring the car in immediately and ask for advice before ripping anything apart.

You should also probably post something in the wash/wax forum; those guys have tricks for everything -- although I've never heard of this one.

 

If you decide on approaching the gas station I would try to get my hand on the security video (if any) ASAP. It can be handy to show that the trigger was already locked and that you didn't pull it on purpose.

 

wow sorry to hear that. now that i think about it, there have been a couple of times where i've gone to the pump and the trigger lock was in use already. i wonder now if those were from people trying to pull crap like this for next driver...

usually though, at the pumps i go to, you're required to take the pump out of the holder thing, then either choose the octane, lift some handle underneath the holder, or hit a start button before gas runs through the pump...i would assume this would be a minimal safeguard against this type of thing. the security tape sounds like a good idea.

 

it could have just been that people prepaid a certain amount and had it locked, and when it was done they just removed the nozzle and replaced it on the pump. I see the trigger locked about 50% of the time i go to get gas...I used to make sure to unlock it before lifting the lever, then tipping out any excess drops of gas before filling mine up (i was anal about lower quality gas), but eventually i got lazy and started to question whether or not i should be letting the gas pour out onto the ground, so now i just put the nozzle into my tank and have it ready to fill before i ever push the lever/button...

 

Man this is horrible, I'm so sorry that this happend to you Damn, in a tan interior too...I wish you the best of luck in getting everything back smelling the way its supposed to.

 

Damn, That's terribble! Earlier this month, I spilled a whole chocolate milkshake on my seat and I thought that was bad. That was only a milk shake on an rsx seat - your talking about spilling gas all over an s2000 interior!

If I were you, I would find a way to get the stuff changed. Even for safety sake, if you or any passengers ever smoke in the car, that can be a huge fire hazard. Good luck, let us know how it turns out

 

I'm sorry about your interior, but going after the gas station isn't going to help.

I'm 99% sure that all gas stations of directions that state to put the nozzle in car BEFORE you flip the lever on the gas pump (even though no one ever does that)