What if the car broke down after the gas station?
The poor quality of fuel, unfortunately, is not uncommon in Russia. Diluting water and diesel fuel, adding foreign matter, selling surrogates from the originally low quality raw materials-all that sinned by bad gas stations.
According to statistics of the Consumer Protection Society, about 100,000 car owners in Moscow and the Moscow region are facing breakage cars every year due to poor fuel.
What if the car broke down after the gas station? How do you know that this is because of the gasoline? Who's paying for the repairs?
Post-Failure Detection
What's the effect of poor gasoline?
Most often, the chemicals that are diluted with fuel destroy the metal and result in a strong overheating of the engine.
Additives and additives destroy the spark plugs (their lifetime tripled), affects parts of the vehicle's environmental system. If the poor gasoline is used for a long time, the engine may produce a conductive heist, which will later incapacize the electrical equipment of the car.
Various resins, which are also contained in bad fuels, can be highly contaminated with pistons and rings. Influence on the cars of bad diesel fuel is more powerful than gasoline. Diesel motors are much more sensitive and fuel properties get out of order much faster.
What's the reason for the breakup?
Fuel malfunction has its own "symptoms." For example, the engine blasting is most likely to be heard after the fuel is loaded with bad fuel. This defect can also be associated with the ignition system. If everything is in order after being tested with the system, the output is single-fault fuel.
The failure of the spark plugs and, as a consequence, the uneven work of the engine, is also one of the common consequences of fuelling. The precise "diagnosis" is determined by the specialist at STO-red tax on the details of the poor fuel.
Initially the serviceable engine does not start or glitchen, the power of the engine and the dynamics of the acceleration are greatly reduced, the fuel consumption is sharply rising-all these are also manifestations of poor gasoline.
What do I do?
If the car is not well after refill, it is better to make an emergency stop, because further movement can only aggravate the problem. To understand the exact reason, we need to get the car to the STO. If the test showed poor fuel, communication with representatives of the gas station is to be held.
One of the driver's main rules is to save the gasoline purchase checks, which is very difficult to prove without them.
It is important to report the problem to the management or the old shift, you can call the company's hotline. The next step is to test the fuel from the column. It is better if the sample is not taken by a staff member of the filling station in the witnesses, but the invited expert of the independent laboratory. The samples are taken in three containers and are sealed and signed by the expert, the representative of the ESS and the witnesses. One remains at the gas station, the other is sent for examination, and the third is sent to the control-reserve. To test the fuel from the car's tank, the sample should also be taken into the presence of the representative of the gas station.
Usually, the petrol station uses the rules: if the petrol is of high quality, the driver will pay for the laboratory analysis if the filling company is paid.
In order to write a claim and claim for damages, the driver must have the results of the examination, the vehicle inspection certificate and the cost of repair. It is important to ensure that the claim is registered. The sample claims are often placed on the legal aid sites of motorists.
Perhaps the refuelling authorities will agree to settle the matter in the pretrial order. If the representatives of the ESS do not agree with the expertise, it is worth to apply to the Consumer Protection Society. If they weren't able to help, they could go to court.
An important action may also be a complaint to the Moscow Transport Inspectorate (MTI), which conducts monitoring checks of fuel at petrol stations. The results of the test will be an argument in court.
Can I keep myself safe?
The 100% guarantee that the fuel is of high quality cannot be obtained in our realities. To reduce risks, it is not worth filling in a gas station where there is no information on fuel certificates and analysis data, and prices are too low. Note the check-it must include date, time, location, environmental class, and quantity.
Should we fight?
Lawyers say that if the car is broken because of fuel, it is quite possible to achieve justice, although sometimes it takes a long time. One of the main rules is that when it is discovered that the trial starts immediately, the sooner the examination will take place, the better.
If, for some reason, it is not possible to conduct an expert examination in the near future, it is necessary to take a picture of all the defects in the witnesses who will be able to confirm this fact in the future.
