NHTSA Complaint #10421438 — 2009 VICTORY VISION

DEFECTIVE GAS CAP MY ISSUE IS THAT I SMELLED GAS WHEN THE TANK WAS HALF A TANK OR FULLER. I BOUGHT THE 2009 VICTORY VISION TOUR NEW IN 2010. I COULD SOMETIMES SEE GAS AROUND THE CAP ON THE OUTSIDE DUE TO THE PRESSURE IN THE TANK. I'VE FOUND OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE DUE AND RESOLVED BY: *REENGINEERING THE GAS TANK VENT LINES *BENT GAS TANK FILLER NECK DUE TO THE GAS NOZZLE BENDING IT. RESOLVED BY STRAIGHTENING OUT AND REPLACING GAS CAP. * REPLACING GAS CAP BECAUSE OF GAS TANK NECK BEING STAMPED TOO THIN AND THE GAS CAP NOT SEALING CORRECTLY. I WENT TO MOMS SOUTH YESTERDAY EXPLAINING THIS ISSUE. IN FACT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ONE OF THEIR TECH'S REMOVED A GAS CAP FROM ANOTHER BIKE AND GAVE IT TO ME. I WENT BACK TO ACQUIRED ABOUT A GAS CAP UPGRADE THAT VICTORY MAKES. I WAS TOLD THEY DO HAVE AN UPGRADED CAP BUT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE STOCK ONE. I FOUND THIS ODD SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS ISSUE. I FOLDED AND OPTED TO BUY ONE FOR 41.95 WHICH IS BASICALLY A STOCK CAP WITH A SCREW ADDED INSIDE IN THE MIDDLE. THE NEW GAS CAP HAS SOLVED MY PROBLEM. I WOULD THINK THAT THE OLD CAPS SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE THIS COULD LEAD TO A FIRE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT NEVER MIND THE ONGOING SMELL OF FUEL. *TR