A driver fills up at a Tesco
petrol station. Photograph: David SillitoeDrivers have been going online to talk about problems with their cars after filling up at supermarket petrol stations.
Some reckon the fuel has damaged their vehicles, but there is also widespread scepticism on message forums, with some posters joking about how everyone with a problem with their motor is now trying to blame Tesco, which insists its fuel is okay.
One writes: "I filled up at Tesco once... and my car keeps needing an MOT and a service... and now the brakes have gone funny ..."
Thousands of cars have broken down after filling up, however. The problems are apparently mainly focused in the south: Norwich, Essex, and Brighton have all been highlighted. More recent reports, though, also mention Manchester, Newcastle and Aberdeen.
One Vauxhall Corsa owner, writing on the PistonHeads' "gassing station", filled up at a Tesco in Dereham, Norfolk, and says the exhaust emissions warning light came on. The local garage told them they were the third person to have the same problem, which was being cause by a "bad batch of fuel". The Corsa owner says they will have to pay £90 for a new fuel sensor.
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