UK: Trade & Standards Investigate Contaminated Fuel at Tesco
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
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The British Trading Standards inquiry comes after many drivers from across
south-east England said they believed they had been sold petrol
containing ethanol, which has damaged their cars.
The investigation follows a complaint, featured earlier this month
in the Watford Observer, of a Chorleywood woman who was adamant she
filled her car with diesel - but when it broke down her mechanic told
her it had been filled with petrol.
Deborah Pattison, of Blacketts Wood Drive, filled her car up at
Tesco, Watford. She said: "As we drove along the slip road to get onto
the M25 there was an
awful banging and rattling noise and black smoke started to billow out
of the car.
Mrs Pattison said: "I know that I used the diesel pump and I have a
receipt to prove it. But it looks like there must have been petrol
coming from the diesel pump. I contacted Tesco and showed them my
receipt but they have just denied everything."
The Pattisons had to pay £500 to have the tank flushed and have been warned that up to £5,000 of damage may have been caused.
A Tesco spokesman said the store denied that petrol could have come
from the diesel pump. He said: "This could not have happened at Tesco.
We have not had any other reports and if that had been the case half
the cars in Watford would have broken down on Friday night."
However the store refused to release CCTV footage captured on the day to resolve issue.
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