A woman from metro Atlanta claims that Costco “won’t do anything” after she took her shaking car with a check engine light to the Volkswagen dealership for repairs. The dealership told her that “the fuel was contaminated with water.”
What happens when your favorite gas turns out to be bad for your car?
An Atlanta woman who only buys Costco gas found out that she got some watered-down fuel, according to her Volkswagen dealer.
In 2023, Georgia’s Fuel and Measures received 809 complaints and confirmed 547 of those had contaminated or sub-standard fuel. (Source: WSB-TV 2 News)
More details are below.
Atlanta Woman Bought ‘Watered-Down Gas’ from Costco
WSB-TV Channel 2 News reported on 23 January 2024 that Michelle Robinovitz had to pay $700 to repair her fuel system on her 2022 Volkswagen a day after getting fuel at the Costco store in Sandy Springs.
How does she know that the bad fuel came from Costco?
She and her family exclusively get their gas from Costco, so there isn’t any doubt about where the gas came from.