[smokingfrog]

[GraceG]

All Spider Man’s Fault, Captain America never did such shenanigans...

[Jack of all Trades]

Gee, how could they have missed THAT one on the design FMEA...

[SkyDancer]

Had a spider web jam the crossfeed tank control on a Cessna 172 I flew once. Couldn’t figure out why valve would not move. Mechanic found this huge spiderweb inside the control valve. It happened twice.

[2harddrive]

If the vapor pressure build-up causes the gas tanks to crack, rather than the spider webs to blow out....it seems the problem is weak, cheap gas tanks!

[Disambiguator]

I had a spider take up residence in a handlebar switch housing on a motorcycle I used to own. The headlight kept going off intermittently until I cleaned the dried-one smooshed spider from the contacts.

[DannyTN]

[bert]

well, buy a Bugatti...... mine comes with a spider vacuum on the vent tube

It is electric and the computer zaps the tube at switch on

[austinaero]

OMG God,,Lord have mercy!!!!

Yellow sac spider? Would be of the Boehner or GOPe species?

A spider,,a S-P-I-D-E-R!!!

How do OTHER auto manufacturers get around this?

Must be an NSA spider!

[austinaero]

So...
How are they going to fix it??

The article talks about “updating software”....WTH?>>>??
Is that to keep the spiders off the

WEB-site?

This cannot be real,,it just cannot be real!

[petitfour]

We got in our van one time, and I was fishing around in the glove box for something. I had not closed my door yet, and hubby said, “back away from the van,” in a military command sort of voice. I listened for once without demanding an explanation. And, shiver, there was a tarantula in the glove box!!! Hubby killed it. Eww. Shiver. Ugh. Desert life was fun.

[Terry L Smith]

Hmmph! Used to be told that the fuel tank vent pipe ran back to the carburetor, so it was a sealed line, and aiding in getting enough fuel to the carburetor to start the engine.

[right way right]

The only times I have been bit by spiders is pulling fuel tanks down for repairs on cars. Twice. Never saw anything but their webs. I never even got to squish one. They like that spot on cars.
People should be aware of rodents under their hood too.
Its real common to find air filter housings full of kibble and rat turds all over the engine. Those suckers will chew a wiring harness. (use poison and mothballs)

[right way right]

There are going to be so many recalls now, with GM botching up this Colbalt situation.

[oldtech]

If the vent line is plugged,the tank is possibly collapsing under vacuum when operating,rather than building pressure.