NHTSA Manufacturer Communications 10176310
Original text and source
Original text
This Preliminary information communicates the use of Winter grade fuel during the warm months of 2020 and the potential rivability issues that it can cause. The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant reductions in driving and fuel use. Due to the surplus of winter grade fuel sitting in storage (pipelines/stations) the EPA is waiving the fuel vapor requirement. This will extend the use of winter fuel into the summer months. The drivability concerns should not be single events but should be multiple occurrences associated with hot days.
Source
- Source
- NHTSA Manufacturer Communications — Communication from a manufacturer to dealers (summary published by a government agency)
- Reporter type
- Manufacturer
- Source reference
- 10176310
- Country / market
- US
- Language
- en
- Document version
- Version 2 (2 held)
- Note on the source
- US federal government dataset of communications manufacturers sent to dealers. NHTSA publishes a summary of each communication, not its full text.
Dates
- Incident date
- Unknown
- Received by source
- 2020-06-15
- Added to the source's file
- 2020-06-15
- Issued / published
- 2020-05-08
- First observed
- 2026-10-05 02:21 UTC (initial bulk load)
- This version fetched
- 2026-10-05 03:49 UTC