Gas Can Refueling – Safety Alert
Investigations have found that injuries and vehicle fires have occurred as a result of customers filling portable metal gasoline cans placed on the plastic surfaces of bed liners. Apparently, the insulating effect of the plastic bed liner prevents the static charge generated by the gasoline flowing in the gas can from grounding. As a static charge builds, it can generate a static spark between the metal gas can and the fuel nozzle igniting the gasoline vapor.
As a result, Ford Motor Company and Standard Oil Company have issued their recommendations to prevent this hazard:






