David Prater

I am off highway streets about 75% of the time for the type of work I do. I am in the oil and gas industry and in the dust and mud constantly. With the amount of wind and dust that we deal with on a daily basis, the dirt does pile up around the fuel filler. Just imagine the vent that was put in the wheel well. I can't miss work by constantly having my truck in the shop. They re-routed the vent to under the hood. On why it cost so much? I don't know.. I have looked at all trucks now and only the Toyota Tundra and the Nissan Titan have gas caps still. The Ram, at least, has a sealed compartment for some of their models.

I have 2018 Silverado 1500 Z71 with capless fill fuel tank. I am currently looking to trade in due to this. Chevy told me that they had to re-route the vent system (because it is located in the wheel well of all places) and that it is not covered by the warranty. I pay for engineers ignorance? $760 later I am back on the road. Then I see that all these new trucks have capless fill? I may have to special order a new truck???