{"id":576871,"date":"2010-05-24T17:44:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T21:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=24558"},"modified":"2010-05-24T17:44:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T21:44:22","slug":"lamborghini-recalls-murcielago-for-possible-fuel-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/576871","title":{"rendered":"Lamborghini Recalls Murci\u00e9lago for Possible Fuel Leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24559\" title=\"2007 Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago LP640\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/2007-Lamborghini-Murcielago-LP640-440x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lamborghini is recalling 428 Murci\u00e9lago coupes and roadsters built between 2007 and 2008 because they could leak fuel and start a fire. According to NHTSA, supports for the Lambos\u2019 fuel pumps could break, which could allow fuel to spill from the tank. And as we all know, spilled gasoline plus an ignition source (a hot exhaust, for instance) can start a fire.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Lambo has built just over 4000 Murci\u00e9lagos <em>ever<\/em>, that means about ten percent are subject to the recall.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen many pictures of flame-engulfed Murci\u00e9lagos on the internet over the past few years and can\u2019t help but wonder if this recall explains at least some of the fires. We love both fire and Lamborghinis, but definitely not when they inhabit the same space at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/heffner-twin-turbo-lamborghini-murcielago-makes-1100-whp\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Heffner Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago Makes 1100 whp'>Heffner Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago Makes 1100 whp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2012-lamborghini-murcielago-replacement-spied\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2012 Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago Replacement &#8211; Spied'>2012 Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago Replacement &#8211; Spied<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2010-lamborghini-murcielago-lp670-4-sv-superveloce-auto-shows\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2010 Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago LP670-4 SV SuperVeloce &#8211; Auto Shows'>2010 Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago LP670-4 SV SuperVeloce &#8211; Auto Shows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lamborghini is recalling 428 Murci\u00e9lago coupes and roadsters built between 2007 and 2008 because they could leak fuel and start a fire. According to NHTSA, supports for the Lambos\u2019 fuel pumps could break, which could allow fuel to spill from the tank. And as we all know, spilled gasoline plus an ignition source (a hot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}