PITTSBURGH,None — Is a gallon of gas really a gallon?
With the high price of fuel every penny counts, but what if the pumps are inaccurate? Target 11 did some digging and came up with some startling information. Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor found pumps fail far more often than you would expect.
Gas stations with the highest failure rates:
(More than 5 pumps failed on routine inspection) -- Information provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania division of Weights & Measures.
BUTLER COUNTY
CO GO's, 1125 N. Main St. Ext., Butler, PA 16001 11 of 18 pumps failed inspection
GET TO, 1024 N. Main St., Butler, PA 16001 22 of 37 pumps failed inspection
GLASSMART, Rt. 356, Sarver, PA 16055 8 of 16 pumps failed inspection
PILOT TRAVEL CENTER, 2010 New Castle Road, Portersville, PA 1606 19 of 48 pumps failed inspection
SHEETZ, 499 Evans City Road, Butler, PA 16001 20 of 30 pumps failed inspection
SUNOCO, 1701 N. Main St. Rt. 8 N., Butler, PA 16001 10 of 17 pumps failed inspection
FAYETTE COUNTY
CITGO, 6002 National Pike, Brownsville, PA 15417 8 of 16 pumps failed
CO GOS, Route 51, Perryopolis, PA 15743 6 of 24 pumps failed
EXXON, 700 National Pike Route 40, Brownsville, PA 15417 21 of 29 pumps failed
GULF, Route 51, Star Junction, PA 15482 12 of 24 pumps failed
MARATHON, 104 W. Fayette Street, Uniontown, PA 15401 12 of 39 pumps failed
REEDYS MART, 225 Memorial Blvd. Connellsville, PA 15425 10 of 16 pumps failed
SPEEDY MEEDY 3, Routes 711 & 381, Normalville, PA 15469 12 of 18 pumps failed
INDIANA COUNTY
EZ MART, 80 Ben Franklin Road, Indiana, PA 15701 8 of 8 pumps failed
HILLS OF HOME, 5954 Route 119 North, Home, PA 15747 8 of 9 pumps failed
MINIT MART, 180 6th Street, Clymer, PA 15728 6 of 9 pumps failed
SHEETZ, 825 Franklin Street, Clymer, PA 15728 12 of 18 pumps failed
WASHINGTON COUNTY
BFS, 3894 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317 24 of 38 pumps failed
BP SHOP, 2865 S. Bridge Road, Washinton, PA 15301 6 of 19 pumps failed
EXXON, Route 40 West, Claysville, PA 15322 12 of 24 pumps failed
FOOD TRACKS, 3351 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317 6 of 36 pumps failed
RUSSO'S SERVICE, 404 W. Pike Street, Canonsburg, PA 15317 6 of 16 pumps failed
SUNOCO, First & Fallowfield Streets, Charleroi, PA 15022 6 of 16 pumps failed
SUNOCO, 1550 W. Chestnut Street, Washington, PA 15301 12 of 17 pumps failed
SUNOCO FOOD MART, Routes 519 & 70, Eighty Four, PA 15330 12 of 18 pumps failed
TRI STATE PETRO, 461 Racetrack Road, Washinton, PA 15301 27 of 28 pumps failed
Detailed information is not available for Allegheny, Westmoreland, or Beaver Counties.