[andy58-in-nh]

Yes - there were a couple of big lawsuits in the mid-70's. It was a serious design flaw that was fixed in later models. If memory serves, in '73, larger rear bumpers were required on all American cars and that coupled with some structural support solved the problem. At least it solved that problem. The Pinto had a few others as well....

[Toby06]

I know there were some lawsuits, but did you ever know anyone who even kew anyone actually involved? There were millions of Pinto's produced and only a handful of accidents like these. For that, the whole population of pinto's is forever damned. They weren't bad cars, just get an undedserved bad rap.

[sully777]

Youtube: Design repositioning changes for Pinto that prevented further gasoline tank problems.