The E20 fuel issue has become a widely discussed topic, and we have come across multiple incidents on the internet where vehicle owners have claimed to be facing problems after using the fuel. While the government and various authorities have defended the move, many customers continue to report issues with their vehicles. The government maintains that E20 fuel has undergone extensive laboratory, vehicle, and field testing. However, many vehicle owners continue to raise concerns. We have now come across a video in which a petroleum dealers’ association leader claims that E20 fuel is causing problems in vehicles and that petrol pump owners are bearing the brunt of customer complaints.
The video has been shared by ANI on its X profile. In the video, Petroleum Dealers Association President Sasanka Sekhar Sahu from Odisha speaks about the issues petroleum dealers have been facing every day. He begins by talking about the dealer commission that was promised by the government. According to him, the government and oil companies had assured dealers that commissions would be revised every six months, but that has not happened. He says dealers are still operating on older commission rates, making business increasingly difficult.
Apart from the commission issue, he also raised concerns about the fuel itself. According to Sahu, the E20 fuel being dispensed at petrol pumps across the country is causing problems in many vehicles. He points out that petrol pump owners have no role in determining the fuel composition, as they merely act as intermediaries between oil companies and customers.
He says dealers simply sell the fuel supplied to them by the oil marketing companies. According to him, when customers experience issues with their vehicles, they often return to the petrol pump to complain, creating disputes that affect the reputation of the dealership despite the dealers having no control over the fuel.
In the video, the petroleum dealers’ association leader says they have urged the government to reconsider its E20 fuel strategy. He claims that ethanol-blended fuel is causing issues in older vehicles and also alleges that many BS6 vehicles were not originally designed to operate on this specific fuel blend.
He further says that the association has requested the government to reconsider the ethanol blending policy because of the complaints they have been receiving from customers. According to him, many of the issues reported by vehicle owners were not commonly experienced before the introduction of E20 petrol. He also says the association would prefer a return to E10 fuel, which he describes as the global standard.
E20 petrol was first introduced in select regions in 2023 before being gradually expanded across the country. In April 2025, the government officially made E20 petrol the standard fuel available at retail fuel stations nationwide. Since then, several vehicle owners have shared videos online claiming reduced fuel efficiency, lower refinement, and a drop in performance, particularly in older vehicles. While the government maintains that extensive testing has shown E20 fuel to be suitable for compatible vehicles, it has not publicly released the complete test data supporting those findings.
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