hmm they are?...i jsut talked to my mom. the dealership is half-retarded i think. she just sed that they cut the gas tank in half to take it out, then they put a whole new one in, but we have it on record that they cut it in half and welded back together. the idiot head of services in the dealership even told me that. she also sed that gas tanks arent made of platic. But the other dealership we brought it to sed there was a brand new gas tank in it.......also, its a smaller one than the original, it only takes around 10-13 bux to fill it from almost empty. but its good on gas so i dont care. i dont know what to believe tho, my mom is a dunce with cars and the gas tank being plastic would make sense, so i dont know.