1995 FORD RANGER Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE CORRODED AND THE OTHER ONE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WAS REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000. UPDATED 08/27/13*LJ

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE CORRODED AND THE OTHER ONE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WAS REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000. UPDATED 08/27/13*LJ

Mileage: 112,000

RUSTED OUT GAS TANK STRAPS BOTH FRONT AND BACK STRAPS ARE RUSTED OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN A LOUD DRAGGING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE BUT DID NOT RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT BOTH FUEL STRAPS WERE CORRODED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL STRAPS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY: MOUNTING). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,271.

Mileage: 104,271

FILLED GAS TANK UNTILL NOZZLE CLICKED FULL. GASOLINE STARTED DRIPPING OUT OF TANK UNDER THE TRUCK. I NOW UNDERFILL TANK & TRY TO ESTIMATE JUST SHORT OF FULL. *TR

Mileage: 108,368

FUEL SHUT OFF SWITCH WIRING OR IMPROPER LOCATION. WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN MY VEHICLE THE SWITCH ACTIVATES AND SHUTS OFF FUEL. IT HAS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE,SON, BROTHER, AND MYSELF. ON VERY BUSY HIGHWAYS, PARKING LOT ENTRANCE, AND INTERSECTIONS. HAD PART REPLACED ONCE AT QUITE AN EXPENSE STILL HAVE PROBLEM. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN ALONE EVEN OFF ROAD WHEN I WOULD EXPECT AN OCCURRENCE. WIFE AND FRIEND ALMOST GOT REARENDED AT BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED CREATED A SERIOUS TRAFFIC PROBLEM. MY SON WAS IN AREA SHOPPING AND WENT TO ASSIST MOTHER HELD DOWN RED TOP OF INERTIA SWITCH. VEHICLE STARTED AND RAN TILL NEXT INCIDENT WHICH THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL EVEN AFTER REPLACED. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND NOT BE SUSPECTED AS CAUSE BECAUSE OF SWITCHES INTENDED USE. THE LAST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 7/23/2010 AGAIN WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON HIGHWAY AT BUSY TIME OF DAY. *TR

Mileage: 50,734

I HAVE A 95 FORD RANGER. THE "FUEL FILLER NECK AND HOSE" HAS BECOME DEFECTIVE TO THE POINT WHERE GAS POURS OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE WHEN I PUT GAS IN THE TRUCK. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP (NOT A FORD DEALERSHIP) AND CALLED SEVERAL OTHER PLACES AND WAS TOLD BY EVERYONE THAT THIS PART IS NOT SOLD AFTER-MARKET, AND YOU CAN ONLY BUY IT FROM FORD. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT MANY FORD RANGER OWNERS ARE LOOKING FOR THIS SAME PART. I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT FORD HAD A MONOPOLY ON THIS PART GIVEN THAT IT SUCH A KEY SAFETY COMPONENT. I AM BEING FORCED TO PURCHASE A FORD PART JUST SO MY TRUCK WON'T LEAK GAS, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S LEAKING GAS IN THE FIRST PLACE. THAT'S A BASIC SAFETY FEATURE! I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL VEHICLES NEED REPAIR FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT GAS IN MY TRUCK WITHOUT FEAR OF FIRE FROM THE LEAK. *TR

Mileage: 100,326

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD RANGER. WHENEVER THE CONTACT POURS GASOLINE INTO THE VEHICLE, IT LEAKS OUT OF THE FUEL FILLER NECK. HE EXAMINED THE FUEL SYSTEM AND NOTICED THAT THE FILLER NECK HAD PREMATURELY RUSTED IN CERTAIN AREAS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO AFTERMARKET PARTS FOR THE FILLER NECK. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,326 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,200. UPDATED 06/17/08. *LJ

Mileage: 100,200

FUEL FILLER NECK ROTTED AND LEAKING SPILLS FUEL ONTO THE GROUND WHEN TANK IS ABOVE 3/4 FULL WHEN SITTING OR DRIVING. *JB

Mileage: 198,080

1995 RANGER XL PICK-UP. FUEL LEAK AT THE FUEL TANK WERE THE REFUELING HOSE CONNECTS TO THE FUEL TANK. THE HOSE IS INFERIOR CONSTRUCTION AND IS CAUSING A MAJOR FUEL LEAK AND POSSIBLE FIRE! FAULT DISCOVERED WHILE REFUELING VEHICLE.*AK

Mileage: 96,000

THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A GAS LEAK ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. SINCE HE IS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, HE EXAMINED HIS VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FILLER HOSE. THE FILLER HOSE WAS SOFT AND DETERIORATING AND THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM THE CRACKS IN THE HOSE. THE CRACKS HAVE BECOME LARGER AND NOW MORE GAS IS LEAKING. THE CONSUMER IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE FIRE HAZARD. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THE THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE FILLER HOSE. *NM *LA

WHILE FILLING GAS TANK GAS WOULD LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT GAS FILLER NECK FAILED.*AK

THE GAS FILLER NECK HOSE ON MY 1995 FORD RANGER, LEAKS DO TO CRACKS IN THE HOSE, WHERE THE HOSE, ENTERS THE GAS TANK. THE HOSE IS SOFT AND CRACKED, AT THE TANK FLANGE, AND GAS LEAKS ONTO THE GROUND, FROM THE LARGE CRACKS IN THE HOSE.*AK

Mileage: 110,000

FUEL FILLER TUBE, WHICH IS PART METAL AND RUBBER, IS ROTTING AND CRACKING. CONSUMER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL HAZARD. CONSUMER SMELLS GAS FUMES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE.*AK ALSO WHEN FILLING THE VEHICLE, GAS WOULD LEAK OUT. CONSUMER REPLACED TH FUEL FILLER TUBE. THERE WAS NEVER ANY BACK PRESSURE WHEN UNSCREWING THE FUEL CAP. NOW THAT THE TUBE WAS REPLACED THERE IS PRESSURE. *JG

GASOLINE IS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RUBBER HOSE, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK, GAS LEAKS FROM AROUND THE TOP OF THE TANK.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER GOT INTO HIS VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. STOPPED AT A MECHANIC SHOP AND MECHANIC LOOKED UNDER TRUCK TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY LEAKS. WHAT HE SAW WAS SPRAY OF FUEL COMING FROM VEHICLE. AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE ON A LIFT, MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT GAS LINE BETWEEN TANK AND THE FUEL FILTER WAS DISTORTED, AND WENT INTO FUEL FILTER. THERE WERE HOLES THERE. GASOLINE COULD SPREAD TO MUFFLER AND TAIL PIPE FOR POTENTIAL EXPLOSION. *AK *SLC

WHEN CONSUMER GOT INTO HIS VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. STOPPED AT A MECHANIC SHOP AND MECHANIC LOOKED UNDER TRUCK TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY LEAKS. WHAT HE SAW WAS SPRAY OF FUEL COMING FROM VEHICLE. AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE ON A LIFT, MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT GAS LINE BETWEEN TANK AND THE FUEL FILTER WAS DISTORTED, AND WENT INTO FUEL FILTER. THERE WERE HOLES THERE. GASOLINE COULD SPREAD TO MUFFLER AND TAIL PIPE FOR POTENTIAL EXPLOSION. *AK *SLC

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS COMPONENT HAS FAILED. COMPONENT CRACKS AT ATTACHMENT TO FUEL TANK ALLOWING FUEL TO SPILL OUT OF TANK.LAST COMPONENT FAILED ONLY AFTER 17 MONTHS. WHEN A VEHICLE BURNS UP IS ONLY WHEN FORD WILL FIX PROBLEM. DEALER SAYS PART WARRANTY IS ONE YEAR. COME IN AND BUY ANOTHER ONE FOR $100.

FUEL FILL HOSE LEAKS FUEL WHEN TANK IS FULL AND WHEN BEING FILLED. HOSE FAILED PREMATURELY (CRACKED) WHERE HOSE CONNECTS TO TANK. *AK

AFTER SMELLING FUMES COMING FROM THE TRUCK AND SEEING FUEL ON THE GARAGE FLOOR, OWNER FOUND FUEL TO BE LEAKING FROM THE FUEL LINE THAT GOES INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUTH THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH HIT AN OBJECT. THIS CAUSED THE INERTIA SWITCH TO DEACTIVIATE THE FUEL PUMP. TRIED TO RESET SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES. LATER NOTICED SMOKE. VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE & SPREAD TO CAB AREA. AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH A FIRE STARTED WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO ERUPT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN CHANGING THE OIL AND TOUCHING THE METAL WRENCH TO THE FUEL LINE, THE TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE. TT