1994 FORD TEMPO Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD TEMPO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK IN ROUTED OUT AND CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FUEL ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT SMELL OF FUEL WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL LEAKED WHENEVER THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL AND ONTO HOT EXHAUST PIPES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE, VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FUEL PUMP OVERHEATED WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. *AK *SLC

FUEL TANK RUSTED/CORRODED THROUGH TOP. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WHEN TOLD OF COMPLAINT ABOUT FUEL FUMES IN GARAGE. SUBSEQUENT MECHANICAL INSPECTION DISCOVERED HOLE IN TANK. WHEN MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN A USED TANK FROM AUTO PARTS YARD, FOUND OTHER TANKS IN SIMILAR VEHICLES ALL HAD CORRODED TANKS. NEW TANK ORDERED FROM FORD DEALER. *AK

I AM FILING THIS REPORT ON BEHALF OF A FAMILY EMPLOYEE. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN OUR GARAGE ON TWO OCCASIONS. I SMELLED VERY STRONG GASOLINE FUMES. WHEN SHE TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER SHE WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. A LOCAL MECHANIC FOUND THE GAS TANK RUSTED THROUGH ON THE TOP OF THE TANK. WHEN HE WENT TO A WRECKING YARD TO FIND A LATE MODEL USED TANK, HE FOUND THAT THE RUST AREA WAS ON ALL THE USED COMPONENTS. HE REPLACED HER TANK WITH A NEW ONE AND PLACED A PROTECTIVE PATCH OVER THE AREA WHERE A DESIGN FLAW APPEARS TO ALLOW WATER TO PUDDLE AND CORRODE OR RUST THE TANK THROUGH ON TOP.*AK

CARBURETOR AND DISTRIBUTOR FAILED.*ET

FUEL TANK WAS EXPERIENCING FUEL LEAKAGE NEAR EXHAUST PIPE DUE TO SEVERE RUST/CORROSION. *AK

FUEL TANK ITSELF IS LEAKING. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FUEL TANK RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

GAS TANK RUSTED AND LEAKED OIL ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. CONSUMER FEARED THAT THIS MAY HAVE STARTED A FIRE IF VEHICLE OERHEATED BECAUSE OF HOT WEATHER. *AK

CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET; NO WARNING; NO NOTHING. *AK

GAS TANK WAS LEAKING AND SPRAYING GAS BACK ON THE MUFFLER. THERE WERE ALOT OF FUMES IN THE CAR. IF SOMEONE CAME BY, AND CAR BACKFIRED, IT COULD EXPLODE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE TANK. BUT FUMES ARE STILL THERE. CONSUMER FELT THEY SHOULD HAVE CHECKED MUFFLER ALSO. *AK

A HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK SPILLS OUT OF THE TANK WHILE DRIVING CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER CABIN OF VEHICLE RESULTING IN DRIVER FEELING ILL. THE VEHICLES MUFFLER FRAME EXPERIENCED SOME RUSTING FROM THE SPILLAGE. NLM

WHILE HAVING PFE SENSOR REPLACED, IT WAS NOTED THAT REAR CONTROL ARM AND LEFT REAR CORNER OF GAS TANK "BADLY RUSTED". MECHANIC BELIEVES IN PART DUE TO ACIDIC WATER COMING FROM DRAIN HOLE OF MUFFLER. RUSTING IS SO BAD REAR CONTROL ARM LOOKS CHARRED. MECHANIC ALSO NOTED HE HAD "NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS". HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO DO NO LONG DISTANCE DRIVING, THAT RISK OF FIRE IS GREAT AND IF CONTROL ARM RUSTS FURTHER, RISK OF BREAKING AWAY FROM WHEEL COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT. *AK

IN SEPT. AN ODOR OF GASOLINE WAS NOTED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT GASOLINE WAS SEEPING FROM AN AREA ON THE UPPER BACK LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE TANK WHERE RUST WAS OCCURRING DUE TO CONDENSATE FROM THE CONDENSTATE VENT HOLE IN THE EXHAUST BEING AIMED AT THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE GAS TANK. IN CHECKING WITH USED PART COMPANIES THIS SAME RUST PATTERN WAS SHOWING ON ALL TANKS OF THIS MODEL AND MAKE. THE RUST WAS OCCURRING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN AND GAS SEEPING WITH NO VISIBLE LEAKAGE OCCURING TO HAVE IT REGISTER ON THE GAS GAUGE. IF ODOR HAD NOT BEEN DETECTED THEN THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN EXPLOSION IF THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN AND A SPARK HAD OCCURED. IN NOV. A BREAK OCCURRED WITH THE LEFT REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM WHERE THE SAME RUST HAD FORMED DUE TO THIS CONDENSATE BEING AIMED AT THE CONTROL ARM. THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM DOES NOT SHOW THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE PLACEMENT OF THE GAS TANK WITH THE CONDENSATE VENT BEING AIMED AT THESE TWO CRITICAL PARTS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM?

THE LEFT REAR TRAILING ARMS HAD TO BE REPLACED; THEY APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN TORCHED.

GAS FUMES ARE COMING FROM THE CAR BECAUSE THE GAS TANK IS RUSTED AND LEAKS. DEALER REPLACED GAS TANK. THE NEW GAS TANK IS RUSTING ALSO. *AK

HOLE DUE TO RUSTED OUT TANK, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE, ALSO BAR AND BRACE ON DRIVER SIDE WHICH GOES TO THE WHEEL NEAR THE GAS TANK RUSTED AND NEEDS REPLACING,.

GAS TANK RUSTED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.

GAS TANK LEAKS.

FUEL PUMP CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. *AK

FUEL PUMP QUIT W/OUT WARNING IN HEAVY HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. *DSH

FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL.