High Severity Issue
This component has been associated with crashes, fires, or deaths.
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FUEL LINE RUSTED OUT AND LEAKED GASOLINE ONTO PAVEMENT, UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT. THIS EVENT WAS NOT CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT, AND DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS EVENT DID CREATE A FIRE HAZARD, BUT IT WAS CAUGHT IN TIME. MY CAR IS IN THE DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP 13+ DAYS NOW AND STILL AWAITING REPAIR, BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER (FORD) HAS THE NEW FUEL LINE PART ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER" AND REFUSES TO FULFILL MY DEALER'S ORDER FOR A NEW PART. PLEASE HELP ME GET MY CAR FIXED. PLEASE NOTE ALSO THAT THIS SAME CAR MODEL WAS INVOLVED IN A PRIOR MANDATORY RECALL IN 1996 FOR A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH CAUSING A FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AND THIS SAME CAR WAS ONE OF THE CARS REPORTED TO YOU THAT HAD ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. FORD REFUSES TO RECALL THIS CAR. I THINK ANOTHER MANDATORY RECALL FOR THIS NEW PROBLEM IS NEEDED NOW.
FUEL LINE RUSTED OUT AND LEAKED GASOLINE ONTO PAVEMENT, UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT. THIS EVENT WAS NOT CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT, AND DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS EVENT DID CREATE A FIRE HAZARD, BUT IT WAS CAUGHT IN TIME. MY CAR IS IN THE DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP 13+ DAYS NOW AND STILL AWAITING REPAIR, BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER (FORD) HAS THE NEW FUEL LINE PART ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER" AND REFUSES TO FULFILL MY DEALER'S ORDER FOR A NEW PART. PLEASE HELP ME GET MY CAR FIXED. PLEASE NOTE ALSO THAT THIS SAME CAR MODEL WAS INVOLVED IN A PRIOR MANDATORY RECALL IN 1996 FOR A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH CAUSING A FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AND THIS SAME CAR WAS ONE OF THE CARS REPORTED TO YOU THAT HAD ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. FORD REFUSES TO RECALL THIS CAR. I THINK ANOTHER MANDATORY RECALL FOR THIS NEW PROBLEM IS NEEDED NOW.
GAS TANK HAS TWO HOLES AT THE BOTTOM WHERE SUPPORT STRAPS WERE RUBBING. IT LOOKS LIKE STRAPS WERE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THERE IS NO SIGN OF RUST INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE TANK.
GAS TANK HAS TWO HOLES AT THE BOTTOM WHERE SUPPORT STRAPS WERE RUBBING. IT LOOKS LIKE STRAPS WERE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THERE IS NO SIGN OF RUST INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE TANK.
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT
FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE, FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT
FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE, FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK. TT
CONSUMER CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT
CONSUMER CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT