1993 MERCURY VILLAGER Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

WHILE DRIVING SMELL OF INTENSIVE GAS FILLED THE VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER. ALSO TOOK TO MECHANIC. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GAS TANK WAS FALLING OFF/ LEAKING AND CAUSING SOME SPARKS. BOLT TO SUPPORT BRACKET THAT HOLDS TANK DISCONNECTED AND ALMOST FELL OFF. TANK IS LEAN, AND 8 INCHES AWAY FROM VEHICLE. DEALER IS LOOKING AT PROBLEM. BOLT HOLDING THE OTHER SIDE SHOWS NO STRESS OR RUST SIGNS AT THIS TIME.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

BOLT BROKE ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD. CAN HEAR A TICKING NOISE. ALSO, FUEL IS LEAKING OUT THOUGH CRACKS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS AT GAS STATION PUTTING GASOLINE INSIDE OF TANK AND GASOLINE WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. FILLER HOSE CRACKED AND WAS LEAKING. MECHANIC AT THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD COMNSUMER THAT GASOLINE TANK WAS LEAKING FROM SEAMS IN ADDITION TO LEAKING FROM FILLER HOSE. *AK FUEL TANK AND VENT HOSE WERE REPLACED. *SLC

RECALL 00 V 419 002/FUEL TANK VENT HOSE: MALOUF LINCOLN MERCURY DEALER, NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ; PHONE# 732/821-1177 NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER, UNABLE TO KNOW WHEN PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE, SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK *SLC

THE FUEL FILLER PIPE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-419 CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HAVE SEVERE HEADACHES. NLM

THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SYMPTOMS OF RECALL 00V-419, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE FUEL LEAK BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE NEXT AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT WASN'T UNTIL TWO WEEKS, THE CONSUMERS FELT THIS PROBLEM NEEDED IMMEDIATE REPAIR THEREFORE THEY REPAIRED IT THEMSELVES. NLM

1. FUEL FILLER HOSE. WHEN FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK TO A FULL CONDITION, FUEL IS SEEN TO LEAK FROM THE AREA ABOVE THE LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE LEVEL OF GASOLINE IN THE FUEL TANK APPEARS TO DROP TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, THE ODOR OF GASOLINE IS STILL PRESENT, ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS. IF TANK IS NOT FILLED TO CAPACITY, THE LEAK IS NOT PRESENT BUT THE ODOR IS. 2. MOTORIZED SHOULDER SEAT BELT. THE MOTORIZED SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ON BOTH FRONT SEATS MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND RATTLE WHEN IN MOTION. IT APPEARS THAT THE MECHANISM IS LOOSE WHEN IT TRAVELS BACK AND FORTH ON THE DOOR TRACK. *AK

GAS SMELL INSIDE CAR WHEN CAR STARTS IN COLD MONTHS. *AK

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT GASOLINE LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, FROM FUEL HOSE.*AK

WHEN TANK IS FULL CAN SMELL STRONG GAS FUMES COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF CAR. CONSUMER THINKS ITS RELATED TO THE FILLER NECK.*AK THE STRONG GAS FUME IS CAUSED BY DETERIORATING VENT HIOSE . *YH

THE FUEL OVERFLOW HOSE BROKE ON MY 1993 MERCURY VILLAGER. THIS CAUSED A FUEL LEAK AND A PUDDLE OF RAW GAS IN MY ATTACHED GARAGE. LUCKILY, WE NOTED IT AND MOVE THE VEHICLE OUTSIDE AND CLEANED THE FUEL UP. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAD REPLACED ABOUT 8 OF THESE HOSES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, 3 THIS YEAR ALONE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION.

FUEL LEAKAGE AFTER FILLUP ON A WARM DAY AND FUEL TANK WAS NOT OVER FILLED. *AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED FUEL TANK/LINE/PUMP LEAKS ON TWO OCCAISONS. IN JULY 1999 FOLLOWING A FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT I HAD A LEAK IN THE TANK AND OR FUEL LINES. IN JUNE 2000 I AGAIN HAD A FUEL LEAK. THE DEALER REPAIRED IT, AT A COST OF APPROX. $60.00 AND REPLACED A FUEL OR VENT LINE. *AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED FUEL TANK/LINE/PUMP LEAKS ON TWO OCCAISONS. IN JULY 1999 FOLLOWING A FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT I HAD A LEAK IN THE TANK AND OR FUEL LINES. IN JUNE 2000 I AGAIN HAD A FUEL LEAK. THE DEALER REPAIRED IT, AT A COST OF APPROX. $60.00 AND REPLACED A FUEL OR VENT LINE. *AK

CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL ODOR WHEN GAS TANK WAS CLOSED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

COULD SMELL GASOLINE VAPORS IN VAN AT IDLE ON COLD DAYS. FOUND THE SMELL WAS GAS LEAKING FROM FROM THE NEOPRENE FUEL LINES CONNECTED TO THE FUEL INJECTOR RAILS. (NOTE: DISCOVERED CAUSE, BY READING ARTICLE IN CINCINNATI INQUIRER, 4/29/00) ABOUT A 95 NISSAN QUEST WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM)

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK . VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT FUEL TANK WAS NOT CRACKED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE MANIFOLD BOLTS HAD BROKE AND FUMES ENTERED THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO BE SLEEPY. THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING NOISES. THERE WAS NO WARNING REGARDING THE BROKEN BOLTS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE FUEL PUMP AND THE DISTRIBUTOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO JUMPING. *JG

THE MANIFOLD BOLTS HAD BROKE AND FUMES ENTERED THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO BE SLEEPY. THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING NOISES. THERE WAS NO WARNING REGARDING THE BROKEN BOLTS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE FUEL PUMP AND THE DISTRIBUTOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO JUMPING. *JG

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING FUEL LEAKEAGES FROM FUEL FILLER NECK. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *YC

WHEN FILLING GAS, GAS WOULD START TO LEAK JUST BEFORE THE PUMP AUTOMATIC SHUTS OFF. IF STOP FILLING ABOUT 1 GALLON SHORT OF FULL, NO LEAK OCCURS. HOWEVER, IF PARK CAR AT AN INCLINE, GAS WOULD LEAK INDICATING THAT FUEL FILLER HOSE HAS CRACK AT TOP. THIS IS SIMILAR TO AN EARLIER RECALL FOR VEHICLES MANUFACTURED ON AN EARLIER DATE. I JUST NOTICED THIS SO I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THE FAILURE IS IN EXISTENCE SINCE DATE ONE OF MY PURCHASE. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A WIDER RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE AS A FIRE MAY RESULT FROM THIS.

GAS SPILLED/LEAKED ONTO GROUND WHEN TANK WAS FILLED. DEALER STATES THAT SEAM OF FUEL TANK WAS SPLITTING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

INTAKE MANIFOLD BOLTS SHEARED OFF. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND POORLY DESIGNED PART BY FORD. BELIEVE THIS PART WARRANTS A RECALL.

DRIVER WAS SMELLING GAS, TOOK TO DEALER, DEALER INDICATED IT WAS THE SEAM OF THE FUEL TANK AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . *AK

THERE HAS BEEN SMOKE PRESENT FROM THE FRONT BLOWER ASSEMBLY. TT VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION LEAK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, DEALER FINALLY REPLACED THE FRONT AXLE, SHAFT, AND BOOTS AND SEAL, TRANSMISSION ALSO SLIPPING AND JERKING, LUBRICATED FRONT CV JOINT DUE TO NOISES COMING FROM FRONT. VEHICLE IDLES TOO FAST/ROUGH, DEALER SET IDLE SPEEDS, POOR FUEL ECONOMY, DEALER REPIRED VACUUM LINES, FUEL SHIELD ATTACHING PART BROKE, EXHAUST LEAK, DEALER REPLACED MUFFLER AND RESONATOR. WATER LEAK AT BACK GLASS, TRIM MISSING. NOISE IN AC AND HEATER, DEALER REMOVED MATERIAL FROM BLOWER HOUSING, DEALER FINALLY REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR. RIGHT DOOR LOCK INOPERABLE. TRIM LOOSE ON INNER FENDER. MISSING PANEL UNDER GLOVE BOX. BRAKE NOISE IN REAR, FRONT BRAKE PADS AND FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *SLC

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IT BURST INTO FLAMES FROM THE ENGINE AND FROM UNDER THE VAN.TT *JB

FUEL FILTER FAILED PRIOR TO SERVICE RECALL.

VEHICLE CRASH: FUEL CUT OFF SWITCH FAILED. *AK