VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, THERE IS A LOT OF JERKING AND JUMPING IN FRONT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
1992 Ford F-150 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1992 record →
IN OCTOBER OF 1999 A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP REPLACED FRONT FUEL TANK PUMP CORRECTING A FUEL TANK CROSSOVER PROBLEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED, AND FUEL PUMP SENDER ASSEMBLY WAS FAULTY. DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE GAS FROM REAR TANK EMPTIES INTO THE FRONT TANK CAUSING GAS TO SPILL. THE CONSUMER HAD IT FIXED, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURD AND THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL REGULATOR INSTEAD OF THE PUMP AND PROBLEM STILL NOT SOLVED. *YH
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL (93S68) AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NECESSARY REPAIRS, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO DROP OFF THE VEHICLE, HE WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE , AND IF THERE WERE WAS NO GAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT, CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE AND NOT TO WORRY.*JB
THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY RECALL WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ON THIS VEHICLE. WE NEED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER RECALLS OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
93S68 RECALL PERFORMED IN 1993, FUEL TANK MALFUNCTION SAME AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL...OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE $789.83 UNABLE TO OBTAIN REFUND FROM DEALER. *AK
THE GENERAL AMERI-WAY XT 235/75R15XL REAR TIRES FAILED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE TRAILER, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. *YH
WE ARRIVE IN THE CAR FROM A CHURT ACTIVITY AT 1130 PM .PARKED TRUCK AND GET TO THE HOUSE IN ORDER TO SLEEP. THE SMELL TO BURN RUBBER ALERT US AT 1200PM .THE CAR IGNITION BEEN OFF AND IN THE GARRAGE. *AK
RECALL 93 V 125 000/FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY: UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK TO BE RETURNED TO THE SECOND TANK, WHEN THIS OCCURS SECOND TANK EXCEEDED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGES. SPILL CAN RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
THIS IS THE SECOND FORD F-150 THAT WE HAVE IN WHICH THE ALTERNATOR HAS CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE OTHER ONE WAS A 1991 FORD F-150. VIN [XXX]. THE 1992 F-150 CAUGHT FIRE IN A PARKING LOT AND BURNED UP THE WIRING HARNESS ALONG WITH HOSES, ALTERNATOR, ETC. THE TRUCK IS PROBABLY A TOTAL LOSS. THE OTHER ONE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THIS ONE OUT BEFORE MAJOR DAMAGED OCCURRED. I AM VERY DISTRESSED TO HAVE HAD TWO TRUCKS CATCH FIRE IN TWO WEEKS AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL ONLY TRANSFER ME FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
EA99-032; FUEL IS BEING PUMPED FROM FRONT TANK TO REAR TANK, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK
FUEL IS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM ONE TANK TO ANOTHER WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP THAT INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIR WORK FOR RECALL 93V125000 HAD PREVIOUD NO RECORD OF TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SAME DEFECT AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 93V125000. HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ISN'T PART OF RECALL 93V125000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 93S68 ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL. CONSUMER HAS DUAL TANKS, AND MODULES BETWEEN ALLOW GAS TO GO TO BACK WHICH CAUSES FUEL TO OVERFLOW. CONSUMER IS SECOND OWNER, AND DEALER IS DENYING RECALL REPAIRS DUE TO VIN. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE FLAGGED HIM DOWN THAT HE WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE.*AK
CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALLS 94 V 169 000 AND 93 V 125 000. CONSUMER BELIEVED RECALL WORK WAS NOT DONE CORRECTLY AS FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. DEALER BOB BELL FORD 7125 RICHIE HWY. GLEN BURNIE, MD. 410-766-3600. *AK THE DEALER FAILED TO REMOVE THE LEAKING FUEL TANK, AND THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DANGEROUS UNLESS ACTION WAS TAKEN. *YH
AFTER FILLING UP TANKS AND DRIVING DOWN ROAD COULD EXPERIENCE A LEAKAGE OF FUEL WHERE BOTH TANKS HAD TO BE REPLACED, INCLUDING DUAL TANKS SWITCH.*AK
AFTER FILLING UP FUEL TANK FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW ON DASHBOARD THAT TANK IS EMPTY.*AK
EA99032; DUAL GAS TANK , FUEL IS TRANSFERRING FROM FRONT TANK TO REAR TANK DURING NORMAL OPERATION, CAUSING REAR TANK TO FILL ABNORMALLY, AND SPILL THROUGH GAS PIPE. RECALL 93V125000 REPAIRS WERE DONE, BUT DEFECT REOCCURRED. *AK DEALER STATED THAT CHECK VALVES HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON FUEL LINE CAUSING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *SLC
RECALL 93V125000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 93S68; FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM TANK PERIODICALLY. LATELY VEHICLE WAS STARTING TO LEAK MORE FREQUENTLY. CONSUMER WAS ON A ROAD TRIP AND FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM TANK CONSISTENTLY. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT DEALER TO SEE IF ANYTHING COULD BE DONE.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD LEAKED FUEL IN PAST, HOWEVER THE CAUSE WAS NEVER DETERMINED. *SLC
93 V 125 000/FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY: A PORTION OF THE UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK WAS RETURNED TO SECOND TANK. WHEN OCCURRED, SECOND TANK EXCEEDED ITS LIMIT, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGES. SPILLED FUEL CAN RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION. REPAIRS WERE DONE IN OCT 1994, AND PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND WERE UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TIRE FAILURES PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE OOT-OO5, THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED ALL INFORMATION TO OBTAIN REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE REPLACED BEFORE AUGUST 8, 2000 (FIRESTONE 235/75R16). NLM THE CONSUMER WAS SEEKING REIMBURSMENT FOR FIRESTONE TIRES THAT WERE ON RECALL WHICH HE REPLACED. FIRESTONE DID NOT REIMBURSE ON THE GROUND THAT THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1,2000. *YH
REAR TANK IS FULL, FUEL COMES OUT OF REAR TANK TO FRONT, AND THIS CAUSES FUEL TO LEAK OUT WHICH COULD START A FIRE.*AK THE 1992 MODEL HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT THE DEALER SAYS THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *YH
WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD REAR TANK FILLS UP AND CAUSING GAS TO SPILL ALL DOWN THE ROAD.*AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS SAME DEFECT AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA RECALL: 93V125000/ FUEL TANK FAILURE. MANUFACTURER SAID VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
THIS CONSUMER WAS SECOND OWNER OF VEHICLE. THERE WAS RECALL 93V125000 FOR FUEL TANK. PREVIOUS OWNER HAD IT FIXED, BUT PROBLEM HAS STARTED AGAIN. DEAELR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
DUAL TANK FUEL LEAKAGE. VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING SAME SYMPTOMS AS RECALL 00V42000 FOR 1993, FORD, F150. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATIONDUAL FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY ALLOWED ONE TANK TO EMPTY ITS CONTENTS INTO OTHER TANK, RESULTING IN STALLING OF ENGINE, WHEN ONE TANK WAS DRAINED INTO THE OTHER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
GAS IS FILLING FROM ONE TANK TO OTHER TANK WHICH COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE TANK TO OVER FLOW, RESULTING IN FIRE HAZARD.*AK
REGULAR TANK ONCE IT IS FULL WITH FUEL WILL OVERFLOW INTO RESERVE TANK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *AK
KNOW OF UNUSUALLY HIGH INCIDENT OF TANK FAILURE IN OUR AREA ON 1990-1992 FORD PICKUPS. *AK
RECALL 93V125000/ FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY PERFORMED IN 1994, VEHICLE HAS SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. *AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL 93V12500 / TANK ASSEMBLY FAILURE DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM.*AK
ONE TANK IS DRAINING INTO OTHER TANK, CAUSING IT TO BACK UP AND OVERFLOW. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN PUMPING ONE TANK IT OVERFLOWS INTO OTHER TANK THAT IS FULL.*AK
FUEL GOES FROM FRONT TANK TO BACK TANK, AND IF IT IS FULL IT WILL START TO LEAK OUT. *AK
GAS IS POURING OUT OF ONE OF TANKS. WHENEVER PUTTING GAS IN ONE TANK, IT PUMPS INTO THE OTHER AND OVER FLOWS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK
WHENEVER BOTH TANKS ARE FULL AND VEHICLE IS RUNNING GAS WILL PUMP OUT OF ONE TANK INTO OTHER. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT FORCES GAS OUT TO GROUND BECAUSE TANK IS ALREADY FULL.*AK
ONE FUEL TANK IS FORCING FUEL INTO THE OTHER TANK, CAUSING IT TO OVERFLOW AND LEAK, RESULTING IN POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. *AK
RECALL 93V125 00/FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY: A PORTION OF UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK TO BE RETURNED TO SECOND TANK . WHEN THIS OCCURRRED, SECOND TANK EXCEEDED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGES. SPILL CAN RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION; DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE FILL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
DUAL FUEL TAN; WHEN ONE TANK IS FULL GASOLINE WILL SHIFT OVER TO OTHER FUEL TANK, AND CAUSE FUEL SPILLAGE OUT OF FUEL NECK. SPILLAGE WILL OCCUR WHETHER SECOND TANK IS FULL OR EMPTY. THIS IS A RELATED INCIDENT TO RECALL 93V125000. RECALLS WAS THE 93 MODEL BUT THE CONSUMER VEHCLE IS 92. *AK
FUEL TANKS ARE PUMPING FUEL FROM FRONT FUEL TANK TO REAR FUEL TANK CAUSING FUEL OVERSPILL DEPENDING ON WHAT TANK IS BEING USED I KNOW THERE WASMA RECALL ON THIS DEFECT AND IT WAS DONE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF FORD MOTOR DIV. IS STILL RESPONSABLE TO REPEAT THE REPAIRS AGAIN. *AK
A YEAR AGO PARKING BRAKE RELEASED, AND CONSUMER WAS RUN OVER BY OWN TRUCK. *AK
GAS IS LEAKING THROUGH THE GAS CAP REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TANK, THERE IS A RECALL 93V125, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER IS BEING DENIED THE RECALL. *SLC
ACCIDENT RESULTED IN MAJOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION, AND REHABILITATION. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235-75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235-75R15 )
RECALL 93V125000/FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY: TAKEN VEHICLE TO THREE OAK FORD-MERCURY DEALER IN TREE OAK, MICHIGAN; PHONE # 616/756-2081 FOR RECALLS REPAIRS. ONE MONTH LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. TAKEN VEHICLE BACK, AND DEALER INFORMED THAT THEY WERE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE REPAIR.SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA ON THIS MATTER CONCERNING RECALL REPAIRS FAILURE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
WATER GETS INTO THE HEAD LAMP ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, CAUSING HEAD LIGHT FAILURE. *CJ
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY FUEL TANKS OVER FLOWING. THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED IN A RECALL INVLOVING A BACK FLOW PREVENTER VALVE WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER FORD WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE THEN NHTSA THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE.THE PROBLEM IS WITH A DEFCTIVE DESINGED FUEL PUMP. THE PUMP ITSELF WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE GAS TANK HAS A VALVE WHICH ALLOWS THE UN USED GAS TO RETURN TO IT. ON DUEL TANK MODELS, SHOULD THIS VALVE FAIL AND REMAIN OPEN IT WILL ALLOW FUEL TO RETURN TO THE WRONG TANK ALLOWING IT TO OVERFLOW. FORD HAS SINCE, RE-DESINGED THIS PUMP,THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SINCE HAD A PUMP GO OUT AND HAVE PAID TO HAVE IT REPLACED RECEIVED THE NEWLY DESIGNED PUMP WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW THIS PROBLEM . BY HAVING THE PUMP REPLACED ( WHICH IS EXATLY WHAT FORD WANTS TO HAPPEN) FORD WILL CLAIM NO RESPONSIBILTY THER BY REDUCING THEIR COST'S SHOULD A RE-CALL HAPPEN.MY WIFE JUST RE-TURNED HOME ALL UP-SET. SHE HAD THE NEIGHBOR AND HER 1 1/2 YR OLD BABY IN THE TRUCK, SHE HAD JUST STOPPED AND FUELED UP.SHE MADE A STOP AT THE STORE. OUR NEIGHBOR REMAINED IN THE TRUCK WITH THE BABY{WITH THE TRUCK RUNNING FOR THE A/C}. SHE WAS STATLED MY A LADY POUNDING ON THE WINDOW TO GET OUT OF THE TRUCK QUICKLY, GAS WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDERMEATH. THE TANK WAS OVERFLOWING!!!!!! THIS IS NOT ONLY A SERIOUS FIRE PROBLEM,,,,, BUT A ENVIROMETAL ONE AS WELL!!! HOW MANY FORD TRUCKS DO YOU SUPPOSE ARE ON OUR NATIONS HIGHWAY'S POURING OUT GAS AS THEY GO???? SINCERLY CHARLES THURMOND. *AK
FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHICH ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC
93V125000/FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY: VEHICLE EXPERIENCING A PORTION OF THE UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK TO BE RETURNED TO THE SECOND TANK, WHEN OCCURS THE SECOND TANK EXCEEDED, CAUSIING FUEL SPILLAGES. SPILLED CAN RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION; MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. . PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE FIRESTONE TIRE ON THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL (FIREHAWK RMT 32-11.50-R15'S, DOT VDYK RMA 245). NLM
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