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 1998 record →
AS I WAS LOOKING UNDER MY TRUCK PREPARING TO TOE A VEHICLE, I NOTICED ONE OF MY FUEL TANK STRAPS WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND HANGING LOOSE. BASICALLY MY TANK WAS BEING HELD BY ONLY ONE OF THE STRAPS. I DID THIS VISUAL CHECK AFTER HEARING ABOUT POSSIBLE PROBLEMS ON A TELEVISION NEWS BROADCAST. A PHONE CALL TO THE DEALER RESULTED IN NOTHING. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A THUMPING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXIT THE VEHICLE, INSPECTED IT AND NOTICED THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED FROM THE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE FUEL TANK HAD A HOLE IN IT AND THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 GALLONS OF FUEL SPILLING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FUEL TANK, VENT PRESSURE SENSOR, FUEL LINE AND FUEL TANK STRAP WERE REPLACED WHICH INCLUDED REPAIRING THE WIRES. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM IF THE FUEL TANK STRAP WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11006 ( FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING) WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AND THE STRAPS WERE FRACTURED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TIE THE FUEL TANK TO THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED REGARDING THE FAILURE AND THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND WOULD PROVIDE NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 07/08/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPAIR WOULD COST $200.00
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NOT A FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP WAS CORRODED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE FUEL TANK AND STRAPS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 211,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 190,000.
BOTH STRAPS, WHICH HOLDS THE GAS TANK, RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE LOOSE WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND TRAVELED OVER MINOR POTHOLE. ENTIRE TANK FELL TO THE CEMENT. FUEL LINE DID NOT BREAK AWAY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 187,000. UPDATED 09/14/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH STRAPS FAILED. THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND THEN TANK FELL ONTO THE ROAD, WHEN THE REAR STRAP FAILED. THE STRAPS WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 09/21/11
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT BOTH STRAPS TO THE FUEL TANK HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 55 MPH WHEN BOTH STRAPS HOLDING THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR HOME AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000.
1998 FORD F150 FUEL STRAP HAS BROKEN. *TR
THE SUPPORT STRAPS HOLDING THE GASOLINE TANK OF MY FORD F-150 TRUCK RUSTED AWAY LEAVING THE GAS TANK UNSUPPORTED. THE TRUCK CAN NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL THE STRAPS ARE REPLACED. UPDATED 09/14/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED ONE STRAP RUSTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAS TANK AT THE BOTTOM. BOTH STRAPS WERE REPLACED. THE TANK DROPPED A LITTLE. UPDATED 09/21/11 *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED GASOLINE TO LEAK INTO THE STREET. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THE DEALER OFFERED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER BUT THE CONTACT DECLINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE OF THE STRAPS THAT CONNECTED TO THE FUEL TANK WAS MISSING. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE STRAPS AND THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH THE FUEL TANK POSSIBLY DETACHING FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING A CRASH OR A FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FUEL TANK DROP AS A RESULT OF THE STRAPS BREAKING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT BOTH OF THE STRAPS FAILED AND MOST OF THE FUEL SPILLED. IN ADDITION, HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE FAILURE OCCURRED DUE TO THE STRAPS BEING CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.
GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE AND TANK FELL WHILE DRIVING TANK HAD A HOLE GROUND IN IT BEFORE I COULD STOP THERE WAS A GAS SPILL AND THANK GOD NO FIRE I'VE HAD OVER 30 CARS AND TRUCKS AND NEVER HAD A GAS TANK FALL OUT OF ANY OF THEM. *TR
I READ THIS WEEK ABOUT FORD F150 FUEL TANK STRAPS BREAKING, MY TANK DROPPED FROM MY 1998 F150 LAST SUMMER, I WAS UP THE STREET FROM HOME WHEN I HEARD SOMETHING DRAGGING, THOUGHT IT WAS THE CAR BEHIND ME, AS I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, A GUSHER OF GAS CAME POURING OUT FROM UNDER MY TRUCK, UPON INSPECTION, THE FRONT PART OF THE GAS TANK WAS DRAGGING AND MADE A HOLE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. LATER I JACKED UP THE TANK AND SECURED IT WITH ROPE SO THE TOW COMPANY COULD TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIRS. *TR
THE STRAPS HOLDING THE GAS TANK ON MY F150 TRUCK FAILED AND CAUSED THE GAS TANK TO FALL AND BECOME LODGED UNDER THE REAR AXLE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH. THE TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH SKID PLATES AND LIKELY PREVENTED FUEL SPILLING OR A FIRE. THE RESULTING TOW AND REPAIR BILL WAS $1100. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH FORD, BUT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY IGNORED. *TR
WITH A FULL FUEL TANK, PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN, THE FRONT OF THE GAS TANK FELL. IT DRAGGED A FEW FEET BEFORE STOPPING CREATING A HOLE AND GAS LEAKAGE. HAD IT TOWED TO A SERVICE GARAGE THAT HAD TO REPLACE GAS TANK AND STRAPS. MECHANIC STATED THE TANK STRAPS HAD RUSTED. *TR
STRAPS ON GAS TANK BROKE, DROPPED FRONT OF GAS TANK ON ROAD WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. FRONT OF GAS TANK HAD HOLE WHEN WE PULLED OVER SPILLING OUT 3/4 TANK OF GAS, WHICH ALMOST WENT INTO DRAIN AT GAS STATION WE PULLED OVER AT, GAS STATION ATTENDANT CONTAINED SPILL FOR US. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID WE WERE LUCKY WE DIDN'T HAVE A FIRE FROM DRAGGING TANK. I HAVE 7 PHOTOS DOCUMENTING SCENE AT GAS STATION AND TANK.
FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP CORRODED. FUEL TANK DROPPED TO ROADWAY AT 55 MPH. REQUIRED EMERGENCY FLATBED TOW TO REPAIR SHOP. LUCKY THERE WAS NO FIRE OR OTHER DAMAGE INVOLVED. FUEL TANK STRAPS AND VENT HOSE REPLACED. OLD PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR
BRAKE LINE TO REAR WHEELS CORRODED CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKING ABILITY. EVENT OCCURRED BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. BRAKE LINES, FITTINGS AND FLUID REPLACED. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED THE VEHICLE, AS ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS CORRODED AND BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE FUEL TANK AND THE STRAP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 128,000. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURED AND THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STRAPS WERE CORRODED AND AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE THE FUEL TANK, FUEL PUMP AND STRAPS NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 212,000. UPDATED 10/18/11*LJ UPDATED 11/07/11
OUR 1998 FORD F-150'S GAS TANK FELL OFF THE TRUCK IN OUR DRIVEWAY. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THEY ADVISED US THAT THE REAR STRAP COMPLETELY DETERIORATED. THEY WERE ABLE TO CUT THE FRONT STRAP WITH MINIMAL EFFORT AS IT WAS DETERIORATED AS WELL. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE IT DID NOT FALL WHEN IN THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION. *TR
REAR GAS TANK STRAP RUSTED THROUGH. I REPLACED IT IMMEDIATELY. THE GAS TANK WOULD HAVE DROPPED IF I HAD NOT CAUGHT THIS DEFECT WHEN I DID. DEFECTIVE PART REPLACEMENT DATE WAS MARCH 28, 2011. $31.00 WAS THE COST OF THE PART PLUS LABOR.
WHILE DRIVING HOME ON 5/11/2011 I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION WHEN THE STRAP ON MY 1998 FORD F-50 BROKE SENDING THE FUEL TANK TO THE GROUND. ALTHOUGH THE TANK IS DENTED, IT DID NOT LEAK YET. I WAS ABLE TO ROPE TIE IT UP AND DRIVE IT CAREFULLY BACK HOME. THANK GOD I DID NOT ENTER THE FREEWAY. THE VIN # IS [XXX]. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER BRIGHTON FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL AS OF YET. NO WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO SAY THE LEAST. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE RUSTED AND CAUSING FUEL TO SPILL FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE FUEL TANK STRAPS AT A COST OF $210 TO THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000. UPDATED 06/16/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ONLY ONE OF THE STRAPS RUSTED THROUGH WHICH CAUSED IT TO SEPARATE AND FUEL BEGAN TO LEAK ON TO THE GROUND WHENEVER HE FILLED THE TANK. UPDATED 06/21/11
ON JUNE 12,2010, THE FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP BROKE. THE FUEL TANK DID NOT LEAK OR CATCH ON FIRE. AFTER PURCHASING NEW STRAPS AND INSTALLING THEM. THE VEHICLE IS BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. NOTE: THIS VEHICLE PASSED A PENNSYLVANIA STATE SAFETY INSPECTION ON 05/24/2010 BY A FORD DEALER. COMPONENT # 2 GASOLINE STORAGE COMPONENT # 3 TANK ASSEMBLY MOUNTING (STRAPS)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE RUSTED AND CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE FUEL TANK STRAPS AT A COST OF $210 TO THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 06/13/11 *BF THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THEY WERE AAWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE CONSUMER REPLACED BOTH FUEL STRAPS. UPDATED 06/21/11
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH STRAPS THAT HELD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE FRACTURED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE CONTACT USED HAULING STRAPS TO SECURE THE FUEL TANK TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.
FUEL TANK STRAP BROKE ON MY TRUCK. HAD FORD FIX THE PROBLEM AFTER I NOTICED IT. *TR
WAS AT GAS PUMP GETTING GAS, WHEN GAS STARTED TO POUR OUT OF TANK BY FILLER TUBE. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD GAS STRAP WAS ROTTED AWAY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH GAS STRAPS AND TANK. BECAUSE IT BROKE OFF TANK BY FILLER TUBE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAP WAS LOOSE AND THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FUEL TANK DETACHING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 163,000.
NOTICED FUEL TANK HANGING LOW, STRAPS HAD RUSTED AND TANK BROKE FREE AND DROPPED DOWN.
I HAVE AN 1998 FORD F-150 THAT HAS BROKEN ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS THAT SUPPORT THE TANK DUE TO CORROSION OF THE STRAP. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH WHEN THE FRONT STRAPS FRACTURED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT SECURED THE FUEL TANK TO THE VEHICLE WITH ROPE AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK CAUSED A BRAKE LINE TO FRACTURE AS WELL. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE TWO FRONT STRAPS TO THE FUEL TANK AND THE BRAKE LINE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH AND EVEN A FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE FRONT SIDE OF THE GASOLINE TANK FELL DOWN TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND A REPLACEMENT STRAP FOR THE FUEL TANK WAS ORDERED. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11006 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT ALSO HEARD A BANGING NOISE. WHEN THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THE REAR SPRING SHACKLE WAS BROKEN AND SEVERELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE REAR SPRING SHACKLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11006 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,385.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A METALLIC BANG FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR THAT THERE WERE SPARKS COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND ONCE HE EXITED, HE NOTICED A TRAIL OF FUEL ON THE GROUND AND A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK WHERE FUEL WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK AND THE ATTACHING STRAPS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11006 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING) FOR THE FAILURE BUT THE INVESTIGATION WAS STILL ONGOING. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE FUEL TANK PARTIALLY FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE AND AS THE CONTACT CONTINNUED DRIVING, THE FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING THE GROUND AND CAUSING IT TO SPARK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE FUEL TANK FRACTURED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE GASOLINE SPILLED OUT WHEN THE TANK FELL. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE STRAPS THAT HELD THE FUEL TANK WAS RUSTED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 229,779 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
THE STRAPS BROKE OFF GAS TANK AND FELL TO THE HIGHWAY LEAKING OUT 17 GAL. OF GAS AND SPARKS WERE FLYING LIKE CRAZY AND I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND I JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK AND RAN FROM IT NOT KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT......6 WEEKS EARLIER THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS HAD BEEN CHANGED AND ALL LOOKED FINE., NEW(NOT USED) GAS TANK AND STRAPS AND NEW GAS LINE WERE ALL REPLACED ....... *TR
1998 FORD F-150 BROKEN GAS TANK STRAP. LEAKING FUEL AFTER TANK FELL OUT. *TR
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN THE FUEL TANK FELL OUT OF MY TRUCK. I HAD TO DRIVE ABOUT 2 BLOCKS TO GET OUT OF THE STREET. THE TANK WAS DRAGGING ON THE STREET AND BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER IT WAS LEAKIN FUEL. I LOST ABOUT A HALF A TANK ON THE GROUND. NO FIRE ,NO INJURIES. I WAS VERY LUCKY. *TR
FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED OUT AND FUEL TANK FELL ON GROUND WHILE I WAS DRIVING. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED GASOLINE WAS LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THE FUEL TANK WAS CORRODED AND LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/06/11 *BF UPDATED 1/24/2012 *LN *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD DRAGGING NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. HE REPAIRED THE FUEL TANK AT THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR A MECHANIC AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 127,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE FUEL TANK DETACHED AND FELL FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND FRACTURED. AFTER THE FAILURE, THE FUEL TANK WAS ONLY BEING HELD ONTO THE VEHICLE BY ONE OF THE FUEL LINES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 163,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 178,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED OUT. THE TANK FELL TO GROUND WHILE I WAS DRIVING. NO FIRE HAD TO HAVE TRUCK TOWED I REPLACED FUEL TANK,FUEL SENSOR,GAS HOSES, AND STRAPS, TOTAL COST WAS $642.00. UPDATED 08/04/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH STRAPS BROKE IN THE MIDDLE. UPDATED 08/15/11 *TR
1998 FORD F-150, BOTH FUEL STRAPS BROKE JUST AS I ENTERED A PARKING LOT AT WORK. I HAD 24 GALLONS OF GAS IN THE TANK AT THE TIME. NO LEAKS OR INJURIES BUT I HAD JUST EXITED STATE ROUTE 21 MOMENTS BEFORE. COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS INCIDENT, JUST SAW THE INVESTIGATION UPDATE TODAY. UPDATED 08/05/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH STRAPS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE AND THE VEHICLE HAD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RUST. UPDATED 08/15/11 *TR
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