Ford Motor Company: Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary Tank › Selector Devices
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 4, 1991 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 350,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE DUAL FUEL TANK SELECTOR VALVE MAY MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE AN OVERFILL CONDITION IN ONE OF THE FUEL TANKS, RESULTING IN AN OVERFLOW OF FUEL PAST THE FILLER CAP.
The risk
THE OVERFLOW OF FUEL PAST THE FILLER CAP CAUSES A FUELLEAKAGE, WHICH CAN RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.
The remedy
REPLACE THE DUAL FUEL TANK SELECTOR VALVE.
8 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Ford E-150 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 Ford E-250 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 Ford E-350 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 Ford Econoline | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990 Ford E-150 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 Ford E-250 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 Ford E-350 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 Ford Econoline | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 91V146000.
Full record for the 1991 Ford E-150 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →