Ford Motor Company: Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Filler Pipe and Cap
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Dec 5, 1995 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 167,784. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE OPENING REINFORCEMENT, CONSTRUCTED FROM TWO SEPARATELY MOLDED PIECES, CAN LEAK AT THE WELD.
The risk
FUEL LEAKAGE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLIES WITH UNITS CONTAINING ONE-PIECE MOLDED REINFORCEMENTS.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Ford Contour | 891 | 12 | 65 | 39 |
| 1995 Mercury Mystique | 335 | 12 | 15 | 13 |
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 95V232000.
Full record for the 1995 Ford Contour → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →