NHTSA Complaint #10508195 — 1991 FORD F-250

THE VEHICLE IS A 1990 AND THE SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE A SPACE CHOICE FOR THE 1990, ONLY '91 AND UP. THE TRUCK HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER MANY FORD TRUCKS. WHILE IDLING, OR UNDERWAY, THE VEHICLE SPEWS GASOLINE FROM THE FRONT TANK, OUT ONTO THE ROAD, OR ANY DRIVEWAY, IF IDLING. IT'S CLEAR THAT ONCE YOU FILL THE REAR TANK AND THEN TRAVEL, THE FUEL, WHICH SHOULD RETURN TO THE REAR TANK IN A CYCLE, DOES NOT. IT SIMPLY RETURNS TO THE FRONT TANK, UNTIL IT FILLS THE FRONT TANK AND FLOODS OUT. THE PUMP IN THE REAR TANK APPEARS TO JUST CONTINUE TO RUN, FOR EXAMPLE,,,, YOU HAVE A FULL REAR TANK. YOU HAVE HALF A TANK OF FUEL IN THE FRONT TANK. YOU DRIVE. THE REAR TANK PUMP, PUMPS ALL OF THE FULL REAR TANK INTO THE FRONT TANK. SO, HALF A TANK OF GAS FLOWS OUT OF THE FRONT TANK, ONTO THE GROUND. OBVIOUSLY, THE CYCLE, WHERE THE FUEL SHOULD GO FROM REAR, TO ENGINE AND BACK, ISN'T HAPPENING. INSTEAD, THE FUEL ROLLS BY THE ENGINE AND RETURNS TO A FULL FRONT TANK, RATHER THAN THE REAR TANK, SO, ONTO THE GROUND GOES THE FUEL. ON AN OLDER RECALL REPORT, THE REPAIR IS DESCRIBED, WHERE THE 'JUMPER' MUST BE REPLACED, DESPITE THE FACT THERE'S NO SUCH THING, THERE'S A FUEL PUMP AND PROBABLY SOME SORT OF 'BI-VALVE' THAT SOMEONE'S POOR ENGINEERING FAILED ON THE WHOLE, AT THE TIME OF DESIGN. I THINK I'LL JUST PULL INTO THE LOCAL FORD LOT AND IDLE OUT A FEW GALLONS NOW AND THEN. BUT SINCE THE 90 ISN'T ON THE RECALL, DESPITE THE OBVIOUS EXACT PROBLEM AS THE 91'S AND UP, THERE'S NO USE. IT WOULD SEEM COMMON SENSE, THAT DEALERS COULD SIMPLY BE NOTIFIED THAT THE 1990 F 250'S ARE DOING THE EXACT THING AS MANY OTHER MAKES AND THE LEAST THE DEALER COULD DO, IS BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE REPAIR. BUT NOT IF THEIR CORPORATE ENGINEERS AND REPAIR CENTERS KEEP THE MECHANICAL INFORMATION SECRET, OR WRITTEN IN SOME MANUFACTURER 'CODE LANGUAGE'. *TR