1995 FORD WINDSTAR Fuel System Gasolinestoragetank Assembly Problems

DT: 1995, FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE GAS TANK AND VEHICLE WAS LEAKING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF GASOLINE. THIS HAPPENED SUDDENLY IN HOT WEATHER. THIS STARTED AUGUST 3, 2005. RECALL 99V30900 WAS ISSUED CONCERNING GAS TANK LEAKS, BUT MANUFACTURER STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER FOUND THIS PROBLEM HIMSELF, THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT INSPECTED THIS VEHICLE.*AK

AFTER FILLING UP WITH GASOLINE AT A GAS STATION, I WENT TO A NEARBY GROCERY STORE. AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR IN THE STORE, UPON RETURNING TO MY VEHICLE I NOTICED A VERY STRONG GASOLINE ODOR. TO MY HORROR I NOTICED THAT THE GASOLINE WAS ALL OVER THE PARKING LOT COMING FROM UNDER MY VAN. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY HUSBAND, WE HAD THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDANT REPAIR FACILITY. THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN MY FUEL TANK AND THEY REPLACED THE TANK. I BEGAN TO LOOK INTO WHETHER THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FUEL TANKS, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH COULD EASILY HAVE LED TO SOMEONE BEING INJURED OR POSSIBLY LED TO FATALITY. WHEN I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BUT IT ONLY APPLIED TO VEHICLES IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS, I NOTIFIED FORD THAT...

WE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE 1995 FORD WINDSTAR LX VAN. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MUFFLER, SO IN OCT 16,2002 I TOOK MY VAN INTO AL PACKER FORD AND HAD IT CHECKED. AT THE TIME WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ALSO,THE VAN WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR AT STOP LIGHTS. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID , TO SAVE MONEY IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO HAVE THE MUFFLER DONE AT A MUFFLER SHOP, BUT THEY COULD CHECK THE TRANSMISSION. THEY SAID I NEEDED A OVERHAUL ON MY TRANSMISSION WHICH WOULD RUN BETWEEN 800.00 TO 2100.00. I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY SO I DECLINED. THE VAN HAD ONLY 70,076 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. IT WAS NOW NOV. 2003 WITH ONLY 72000 MILES ON THE VAN AND HAD SAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THE VAN. SO I SHOPPED AROUND FOR A PRICE FOR MY...

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO FILL GAS TANK TO ITS CAPACITY. ONCE THE GAS TANK WAS FULL THERE WOULD BE FUEL LEAKS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. CAUSE OF FUEL LEAKAGE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

1995 FORD WINDSTAR GAS TANK RUPTURED.*MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT GAS FUMES WERE PERMEATING HER ATTACHED GARAGE AND HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK RUPTURED. THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED ORIGINAL RECEIPT FOR REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS ONLY PARTIALLY REIMBURSED. *PH *NLM

MY FUEL TANK DEVELOPED A CRACK AND BEGAN LEAKING. THE TANK WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT A RECALL (99R33). THE DEALER SAYS REPLACEMENT OF THE TANK IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD TO GET CLARIFICATION SINCE THEIR WEBSITE SAYS I AM INCLUDED WHEN I ENTER MY VIN NUMBER INTO THEIR RECALL SEARCH FEATURE.

PER CONSUMER THE COUNTY THAT THEY LIVE IN EXPERIENCED THE SAME HIGH TEMPERATURE THAT CAUSED THE DEFECT FOR THE FUEL TANK CRACKS AS STATED IN RECALL 99 V 309 000. BUT THEIR COUNTY WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE #99R33, IN MARCH, 2003, BUT WHEN SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DID NOT LIVE IN THE AFFECTED AREA. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS ACTING AS THE RECALL SUGGESTED. THE VEHICLE LEAKED GAS FROM THE GAS TANK. WHEN CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AND HAD GONE BACK THERE, GAS WAS ON THE GROUND. THE CONSUMER WANTED THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. *AK THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING, FLAMES EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE FOR THE SECOND TIME. *JB ALSO THE FUEL TANK CONTAINED A LEAK AND THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE. PH *JB

THE CONSUMER BELIEVED GAS WAS LEAKING FROM THE TANK. *JB

THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL TANK UNDER RECALL IN 1999, HOWEVER THE STRAP WAS NOT REPLACED, AND THE FUEL TANK CRACKED AGAIN. RECALL #99V309000. *JB

FORD RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING FUEL TANKS ON 1995 FORD, WINDSTAR MAY CRACK DURING EXTENDED OPERATION OF VEHICLE IN VERY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. THIS RECALL APPLIED TO 1995 FOR WINDSTAR VEHICLES IN DESIGNATED STATES AND COUNTIES OF WHICH LOS ANGELES COUNTY WAS PART. HOWEVER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL BECAUSE CONSUMER LIVED IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL ALTHOUGH HIS VEHICLE HAD THE SAME DEFECT. *AK *NLM

THE FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED IN THE FORWARD STRAP AREA WHICH CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK AND RESULT IN AN OVERWHELMING SMELL OF FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN RECALLED (99V-309) YET THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. NLM

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE OF AN OVERWHELMING SMELL OF GASOLINE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL TANK CRACK IN THE FORWARD STRAP AREA. THE MANGER PULLED UP A RECALL WHICH CLEARLY STATES THIS IS THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER, DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM AND ALSO TOLD THEM OF THE RECALL WHICH CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED. THE SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED THE RECALL AND COMPARED THE VIN. CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE RECALL NUMBER IS 99V309 *JG *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK NOTICE FUEL DRIPPING ONTO THE GROUND. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER IS FURIOUS WITH FORD FOR SENDING OUT RECALL NOTICES THAT DO NOT INTEND TO HONOR OR EXCLUDE CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY.(WHICH WAS SENT IN 2000)THE RECALL STATED THAT FORD WINDSTARS 95 VEHICLES MAY CRACK AS A RESULT OF EXTENDED OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE IN VERY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPETURES.(VEHICLE HAS A LEAKY FUEL TANK, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE)CONSUMER SAID, APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS LATER THE FUEL TANK HAS BEGUN TO LEAK. AND THE TEMPERATURES ON THE EAST COAST HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HIGH (ESPECIALLY THIS SUMMER). *SCC

FUEL TANK HAS CRACKED AND IS LEAKING GAS. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK THE FUEL TANK WAS ON RECALL BUT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *YH

FUEL TANK IS LEAKING FUEL DUE TO A CRACKED FUEL TANK. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK. THIS OCCURRED AFTER RECALL REPAIR 99V309. *JB

CONSUMER COULD SMELL GAS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT TOP SEAM OF GAS TANK HAD SEPARATED, CAUSING A GAS LEAK, DEALER REPLACED GAS TANK.*AK *YH

VEHICLE RECALLED FOR FUEL TANK CRACK (99V-309), THE DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE PROBLEM IS RESURFACING, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS PAST THE WARRANTY OF 12000 MILES ON THIS PARTICULAR REPAIR. *YH

PLASTIC FUEL TANK LEAKS, NO RECALL, REPLACED

PLASTIC FUEL TANK CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT, WHEN THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL LINE WERE INSTALLED, FUEL WAS LEAKING AND IT STOPPED WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. *YH

FUEL TANK WOULD LEAK. WOULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL INSIDE OF VEHICLE AFTER GETTING IN. KEPT VEHICLE PARKED UNTIL ABLE TO GET TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INDICATED TANK WAS CRACKED, AND LEAKAGE HAPPENED AROUND STRAPS OF PLASTIC FUEL TANK. TANK NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED.*AK

VEHICLE RECALLED FOR FUEL TANK CRACK (99V-309), THE DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE PROBLEM IS RESURFACING, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS PAST THE WARRANTY OF 12000 MILES ON THIS PARTICULAR REPAIR. *YH

FUEL TANK HAS MAJOR DRIPPING LEAK /UNDER FORD MOTOR COMPANY RECALL 99S33 VEHICLES REGISTERED IN HOT WEATHER AREAS MAY GET THIS DEFECT. THIS CAR HAS BEEN REGISTERED IN A HOT WEATHER REGION FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT THE VIN NUMBER IS NOT IN THE RECALL. *AK

MY FUEL TANK CRACKED. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TO REPAIR. IN THE MEAN TIME I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET FOR RECALLS. FORD HAS A RECALL FOR CRACKED FUEL TANKS BUT ONLY FOR WARM WEATHER SOUTHERN STATES. ALTHOUGH MY FUEL TANK HAS THE SAME DEFECT, FORD HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR IT AS PART OF THE RECALL BECAUSE I DO NOT LIVE IN ONE OF THE LISTED STATES. IF I HAD AN ADDRESS IN ONE OF THOSE STATES, THEY WOULD HAVE COVERED IT.*AK

RECALL 99V309000 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED APPROXIMATELY IN JANUARY 2000. AT THAT TIME, FUEL TANK HAD NOT DEVELOPED ANY CRACKS. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS SMELLING FUEL ODORS WHILE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THERE WAS A CRACK IN FUEL TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE FUEL TANK CRACKED. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDING IN RECALL.

FUEL TANK IS LEAKING FUEL BECAUSE THERE IS A WHOLE IN TOP OF TANK. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WITHIN 97,000 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS MALFUNCTIONED, REVERSE POSITION IS INOPERABLE, CAUSE UNKNOWN . *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT LOW ONE GEAR IS INOPERABLE, CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE, AS WELL AS OVERHEATING IN THE FUEL TANK.*JB

FUEL TANK HAD A 3 QUARTER INCH CRACK ON TOP OF IT, ABOVE SUPPORT STRAP. LOCAL REPAIR SHOP REPLACED TANK AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V-309 AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE GAS TANK WHICH CRACKED AS STATED IN THE RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER WAS DENIED RECALL REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE LOCATION OF RESIDENCE. *MJS

FUEL TANK RECALL 99V-309 RESTRICTED TO HOT WEATHER STATES ONLY, CONSUMER BELIEVES RECALL SHOULD INCLUDE ALL STATES. NLM

GAS TANK FAILED. *SLC

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VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM PIPE. THEN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHERE TECHNICIAN SAW THAT PROBLEM WAS A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET.*AK TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. GAS TANK FAILED. WINDSHIELD IS DEFECTIVE. AND SIDE DOOR CLAMPS FAILED. *YH

CONSUMER RECIEVED REGIONAL RECALL FOR POSSIBLE FUEL TANK AND BRACKET FAILURE IF CONSUMER LIVES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE REGIONS, ORIGINALLY MANUFACURER REFUSED TO REPLACE TANK OR BRACKETS AND THEN RECONSIDERED AND DECIDED TO CHANGE THE BRACKETS. CONSUMER FEELS IT IS UNFAIR FOR THE MANUFACTURER NOT TO CHANGE THE TANK AS WELL, ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT LIVE IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS WITH HIGH TEMPS. NLM

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN JULY 1997 WITH 32,000 MILES. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES REPAIRED THREE TIMES AND THEY STILL SQUEAK. THE AIRBAG MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED FOUR MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, LUCKILY UNDER FEDERAL WARRANTY. THEN IN JUNE 1999, I HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK BECAUSE THE STRAPS CAUSED IT TO CRACK. FORD WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL. IN JANUARY THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, BUT ONLY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES IN CERTAIN STATES, NOT NJ, FORD WOULD NOT BEND, DESPITE MY LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS. IN LATE MARCH 2000, MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AS DID MY ABS LIGHT. MY BRAKES NEEDED TO BE FIXED AGAIN. SINCE MY AIRBAG WAS FIXED OVER 12 MONTHS AGO, IT WAS NOT COVERED. MY ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON APRIL 11 AND STAYED ON FOR TWO...

RECALL 99V30900 FORD/FUEL TANKS CRACKS; OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, AND IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH SMELLING GAS. BECAUSE OWNER DOES NOT LIVE IN STATE(S) LISTED IN RECALL NOTICE, MANUFACTURER IS NOT HONORING RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEALER REFUSES TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIR (98V-184) RELATED TO THE FUEL TANK CRACK. NLM

CRACKED FUEL TANK FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-309 CAUSING FUEL SMELL. NLM

FUEL TANK IS LEAKING GAS. YH

NHTSA RECALL 99V309000 AND MFR RECALL:99S33/ FUEL TANK CRACKS. DIDN'T DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS IN A PRIOR ACCIDENT AND HAS A SALVAGE TITLE. *AK *ML

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V309000 CONCERNING FUEL TANK CRACKS. PRIOR TO RECALL, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT THE RECALL PROBLEM BECAUSE OF SALVAGE TITLE . *AK *ML

WE BOUGHT THIS VAN 6/96. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 14 TIMES SINCE THEN, INCLUDING A RECALL FOR THE GAS TANK, AND THE HEAD GASKETS (WHICH BLEW AND WE REPLACED AND THEN A YEAR LATER FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL). NOW, WITH LESS THAN 90,000 MILES ON IT, THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. WE HAVE OWNED 14 VEHICLES IN 24 YEARS, AND HAVE NEVER BLOWN HEAD GASKETS (ENGINES) OR TRANSMISSION. THESE (THIS) VEHICLES HAVE A PROBLEM!

FUEL TANK HAS A HOLE AT THE TOP OF TANK, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK WHEN THE TANK IS FULL, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY GAS EXPANDING. DEALER REPLACED TANK AT CONSUMER'S COST. DEALER DID NOT KNOW CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 99V309000 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99S33/ FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

RECALL 99V309000/ FUEL TANK CRACKS; DEALER REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE VEHICLE IS NOT IN RECALL REGION. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED FUMES ENTERING VEHICLE AND STRONG ODOR, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE THREE REPAIR ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT CONDITION, CONSUMER REQUESTING SERVICE FEE REIMBURSEMENT. (99V-309)