1999 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OVER RAILROAD TRACKS HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE TWO STRAPS THAT HOLD THE TANK IN PLACE HAD FRACTURED AND THEY WERE COVERED WITH RUST. FUEL SPILLED FROM THE FUEL TANK AND APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SIX GALLONS SPILLED ONTO THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND ALSO REPLACED THE STRAPS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 226,600.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND PULLED ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE THEN NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED, AND BOTH STRAPS WERE FRACTURED AND HAD COMPLETELY DETERIORATED. FUEL SPILLED AND IT WAS APPROXIMATELY A LOSS OF 4 TO 5 GALLONS OF FUEL SPILLED OUT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WHICH INCLUDED REPLACING THE TWO FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 133,786. UPDATED 08/31/11 *BF THE GAS TANK STRAPS, FUEL LINES AND FUEL TANK WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 09/07/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING A MODERATE SPEEDS WHEN THE FUEL TANK STRAP FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO DRAG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BY THE TIME HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, A HOLE WAS CREATED IN THE FUEL TANK AND CAUSED A LEAK. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

1999 FORD F150 GAS TANK STRAPS FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON A SMOOTH ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MPH. HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK, PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY, TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. GAS TANK WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. GAS SPILLED OUT. *TR

GAS TANK DROPPED FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. THE RESTRAINING STRAPS BROKE. THE TANK WAS FILLED WITH FUEL AND THE TANK WAS DESTROYED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE OF THE STRAPS THAT HOLD THE FUEL TANK BROKE AS A RESULT OF CORROSION. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT A ROPE HAD TO BE ATTACHED IN ORDER TO TEMPORARILY HOLD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REFERRED HER TO NHTSA. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,915. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE NOZZLE WAS CRACKED. UPDATED 07/15/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING; WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK AND ONE OF THE STRAPS WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WERE 109,393. UPDATED 6/8/11 *CN UPDATED 06/24/11

GAS TANK STRAP BROKE AWAY. TANK WAS HANGING BY GAS LINE AND FILL TUBE. TEMPORARILY REPAIRED WITH NYLON STRAPPING. *TR

THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE BADLY RUSTED AND THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. MOISTURE AND DIRT WAS ACCUMULATING INSIDE THE STRAP CAUSING IT TO RUST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. NO FUEL WAS LOST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO REPLACED THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 117,841 UPDATED 11/02/11