1998 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE FUEL TANK FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP WHERE THE LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,000. UPDATED 03/31/11*LJ THE GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTED, WHICH CAUSED THE TANK TO DROP AND THE FILLER NECK BROKE OFF. . UPDATED 04/25/11*JB

TL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN THE SOUND OF SOMETHING DRAGGING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND NOTICE THE FUEL TANK FEEL OFF FROM THE BRACKETS AND CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK. THIS OCCURRED DUE TO RUST ACCUMULATING ON THE BRACKETS. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BRACKETS AND THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FUEL TANK AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF THE FUEL TANK FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE AND SINCE THE VEHICLE HAS HIGH MILEAGE THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE CONTACT STATED THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000. JO

NOTICED POOR FUEL ECONOMY AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS BUT NOT CONSTANT, ONLY AFTER GAS FILL-UP. LOOKED FOR ISSUES BUT DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OBVIOUS WHEN UNDER THE VEHICLE WITH A LIGHT. WHILE PARKED IN A GARAGE, FOUND A DRIP AND NOTICED THAT IT SMELLED AS IF IT WAS GAS. LOOKED THE TRUCK OVER AGAIN AND FOUND THAT THE STRAPS HOLDING THE GAS TANK IN HAD RUSTED BADLY AND CAUSED THE TANK TO RUST AND LEAK. WHY IS THERE NOT INSULATING RUBBER BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE STRAPS LIKE OTHER MANUFACTURES HAVE WHICH WOULD PREVENT THIS DANGEROUS EVENT FROM HAPPENING? PURCHASING NEW STRAPS AND A NEW GAS TANK TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, TWO OF THE THREE FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO COMPLETELY FRACTURE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

BEGINNING AROUND 150,000 MILES, MY 1998 FORD F150 4.6 L TRITON ENGINE PLUGS BEGIN TO LOOSEN OR EVEN COME OUT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ABOUT EVERY 50,000 TO 75,000 MILES THEREAFTER. *TR

GAS TANK DROPPED ONTO ROADWAY SPILLING FUEL. F150 PICKUP 1998 WITH V6 ENGINE & FULL LENGTH BED. CORROSION OF THE FORWARD TANK STRAP RESULTED IN A FAILURE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS WITH FUEL DUMPING INTO ROADWAY. *TR UPDATED 08/01/11 *BF THE FORWARD STRAP BROKE, ALLOWING THE FRONT OF THE TANK TO GRIND INTO THE PAVEMENT. THE FORMED END OF THE REAR STRAP PULLED OUT OF THE FRAME WELL. THE TANK STAYED WITH THE VEHICLE AS THE CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT ONLY THE HOSES AND HAVING THE REAR OF THE TANK JAMMED AGAINST THE FRAME KEPT IT WITH THE VEHICLE. THE TANK WAS ABOUT 3/4 FULL ABOUT 22 GALLONS LEAKED ONTO THE ROADWAY. UPDATED 08/02/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE STRAPS HOLDING THE GASOLINE TANK WERE COVERED WITH RUST, CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO FALL OFF OF THE VEHICLE LEAVING A WHOLE IN THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150 PICKUP TRUCK. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE FUEL TANK FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THE STRAPS THAT WERE HOLDING THE FUEL TANK WERE CORRODED AND RUSTED, CAUSING THE TANK TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

1998 FORD F-150; SIMPLY WAS DRIVING AND THE SPARE TIRE HOIST CABLE BROKE DROPPING THE SPARE. CABLE BROKE AT POINT WHERE LUG AND CABLE COME TOGETHER AT THE LUG THAT HOLDS THE BRACKET UNDERNEATH THE SPARE TIRE. NO OBVIOUS CORROSION NOTED AT THIS LOCATION OR ON THE REMAINDER OF THE CABLE. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT LATCH WILL DISCONNECT WITHOUT PUSHING THE BUTTON. I WILL BUCKLE MY SEATBELT AND THEN IT WILL JUST UNBUCKLE WHILE I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. *TR