1998 FORD F-150 Complaints

I OWN A 1998 FORD F-150 4X4 AND I AM SEND THIS REPORT AFTER READING AN ARTICLE ONLINE THAT YOU WERE INVESTIGATING THE MOUNTING STRAP'S ONE THE FUEL TANK. I WANTED TO REPORT THAT I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MINE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AFTER FILLING UP MY TRUCK WHEN I STARTED SMELLING GAS FUMES, I PULLED OVER AND UPON INSPECTION I FOUND MY FUEL TANK WAS ALMOST ON THE GROUND THE REAR STRAP HAD BROKE DUE TO RUST. I HAD LEAKED RAW FUEL FOR ABOUT 6 MILES AND HAD LOST ABOUT 1/4 OF A TANK. THE TANK FALLING RESULTED IN THE TANK PULLING AWAY FROM THE FILLING NECK AT THE TANK CONNECTION AND STRESSED THE FUEL LINE CONNECTIONS. I HAVE SINCE FIXED THE PROBLEM AT THE COST OF $45.61. I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150 PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE GASOLINE TANK FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE STRAPS THAT HELD THE TANK IN PLACE CORRODED CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 224,000.

ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 24,2010 AT 7:15 AM ON MY WAY TO CHURCH , HEARD SOMETHING DRAGGING UNDER TRUCK. STOPPED TO FIND FUEL TANK HANGING FROM UNDER TRUCK BOTH STRAPS HAD RUSTED AND BROKEN. DRAGGING FUEL TANK CAUSED HOLE IN TANK WHICH WAS LEAKING INTO ROAD. LOCAL FIRE AND POLICE WERE DISPATCHED LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. LOCAL HAZ-MAT COMPANY WAS ALSO CALL TO CLEAN UP FUEL SPILL. UPDATED 08/01/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, HE HEARD SOMETHING DRAGGING FROM CAR. WHEN HE LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, HE SAW A FIRE TRAIL BEHIND THE VEHICLE. HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE, GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE. HE SAW THE FUEL TANK HAD DROPPED AND THE FRONT PORTION WAS CONTACTING THE GROUND, WITH A HOLD IN THE FRONT CORNER OF THE TANK. THE FIRE HAD EXTINGUISHED BY THIS TIME. UPDATED 08/22/11

1998 FORD F150 TRUCK. CONSUMER STATES BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LINES SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE OUT OF STAINLESS STEEL. *JB

I HAVE A 1998 FORD F-150 TRUCK. MY GAS TANK FELL OFF OF MY TRUCK AS I WAS LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY, THE STRAP HOLDING IT BROKE INTO. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THESE PARTS SHOULD BE MADE OUT OF MATERIAL THAT WILL NOT BREAK. *TR UPDATED 08/01/11 *BF THE CONSUMER PROVIDED PHOTOS. *TR

GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE FROM 1998, F-150. THE GAS TANK FELL TO THE STREET WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I DID NOT IMMEDIATELY REALIZE THIS, BUT SAW SPARKS IN REAR VIEW MIRROR AND PULLED OVER. I HAD BEEN DRAGGING A LEAKING GAS TANK FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS. I COULD HAVE BLOWN UP. *TR

I RECENTLY READ ABOUT STRAPS SUPPORTING GAS TANK ON MY TYPE VEHICLE RUSTING OUT. I CHECKED MY VEHICLE AND FOUND ONE OF THE STRAPS SUPPORTING THE GAS TANK HAD RUSTED OUT AND HAS BROKEN LOOSE. IT IS PRESENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE FUEL TANK FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE STRAPS ON THE FUEL TANK WERE COVERED WITH RUST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE GASOLINE WAS SPILLING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS HOME. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FUEL TANK, FUEL LINE AND STRAPS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,800.

1998 FORD F-150 VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN WORK PARKING LOT FOR 6-1/2 HOURS. FLAMES BEGAN COMING OUT FROM UNDER HOOD AND WAS PUT OUT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. WHEN THE HOOD WAS OPENED THE AREA AROUND BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR HAD COMPLETELY BURNED AWAY. *TR

MY 1998 FORD F-150 STARTED ACTING UP WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS WERE SET ON. THE CAR WOULD HESITATE AND NOT WANT TO PULL. ONCE WE GOT HOME WE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND DID NOT THINK ANYTHING MORE ABOUT IT. THE FOLLOWING DAY WE WENT FOR A DRIVE AND NOTICED WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS STEAM COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. I PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND LIFTED THE HOOD TO INSPECT IT. WHEN I LIFTED THE HOOD I WAS ENGULFED IN FLASH FLAMES. I IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO THE GROUND TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES. WHEN MY FRIEND HELPED ME OFF THE GROUND THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL VIA LIFE STAR HELICOPTER. I SUFFERED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON MY FACE AND FOREARMS AND HANDS. I SUFFERED 3RD DEGREE BURNS ON MY RIGHT ARM AND HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE THE DEAD TISSUE AND THEN HAD TO HAVE SKIN GRAFTS TO FIX MY ARM. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HOSPITAL AND THE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BURN CENTER. I WAS IN VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BURN CENTER FOR 7 DAYS. *TR