1990 Ford Hy-Rail F-150 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1990 Ford Hy-Rail F-150, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Fuel system1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
WHEN I RUN THIS TRUCK OFF OF THE REAR FUEL TANK/PUMP, IT PUMPS GAS INTO THE FRONT TANK. THE FRONT TANK THEN RAPIDLY FILLS AND OVERFLOWS OUT OF THE FILLER SPOUT. FOUND THAT FORD HAS ISSUED A RECALL (93S68) FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 1993 FOR ALL 1990-1993 GASOLINE-POWERED TRUCKS. CHECKED MY ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS RECALL WITH LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD MY TRUCK WAS INELIGIBLE. THEY SAID THE RECALL/REPAIR HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THE RECALL/REPAIR IN-LINE CHECK VALVES ON MY TRUCK. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SIMPLY CLOSED THE BOOKS ON THIS PROBLEM/RECALL. OTHER TRUCK OWNERS I HAVE TALKED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM...THEY EITHER GET THE SAME NO ANSWER FROM THE DEALER WHEN CHECKING ON THE RECALL, OR THE DEALER TELLS THEM THE RECALL/REPAIR IS ONLY WARRANTIED FOR 12 MONTHS/12,000 MILES. FORD'S RECALL/REPAIR SOLUTION DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THESE TRUCKS ARE STILL A DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD WHEN THE IN-TANK FUEL PUMP CHECK VALVES FAIL. GAS FROM ONE TANK OVERFILLS AND SPILLS OUT OF THE SECOND TANK, CREATING A MAJOR FIRE HAZARD. MUST SOMEONE DIE BEFORE FORD TAKES RESPONSIBILITY IN CORRECTING THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT IN ENGINEERING??? *AK
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .