Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Ford E350 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD E-350. WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND THE ENGINE WOULD BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS DELAMINATING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,910 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 202,300.
FUEL TANK LINING DETERIORATING. I HAVE FOUND FLAKES IN MY LAST FOUR FUEL FILTERS. VEHICLE LOSS OF POWER, THEN ROUGH RUNNING. THE FLAKES ARE IN THE FILTER I HAVE ADDED BETWEEN TANK AND FUEL PUMP. THEY ARE SMALL PIECES OF GREY OR SILVER PAINT. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE FUEL TANK IN ORDER TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE FILTER THIS MORNING, PUT APPROX. 90 MILES ON VAN AND FOUND SEVERAL OUNCES IN THE FILTER THIS EVENING. *TR
THE VEHICLE HAD A CRACKED FUEL TANK. CURRENTLY, THE MANUFACTURER IS CONDUCTING A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT. HOWEVER, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CONSUMER, THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH IT HAS ALL THE SYMPTOMS AS THOSE WHICH ARE INCLUDED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 01V114000. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED AT HER EXPENSE. *TC
WHEN THE CONSUMER FILLED THE GAS TANK, HE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GAS, WHEN THE CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED FUEL DRIPPING OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE FUEL TANK*AK . THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL IT LEAKED VERY BAD AND ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. AS THE FUEL IN THE TANK BECAME LOW THE LEAK SLOWED DOWN, THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF A RECALL, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NO RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE VEHICLE. PH *JB
WOULD FILL VEHICLE WITH DIESEL & IT WOULD LEAK INTO CUBE TRUCK. THE FUMES WOULD GET INSIDE. THE DIESEL FUEL WOULD STAIN THE WOOD. HAVE BEEN TO DEALER 6 TIMES FOR LEAKAGE. CAUSED OF LEAKAGE NOT FOUND. STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORATION WOULD NOT INSPECT DUE TO THE LEAKAGE. *AK
UPON COMPLETING THE FUELING OF THE VEHICLE, THE ENTIRE TANKFUL OF CNG FUEL EXPLODED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT CHECK VALVE MAY HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE. NLM
AFTER THE PUMP SHUT OFF FROM FILLING TANK, AND UPON DISCONNECTING THE HOSE, THE NOZZLE WAS BLOWN BACK ACCOMPANIED BY A HISSING NOISE. ABOUT 3/4 OF THE TANKS CNG FUEL WAS EXPELLED LEAVING 1/4 AFTER INCIDENT. NLM
CONSUMER REPORTED THAT UPON COMPLETION OF REFUELING VEHICLE THE FILLER NOZZLE WAS BLOWN BACK ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD NOISE AND RELEASE OF CNG FUEL. NLM
CONSUMER REPORTED SEVERE BLOWBACK OF CNG FUEL UPON RELEASING THE FILLER NOZZLE FROM THE FILLER PIPE CONNECTION CAUSING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FUEL TO BE EXPELLED FROM THE VEHICLE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD NOISE. NLM
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.
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