2000 Ford F-250 Fuel system Problems

“The straps on the fuel tank broke while I was driving. I did not discover until I arrived home and smelled a strong odor of gas. I looked under the truck and the gas tank was dragging on the ground. Luckily it was snowing or a fire would have occurred.”

“2000 Ford f250 leaked diesel fuel. While returning from a trip the consumer noticed that the vehicle seemed to be using excessive amounts of fuel and was not getting the proper mileage. The consumer pulled over at a rest stop and notice fuel leaking. The entire undercarriage of the truck was covered in fuel. The consumer drove to the nearest auto parts store and replaced the plastic drain valve with a 3/8 bolt on the metal drain line.”

“Fuel tank coming apart truck stalls at high rate of speed with heavy loads replaced fuel tank on 5/26/10 Ford dealership told me they were putting a new and improved fuel tank back on truck now its 3/21/12 truck is back in shop at a different Ford dealership same problem tank did not even last 2 years both trips to shop costing over $6000.00 because of tanks labor filters injectors vc gaskets etc all Ford can say is 12000 miles or 1 year warranty hundreds of people having same problem with fuel tanks which LED to shut down of truck running down the road how many people have to die before…”

“The contact owns a 1993 N/A Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V424000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). The contact stated that fuel spewed out of the rear tank filler neck. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer refused to perform the recall repair. The contact was informed that the recall repair pertained only to the chassis and not light-duty trucks. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 155,000.”

“Ihav egone to the dealership service department several times and asked for assistance with these problems. I have gotten no support from them. I have taken it in severn times and filled two dispute settelment claims. I am still waiting to hear from them, I feel we bought a thirty five thousand dollar headache! Please help me to get this truck repaired or replaced. I feel we have given peninsula Ford every opportunity to do the right thing, but they seem to not want to now that they have their money. …”