2001 Ford Mustang GT Fuel system Problems

“I was losing a large amount of fuel every time I filled up. The leak starts immediately upon turning on the fuel nozzle. I am also experiencing a check fuel cap warning and a low pressure in the fuel system. This has caused the car to not start and several backfires when it does turn over. There is also fuel leaking directly onto my exhaust pipe at every fill up which could cause a fire. This leak was caused by the plastic cover over the metal filler neck. Moisture and dirt caught in the plastic caused the metal to erode and break a part.”

“Fuel neck began to leak, within 2 weeks it was loosing almost a gallon of fuel on a $20.00 fill. I contacted Ford twice, I was told to take it to a Ford dealership, I got an attitude from the dealership so I spent the $110.00 on a Ford part and $180.00 on the labor at another service station. Advised Ford of the safety hazard, apparently didn't concern them enough to contact me and make good on the repairs.”

“2 weeks after I bought the car, I had reported problems with engine and trans and rear-end. They knew about it, but said they did not have the knowledge to work on a seleen, which that is what I was told I was buying at the time. Come to find out it is no. Big difference in price. On or about feb 15th 2006 the engine blew, I had parked it in their parking lot. They had my car for a total of 45 days. Still no trans work or rear-end, they said to bring it back in 30 days. Adding on the linkage was damaged when they had it. I had to pay other shop to fix. …”

“When I filled my car with gas it started to overflow out of the top through the gas cap area and pour out of the bottom. I had my father check it about an hour later while it was parked and he couldn't find a leak. We determined the automatic stop on the pump must have failed. I went to put $20 of gas in it two days ago and once again it was pouring out of the bottom. Since I didn't fill it up this time, I knew it had to be my car and not the pump. I had my mechanic look at it and he determined the fuel filler hose has rusted through all the way to the plastic cover around it. …”

“Fuel neck of 2001 Mustang Gt rusted through beneath a plastic black sheet possibly because of road salt build up. This lead to fuel leakage and emission code failure due to low tank pressure. The fuel neck and fuel neck gasket were changed.”