Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / F250 / 1990

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005007134 Incident Date: Feb, 16 2005
Consumer's City: DENVER Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: F250 Model Year: 1990
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank:selector devices
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2FTHF26H5LC Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 16 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have a 1990 ford f250 with duel gas tanks. the first problem was the truck would die for what seemed like no obvious reason. i had a diagnostic done to no avail. the truck would run fine cold, but once it got hot it would die. finally i took it to a local mechanic and he found it was the tank selector switch which lets me choose the front or rear gas tank. this first switch cost me $300.00 to fix. its been about 8 months since the switch was replaced. it just went out again. this time i replaced it myself with a switch from a ford dealer. when i unhooked the switch from the harness it was melted on the inside of the switch and the harness was almost unusable. i went to a local ford dealer and the sales clerk said that this is a common problem because he sells these switches a lot and this was not the first time he heard of the switch melting. this is a fire waiting to happen. ford should recall this part and fix the root of the problem. *jb