Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCURY / TRACER / 1995

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006071431 Incident Date: Jun, 10 2006
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TRACER Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3MASM15J9SR Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 13 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 05 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I smelled gasoline in my garage on tuesday june 11. laying between the cars i found several steady drips from the fuel tank. i pushed the car out of the garage and two days later it had leaked to a level for the leak to stop. i contacted ford/merc. motor co. about the existing recall , notes:mercury tracer 97s79,for the potential units affected 64000 vehicles. even though i had a serious potential for a house fire i was told that my vin did not qualify for the recall. i was further told to get it fixed by a for dealer and they may review the data in the future. i am looking for immediate relief for this problem. can you help? *jb