Fuel sender assembly fires

An NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation into Ford vehicles. Closed 14 July 1998.

Investigation
PE98010
Type
Preliminary Evaluation
Opened
13 February 1998
Closed
14 July 1998

What NHTSA investigated

Owners allege that failure of the fuel pump/sender connector results in short circuit that has resulted in vehicle fires.symptoms include erratic fuel gauge operation, , smoke from the dash on the driver's side near the steering column (fuel pump fusible link) and passenger side (fuel pump inertia cutoff switch), intermittent stall and no start concerns, and a burning odor. Several incidents have resulted in damage to plastic fuel tubes and/or fuel supply/return tubes.

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
FordAEROSTAR1993–1994

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.