Ford Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Injection System

Ford is recalling about 1,700 vehicles over a problem with the fuel system, gasoline. If an ignition source is present, a fire could result.

Campaign
98V194000
Manufacturer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Reported
19 August 1998
Vehicles
1,700
Built between
Mar 1998 – Aug 1998
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
14 August 1998
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 1998 and August 1998. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1999 Ford F-150Built March 1998 to August 1998
  • 1999 Ford F-250Built March 1998 to August 1998

What the defect is

Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks. The fuel pressure regulator o-ring may have been damaged when the fuel pressure regulator was installed in the engine fuel rail. If the o-ring is damaged, fuel vapor or leakage could occur.

What could happen

If an ignition source is present, a fire could result.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 1998 to August 1998
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA19 August 1998
  3. Owners notified14 August 1998

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 19 August 1998.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

No owner notification is required at this time.all vehicles are still in dealer's possession.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

Same brand