Tank Assembly problems of the 1998 Ford E-150

98 Ford E-150 / safety recall-01s14 I contacted chalmers Ford dealer (beth) santa fe,nm 473-3673 / Ford customer service(rebecca) 1-800-392-3673 my vehicle exhibits exactly the same symptoms as recall and was told I was not on the list and nothing could be done-I discovered the leak when I was pumping gas into the gas tank and a huge puddle of gas was observed dripping from van by an observant customer-I stopped pumping gas immediately and returned home-upon my return I inspected edge of tank and all the hoses and saw that gas had formed a ring where the fuel had leaked out-did not see leak from hoses but they were deteriorated-leak was from upper tank area and flowed downward-if this is not taken care of soon there could be many Ford owners susceptible to car fires-many of the vehicles such as mine are conversion vans and we carry our entire families in them-very dangerous defect or cheap part or poor design-please help if you can.

The fuel tank had stress cracks causing fuel to leak.

Consumer had received recall 01v114000 notice for fuel tank cracks. Had taken vehicle to dealer to be repaired, but dealer only repaired the insulator of tank, but tank has been making a lot of noise. Consumer is concerned for family safety. Dealer and manufacturer were contacted. Please provide more information.

The truck's gas tank developed cracks and leaked gas. There's was a recall # 01v114000 for fuel tank cracks, but the vehicle identification number was outside the remedy scope.

The consumer stated that gas tank was installed without any insulation between the gas tank and frame, so metal was rubbing metal which caused a fuel leak. Consumer's big problem was that Ford was aware of the failure and didn't notify him or others like him.