Tank Assembly problems of the 1997 Mercury Villager

The contact owns a 1997 Mercury Villager. The contact stated that every time he fills up his gas tank and parks the vehicle, fuel leaks out from underneath. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they replaced the vent hose for a service charge because it was not included in NHTSA campaign id number 00v419002 (fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly). The current and failure mileages were 106,108. Recall# 00v419002 updated 11/26/07.

There is a recall on Mercury Villager for fuel tank. Dealer has not gotten pieces in for repairs. Dealer had told consumer that recall parts were to come in yesterday, but dealer called back stating that they did not know when the part was coming in.

Recall 00 v 419 002/fuel tank vent hose: clark, white Lincoln Mercury dealer, newton, MA; phone # 617/928-5400 was unable to honor recall due to no parts being available, notified manufacturer,and informed consumer that parts were on national back orders. Seeking help from NHTSA in this matter.

Filled fuel tank, drove home, parked van in garage. Smelled gas & found huge gas puddle under van. Gas was almost pouring out. Very dangerous situation. Dealer will not fix under recall 96v203000.

Consumer's vehicle had fuel leakage. Consumer brought vehicle to a dealer in time. Dealer found that the tank & tube that ohad to be replaced. Recall 96v203000/ manufacturer's recall 96s56 did apply to consumer. Manufacturer wasn't willing to help with cost. Part was not available in the u. S. & Ford was not producing it.

The dealer had no parts available for recall 00v-419. Nlm.

The consumer made an appointment at the local dealer to have recall 00v-419 work performed and also asked that they replace the air filter and change the transmission fluid, when the consumer returned to pick up the vehicle he was told that they had run out of parts for the recall and they charged an outrageous amount for the other items replaced/changed. Nlm.

While filling gas tank, gas was pouring all over due to faulty gas tank and fuel lines, consumer stated that there were cracks in the fuel lines.

There is fuel leaking from fuel tank. Recall 00v419. 002 has been issued. However, however, this vehicle was not included due to VIN.

There was a filler pipe/vent hose failure which was recalled and repaired in March 2001. It failed a second time in the same location. Recall#00v419002.

Consumer received recall (00s59) vehicle was taken into dealeship, when consumer arrived to pick up vehicle, he was informed that they did not have enough time to fix vehicle.

The consumer scheduled an appointment to have recall repair 00v-419 repair, once the consumer arrived the dealer told consumer that there were no parts available. Nlm.