NHTSA campaign 11V355000 · Ford campaign 11S20

Ford and Mercury Recall 11V-355: FUEL TANK FILLER

NHTSA recall 11V355000 (Ford campaign 11S20) was reported by FORD MOTOR COMPANY on July 13, 2011, with 2,945 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego for the 2007 model year. Owners were notified on August 16, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 11V355000 (also written 11V-355 or 11V355)
Filed by: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Ford campaign number: 11S20
Report received: July 13, 2011
Potentially affected: 2,945 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Fuel System, Gasoline — Storage — Tank Assembly — Filler Pipe and Cap
Owners notified: August 16, 2011

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V355000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Ford

Ford Five Hundred
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 5, 2006 – September 11, 2006 (per NHTSA)

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Mercury

Mercury Montego
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 5, 2006 – September 11, 2006 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V355000.

Defect description

FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED AND MERCURY MONTEGO VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 5, 2006, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11, 2006. THE FUEL TANKS MAY NOT HAVE CONSISTENT WELDS BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL FILLER NECK SPUD WHICH CAN AFFECT THE STRENGTH OF THE JOINT. SOME FUEL TANK SPUD WELDS MAY NOT PROVIDE THE EXPECTED STRENGTH IN THE EVENT OF A SEVERE REAR IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE. AN IMPROPER WELD CAN RESULT IN A CRACK IN THE JOINT WHICH COULD ILLUMINATE THE EMISSIONS MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT, CAUSE A FUEL ODOR, OR ALLOW FUEL TO LEAK OUT.

Safety consequence

FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL TANK FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 16, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332.

Notes

FORD'S SAFETY RECALL NO. 11S20.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 11V355000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.