NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Recall Query RQ98-008: FORD F-SERIES DUAL FUEL TANK LEAKAGE
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ98-008 on May 29, 1998 and closed it on November 4, 1999, the day it opened Engineering Analysis EA99-032, whose summary cites it. NHTSA's investigations file lists 5 Ford models for it and links recall 93V-125 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- RQ98-008 (also written RQ98008)
- Investigation type
- Recall Query An investigation into whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or whether its remedy works, run much like a Preliminary Evaluation.
- Status
- Closed November 4, 1999
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Ford Motor Company
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Storage — Tank Assembly
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 93V-125 (NHTSA record)
- Vehicles and equipment
- 5 Ford models, including the F-150 and F Super Duty
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Recall Query RQ98-008.
THESE VEHICLES CAN EXPERIENCE FUEL TRANSFER FROM ONE TANK TO THE OTHER DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING FUEL PUMP.FROM THE INFORMATION GATHERED TO DATE, IT APPEARS THAT THERE CAN BE MULTIPLE CAUSES AND/OR A COMBINATION OF CAUSES FOR FUEL CROSS FLOW AND THAT THE RECALL REMEDY MAY BE INADEQUATE.FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED.THIS INVESTIGATION IS UPGRADED TO EA99-032.
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Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ98-008. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Ford VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for RQ98-008
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.