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NHTSA recall 98V067000

Fuel system, gasoline › Storage › Tank assembly

Ford Taurus and 1 more

Reported Mar 25, 1998400 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANY

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles previously serviced under ford service bulletin 97-17-9 from august 1997 through december 1997. these vehicles were inadvertenly equipped with an 18-gallon fuel tank rather than the 16-gallon as specified. the 18-gallon tank has a second valve location where a shipping plug should be installed.

The risk

If this shipping plug IS displaced, fuel leakage can result. fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could potentially result in a fire.

The remedy

Dealers will install the correct fuel tank.

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Vehicles in this recall

Ford Taurus
1996
Mercury Sable
1996

Notes

Owner notification began june 17, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).