NHTSA Campaign 05V266000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 05V266000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 05V266000 with NHTSA on June 9, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V266000, NHTSA lists up to 78,675 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 1, 2004 and May 9, 2005.
The 05V266000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V266000 were scheduled from June 20, 2005, 11 days after the report.
05V266000 covers 4 models from Ford, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 05V266000 covers have filed at least 8 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 05V266000 vehicles, the 2005 Ford F-450 Sd has the most (6).
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V266000 ranks 79 of 219 FORD MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.
Besides 05V266000, FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 23 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 05V266000 was 05V113000, reported on March 18, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND CHASSIS CAB VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5.4L OR 6.8L GASOLINE ENGINES, THE FUEL JUMPER LINE MAY HAVE AN INCORRECT END FORM.
- The risk
- THE FUEL LINE MAY SEPARATE AT THE CONNECTION TO THE MAIN FUEL BUNDLE. IF THE FUEL LINE SEPARATES, AN OPERATOR MAY NOTICE A GASOLINE ODOR AND/OR FUEL ON THE GROUND, LOSS OF POWER, AND THE ENGINE WILL EVENTUALLY STALL. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN EXTERNAL RETENTION CLIP AT THE FUEL JUMPER LINE TO THE MAIN FUEL BUNDLE CONNECTION. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 20, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673.
- Notes
- FORD RECALL NO. 05S33.
Reported June 9, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V266000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V266000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: June 9, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted