A malfunctioning check valve within the fuel pump assembly causes a portion of the unused fuel from one tank to be returned to the second tank. When this occurs, the capacity of the second tank can be exceeded, causing fuel spillage. About 5 gallons of fuel spilled out of fill tube.
1996 Ford F-250: fuel pump failure
6 of the 175 complaints about the 1996 Ford F-250 describe fuel pump failure.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Fuel pump failure by model year
What owners say
A malfunctioning check valve within the fuel pump assembly causes a portion of the unused fuel from one tank to be returned to the second tank. When this occurs, the capacity of the second tank can be exceeded, causing fuel spillage.
1996 ford f250 pickup with dual gas tanks had malfunctioning check valve in fuel pump assembly in one tank which caused unused fuel to be returned to second tank which caused constant overflow and fuel spillage. Fuel pump assembly was replaced which corrected the problem. This same problem occurred in 1989 to 1993 ford f250 pickups and resulted in a recall to fix the problem.
The ignition switch was left in the "on" position while vehicle was not running for approximately seven hours, apparently the fuel pump was not told by pressure regulator or computer to turn off. Fuel pump pumped approximately fifteen gallons of fuel into motor, by not knowing this at the time of trying to start vehicle a fire started in the engine compartment, within minutes the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames, vehicle was totally destroyed, luckily no one was hurt or killed. Fire dept. Police on the scene of incident, please pursue this issue so that it will not happen to other innocent people and possibly cause fatalities, I could have been killed, and also my family, I also lost a very nice truck as the result of this incident, I feel that ford motor company is responsible for this incident. They are also responsible for the loss of my vehicle which should be replaced by ford motor co. I also feel that a thorough investigation should be done on the vehicle, to repair and/or replace defective parts so that fatalities will not happen in the future. Ford motor co. Was contacted, and they wrote me a letter stating that they were not responsible and that also nothing would be done to solve this matter and nothing to replace my vehicle. Please contact me so that this matter can be investigated thoroughly. My first contact with ford motor co. Was that ford wanted me to make arrangements to send my truck to an authorized dealer to investigate the cause, then a short time later I received a letter from ford motor co. Stating that they were finished and did not want to even see the vehicle. Please respond , as though you see that ford motor co. Is not ! Thank you,. Robert robinson iii. 2958 cemetery rd. Xenia, ohio 45385. Mr
Fuel pumps from rear tank to front tank, causing overfilling and spillage resulting in fire hazard.
While driving the fuel system malfunctioned, causing the fuel to leak out. If a source of ignition occurred it mayhave started a fire. Problem reoccurring. Dealer replaced the fuel pump and all fuel lines. Please provide details.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Ford F-250 fuel pump
Is fuel pump failure a common problem on the 1996 Ford F-250?
6 of 175 owner complaints about the 1996 Ford F-250 (3%) mention fuel pump failure. The model year with the most reports is 1990.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Ford F-250?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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