The defect
THE FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE OPENING REINFORCEMENT, CONSTRUCTED FROM TWO SEPARATELY MOLDED PIECES, CAN LEAK AT THE WELD.
The risk
FUEL LEAKAGE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLIES WITH UNITS CONTAINING ONE-PIECE MOLDED REINFORCEMENTS.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Ford Contour | 1995 |
| Mercury Mystique | 1995 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Contour | 1995 | 891 | 8 |
| Mercury Mystique | 1995 | 335 | 8 |
Other fuel system, gasoline recalls in 1995
15 of the 260 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1995 concerned the fuel system, gasoline; FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed 963 campaigns in all.
| 95V243000 28 Dec 1995 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 95V244000 15 Dec 1995 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 95V238000 11 Dec 1995 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| 95V236000 8 Dec 1995 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 95V234000 7 Dec 1995 | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION |
| 95V179000 21 Sept 1995 | INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE |
| 95V161000 18 Aug 1995 | AM GENERAL CORPORATION |
| 95V155000 11 Aug 1995 | RANGE ROVER NA., INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1995