2008 Ford Edge FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) IN NOVEMBER OF 2014. HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A FOLLOW-UP NOTICE HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK LEAKED A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THERE WAS A RECALL ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

ON DECEMBER 12, 2014 FORD MAILED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE TO MY ATTENTION REGARDING NHTSA RECALL 14V-682 REGARDING CORROSION OF FUEL TANK MOUNTING BRACKETS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS LETTER WAS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND THAT I WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN PARTS WERE READY FOR THE REPAIR. WE ARE APPROACHING 10 MONTHS SINCE THE LETTER WAS MAILED AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR FORD TO CONTACT ME REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE NEEDED REPAIR PARTS. AS I LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST AND SALT IS USED EXTENSIVELY ON THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER I DO NOT WANT TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER WINTER WITH THIS ISSUE BE UNRESOLVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED FUEL INTO THE FUEL TANK, THE VEHICLE CONTAINED A STRONG ABNORMAL ODOR OF FUEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V301000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V301000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT SMELLED A FUEL ODOR INSIDE AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO LEAKS ON THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK AT THE SEAM OF THE FUEL TANK AND THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 08V301000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL AND DISCOVERED FUEL LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. UPDATED 9/19/14*CN THE CONUSMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS AWAITING PARTS IN ORDER TO BE REPAIRED. UPDATED 02/12/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. EVERY TIME THE CONTACT WALKED BY THE VEHICLE, SHE SMELLED FUEL. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

GAS TANK LEAK ON THE SEAM BETWEEN THE TOP HALF AND BOTTOM HALF OF THE TANK. NOTICED A GAS SMELL AND SMALL LEAK NEAR THE BACK REAR TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. CANNOT FILL THE TANK OVER HALFWAY. *TR

WE NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL IN OUR GARAGE AND TOOK OUR CAR IN FOR SERVICE. WE WERE TOLD THE FUEL TANK HAD ROTTED OUT AND WAS LEAKING FUEL. THE ENTIRE GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (ABOUT $2100). WE WERE TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THIS WASN'T UNCOMMON AND WOULD "MOST LIKELY" HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE NEW TANK. WE HAVE SINCE TRADED THE CAR IN FOR A NEW VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, A FUEL ODOR WAS EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS A VISIBLE FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL TANK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V301000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG PERSISTENT ODOR OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE DIAGNOSED WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FUEL TANK WELD WAS FRACTURED, CAUSING THE FUEL TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURE STATED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V301000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) DID NOT INCLUDE THE CONTACT'S VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,227.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED A STRONG GASOLINE FUEL ODOR WHILE PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK TOP AND VALVES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.