2005 Ford Mustang Fuel System

MANY 2005 AND NEWER FORD MUSTANGS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK. IT IS VERY SLOW TO FILL, OFTEN TAKING MORE THAN 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETELY FILL. YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY DISPENSE THE FUEL INTO THE TANK, AS EVEN THE FIRST DETENT ON THE HANDLE FROM THE PUMP CAUSES THE PUMP TO AUTO SHUT OFF. MANY TIMES THE TANK WILL OVERFLOW, SPILLING FUEL ONTO THE GROUND, BECAUSE THERE IS NO AUTO SHUT OFF WHEN TRICKLING FUEL INTO THE TANK. I HAVE HAD MY GAS TANK REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. FORD SAYS THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FIX MY PROBLEM. OTHER MUSTANG OWNERS HAVE BEEN TOLD THE SAME THING. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. WITH THOUSANDS OF 2005 AND NEWER FORD MUSTANGS ON THE ROAD, THIS CAN BE A POTENTIAL EPA ISSUE WITH ALL THE SPILLED FUEL. NOT ONLY IS THIS A HUGE INCONVENIENCE FOR ALL MUSTANG OWNERS, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR ANY CAR TO NOT TAKE FUEL. MANY OWNERS HAVE RESORTED TO TURNING THE NOZZLE UPSIDE DOWN TO TRY AND TRICK THE FUEL TANK, SO IT WILL ACCEPT THE FUEL. I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM EVERY WEEK WHEN I REFUEL. WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO AND STRONG WIND GUSTS, IT IS DANGEROUS TO STAND OUTSIDE AND MONITOR THE GAS PUMP. *NM

FILLING FUEL TANK - IN RESPONSE TO ALL THOSE CONSUMERS HAVING PROBLEMS FILLING THEIR 2005 FORD MUSTANG GAS TANKS, HERE IS A METHOD YOU CAN TRY WHICH WORKS FOR ME EVERYTIME. TURN THE GAS PUMP/HOSE NOZZLE IN AN UPSIDE DOWN POSITION WITHIN YOUR TANK AND IT SHOULD FILL WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF! *TR

VEHICLE HAS TSB FOR TANK BELCHING FUEL OUT OF THE TANK AND OR EARLY FILL UP SHUT OFF. TSB PERFORMED AND THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE NOT ONLY DOES THE FILLER CLICK OFF CONSTANTLY BUT MANY TIMES IS SPEWS FUEL FROM THE FILLER WHEN THIS HAPPENS SAME AS BEFORE THE TSB WAS DONE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL PUMP SHUT OFF BEFORE THE TANK WAS FULL. IN ORDER TO FILL THE TANK, THE CONTACT HAD TO TRICK THE SENSOR BY PUTTING THE NOZZLE IN THE MIDDLE AND CONTINUED PUMPING. THIS CAUSED THE CONTACT TO GUESS AT WHEN THE TANK WAS ACTUALLY FULL AND WOULD SOMETIMES LEAD TO OVERFILLING THE TANK CAUSING GASOLINE TO SPILL ONTO THE PAVEMENT.

PURCHASED MY MUSTANG ON 4-05 AND HAVE HAD ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER. I BROUGHT CAR IN ON 12-05 FOR GAS TANK PROBLEM BECAUSE I CAN'T FILL MY GAS TANK UP IT KEEPS SHUTTING OFF LIKE IT'S FULL. I HAVE TO HOLD THE NOZZLE UPSIDE DOWN TO GET GAS IN MY TANK AND STAND BACK FROM IT BECAUSE IT THROWS GAS BACK AT ME. THEY SAID THAT THEY UPDATED GAS TANK STILL PROBLEM. 6-2-06 TOOK CAR IN FOR SAME PROBLEM SAID THEY COULD'NT FIX IT AND TRY USING OTHER GAS STATIONS TRIED THAT SAME PROBLEM.6-8-06 RECEIVED PHONE CALL FROM THE SERVICE MGR SAID THEY CAN FIX MY PROBLEM CAN YOU BRING IT IN.6-13-06 BROUGHT CAR IN FOR GAS TANK AND HESITATION IN GAS PEDAL WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT.6-13-06 RECEIVED PHONE CALL SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM WITH TANK OR GAS PEDAL. I ASK TO SPEAK TO THE GEN MGR I EXPLAINED MY PROBLEMS TO HIM AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY THAT I NEEDED TO TALK TO THE SERVICE MGR. I HAD TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM AGAIN TO THE SERVICE MGR THAT THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. SO WHY DID YOU CALL ME ON 6-8-06 AN ASK ME TO BRING IT BACK IN.THE SERVICE MGR SAID THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT .RECEIVED PHONE CALL ON 6-14-05 SAID THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM WITH GAS PEDAL THAT IT'S THE FUEL PUMP AND THE TANK THAT THERE GOING TO RE-ROUTE THE FILLER NECK HOSE AND THIS SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY WILL CALL ME ON 6-15-06 AND LET ME KNOW THE OUTCOME.6-16-06 I PICKED UP MY CAR AND THEY SAID THEY TRIED TO RE-ROUTE THE LINE AND IT STILL DIID'NT WORK. I FOLLOWED UP WITH THE SERVICE MGR THAT I DON'T WANT THIS CAR ANYMORE AND DEMANDED MY MONEY BACK. HE SAID THAT A FACTORY REP WOULD BE CONTACTING ME AND WOULD BE ASKING ME A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN WE WOULD BE STARTING THE PAPERWORK.6-20-06 RECEIVED PHONE CALL ON MY CELL FROM SERVICE MGR STATING THAT HE HAD SPOKE TO THE FACTORY REP. AND HE SAID THAT THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT THE DEALER CAN DO FOR ME ON MY CAR HE TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO TELL ME TO CALL CONSUMER AFFAIRS. *NM

CANNOT FILL FUEL TANK. THE PUMP SHUTS OFF VERY QUICKLY AFTER ATTEMPTING TO FILL. FORD HAS SAID THAT IT IS A FLOW PROBLEM ON THE FUEL PUMPS. THEIR SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK. MY CAR ALREADY HAS THE UPDATED TANK AND I STILL CAN'T PUT GAS IN IT. THE DEALER SAID THERE HANDS ARE TIED BY THE MANUFACTURER SINCE THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT ALLOW A FULL FILL-UP ON GAS. SEVERAL DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS TESTED. ONLY ALLOWS FOR HALF TANK FILLUP. SEEMS TO WORSEN WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. *NM

THE GAS TANK ON MY 2005 FORD MUSTANG V6 OVERFLOWS WHEN I FILL IT. I STOP IN ADVANCE OF THE TANK BEING FULL THEN THE FUEL COMES UP AND OUT THE FILL TUBE SOMETIMES WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO SPLASH ONTO MY CLOTHING. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL THE TANK AND I HAVE TAKEN TO NOT FILLING THE TANK COMPLETELY ANY LONGER. THIS IS AFTER THE TANK WAS REPLACED BY MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE TANK WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE FUEL WOULD NOT CONTINUOUSLY FLOW FROM THE PUMP(PUMP WOULD SHUT OFF AFTER ABOUT 1 SECOND OF FUELING) CAUSING ME TO SPEND 10 MINUTES OR MORE AT THE PUMP AT EACH FILL UP. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE GAS TANK WITH GASOLINE, UPON INSERTION OF THE GAS NOZZLE IN THE FILLER NECK, THE FUEL TANK SENSOR PROVIDES A FALSE READING AS THOUGH THE TANK IS FULL, BUT IS LOW OR EMPTY. THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE TANK AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SUGGESTED THERE WAS A PRESSURE RELIEF PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO EXIST. UPDATED 2/21/2006 - *NM

DIFFICULTY IN FILLING FUEL TANK. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM THE TIME I PURCHASED VEHICLE, TO PRESENT. VEHICLE IS 2005 MUSTANG GT AND HAS OVER 5000 MILES ON IT. BASICALLY, APPROX. EVERY OTHER TIME I TRY TO FILL FUEL TANK, ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENS: (1) FUEL NOZZLE WILL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF- AS IF TANK IS ALREADY FULL. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS (WAITING, EXPERIMENTING WITH ANGLE AND/OR DEPTH OF NOZZLE INSERTION) I CAN ALMOST ALWAYS GET FUEL TO START FLOWING INTO THE TANK. THAT'S WHEN SYMPTOM (2) CAN HAPPEN (AGAIN, ROUGHLY HALF OF TIME I PULL INTO STATION). AT ABOUT THE POINT WHEN TANK IS HALF FULL, THE NOZZLE WILL STOP FILLING (AS IF TANK IS FULL) AND WILL REFUSE TO TAKE ANYMORE GAS NO MATTER WHAT I DO. I HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS, AND EVEN WITH DIFFERENT PUMPS AT SAME STATION AND HAVE YET TO DETERMINE A PATTERN - OR WHY THIS HAPPENS SO RANDOMLY. ONE THING I'M SURE OF IS THAT IT'S THE VEHICLE'S PROBLEM, AS OTHER CARS I HAVE HAD RECENTLY NEVER DID THIS. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS ISSUE IS KNOWN ABOUT BY FORD AND A TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED. HOWEVER, FROM FORUM POSTS I'VE SEEN ON INTERNET, IT APPEARS THAT FUEL TANK REPLACEMENTS FORD HAS DONE FOR THIS ISSUE MANY TIMES DO NOT FIX ISSUE. FOR THAT REASON, I HAVE LIVED WITH THIS ANNOYANCE SO FAR. *JB

SINCE I PURCHASED MY MUSTANG 30 DAYS AGO IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, THE SECOND TIME IT WAS THE CANISTER VALVE, THE THIRD TIME THE FUEL PUMP MODULE, AND NOW THEY DON'T KNOW AGAIN. THE CAR STALLS AND REFUSES TO START. I CALLED FORD MOTOR'S ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ON FRIDAY 11/18/05 FOR THE FIFTH TIME BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD NOT START. THE GENTLEMEN HAD ME PUSH A BUTTON TO RESET THE FUEL PUMP AND THE CAR STARTED. FORD ALSO RENEGED ON THEIR PROMISE TO OFFER ME A LOANER CAR, STATING I EXHAUSTED THAT BENEFIT, HOWEVER THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE BECAUSE IF THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO MISS SO MANY DAYS FROM WORK AND DELAYED MY VACATION BECAUSE I CANNOT RELY ON MY VEHICLE. *JB

PURCHASED OUR 2005 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE ON 4/27/05, AFTER WAITING TWO MONTHS FOR IT TO BE BUILT. STARTED HAVING A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TAKING IN FUEL AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF OWNERSHIP. TRIED SEVERAL GAS STATIONS TO BE SURE IT WASN'T A PUMP PROBLEM, BUT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. CALLED DON REID FORD IN JULY AND ASKED ABOUT PROBLEM AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE ISSUE AND THEY ORDERED A NEW GAS TANK. TANK WAS INSTALLED ON 8/4/05 AND FILLED UP WITHOUT A PROBLEM FOR THE FIRST 2 TANKS. AFTER THAT THE GAS PUMP STARTED CLICKING OFF AGAIN AFTER THE THIRD FILL UP. TRIED DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS AGAIN AND HAD THE SAME RESULTS ON THE NEXT TWO FILL UPS. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER ON 9/12/05 AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE TO TEST SOME THINGS AND CALL A FORD ENGINEER ON THE MATTER. WAS CALLED BY MY SERVICE ADVISOR ON 8/14/05 AND TOLD THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE ENGINEER TOLD MY ADVISOR AND THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT "IF ALL THE STARS WERE ALIGNED, THEY WOULD HAVE A FIX IN ABOUT 90 DAYS." I WAS TOLD BY MY SERVICE ADVISOR THAT I SHOULD TRY USING GAS STATIONS WITH SLOWER PUMPS UNTIL THEY GET THE FIX...AND I PAID $27,570 FOR THAT ANSWER??? *NM

WHILE FUELING THE CAR THE NO MATTER WHICH I TRIED THE PUMP KEPT CUTTING OFF AS IF THE TANK WAS FULL HAD TO HOLD THE NOZZEL ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN TO HAVE ANY FUEL GO INTO THE TANK.*AK

SEVERAL TRIPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T ALLOW THE PUMP TO FILL UP THE TANK. PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY. THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT REPAIR IT. THE GAUGE WILL NOT ALWAYS SHOW THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL. IT SEEMS TO TAKE SEVERAL MILES AND SEVERAL STARTS TO CORRECTLY DISPLAY THE AMOUNT OF FUEL. I NEVER REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH I SHOULD TRUST ITS ACCURACY. THE FULE GAUGE WAS REPLACED AND IT DID NOT WORK ANY BETTER. FORD ENGINEERS ASKED THAT I USE 3 TANKS OF PREMIUM GASOLINE WITH TECHRON IN ORDER TO CLEAN THE SENSOR. THIS DID NOT WORK. NOW FORD IS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM AND STILL HAS NO SOLUTION. THE SHAKER 500 CD PLAYER WAS REPLACED WHEN THE CD'S WOULDN'T PLAY AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE CD'S TO BE REMOVED. BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED WHEN CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE TURNING.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO CRASHES OR INJURIES, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING. WHEN I FILL MY GAS TANK, IT SEEMS AS IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF "VAPOR LOCK" OR SOMETHING THAT KEEPS CAUSING THE GAS PUMP TO KICK OFF.....I HAVE TO REPOSITION THE HOSE AND TRY VARYING AMOUNTS OF PRESSURE ON THE NOZZLE TO GET THE GASOLINE TO FLOW INTO THE TANK. ON OCCASION, GAS HAS SPEWED BACK OUT OF THE TANK FROM THE NOZZLE. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN THE TANK IS NEAR EMPTY OR I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. *NM

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. THERE WERE 2 UNIT SYSTEMS. WHEN GOING FROM STOP TO START THE CAR HESITATED, AND IT TOOK AT LEAST 2 OR 3 SECONDS BEFORE IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. DEALER HAD SEEN THIS CAR, AND ORDERED APART FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF FUEL SYSTEM. THEY SAID THE PARTS WOULD BE IN FOUR TO FIVE DAYS. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO DRIVE THE CAR NORMALLY. BUT HESITATION RECURRED.

CANNOT FILL UP GAS TANK. ONCE THE TANK IS HALF FULL, THE PUMP STOPS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE - FIRST TIME ON 6/12/2005 & 6/22/2005. WE PURCHASED THE 2005 MUSTANG ON 6/1/05 AND COULD ONLY FILL IT UP ONCE WITHOUT THE PUMP STOPPING. THE CAR WAS LOOKED AT BY A FORD DEALERSHIP AND A NEW GAS TANK HAS BEEN ORDERED. WILL FOLLOW-UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO SEE IF THIS WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

PURCHASED THE CAR ON JUNE 1, 2005 AND ON THREE OCCASIONS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FILL THE GAS TANK MORE THAN HALF WAY. I HAVE EVEN LEFT THE GAS STATION AND GONE BACK LATER IN THE DAY TO FINISH FILLING THE TANK, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO, AS THE PUMP CONTINUED TO SHUT OFF AS IF THE TANK WAS ALREADY FULL.

ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION (APPROX. 3 TOTAL), WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REFUEL THE GAS TANK, THE HANDLE WILL RELEASE AS IF THE TANK WAS FULL AFTER LESS THAN A GALLON HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS, INCLUDING ONE I VISIT OFTEN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT IS NECESSARY TO HOLD THE FUELING HANDLE BECAUSE IT WILL CONSTANTLY RELEASE IF THE HANDLE LOCK IS USED.

WHEN PUTTING GAS IN THE CAR, THE GAS PUMP CLICKS OFF CONTINUOUSLY AS IF THE TANK WERE FULL. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE ENGAGING THE PUMP OVER AND OVER TO FILL THE TANK. *AK

HESITATION GETTING FUEL WHEN STEPPING ON ACCELERATOR - USUALLY OCCURS AFTER CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE. AFTER COMING TO A STOP OR TURN, THE HESITATION OCCURS KNOWN PROBLEM BY FORD ENGINEERS ACCORDING TO SERVICE- NO FIX AVAILABLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME THREE COLLISIONS.