2006 Ford Mustang Fuel System

POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. CAN NOT FUEL VEHICLE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1/2 TANK, GAS STATION FUEL NOZZLE SHUT OFF. TRIED SLIGHTLY ENGAGING NOZZLE, AND CONTINUED TO SHUT OFF. AFTER MULTIPLE TRIES AND MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS, COULD FILL TANK TO 3/4 TANK, THEN SHUT OFF RECURRED. WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT FUEL. FUEL SPILLAGE OCCURRED ON ALMOST ALL SHUT OFF INCIDENTS, NO MATTER WHAT PRESSURE FUEL WAS TRANSFERRED AT (BY REGULATING HANDLE). AFTER RESEARCH ON INTERNET, FOUND MANY OTHER OWNERS COMPLAINING OF SAME ISSUE (SEE ALLFORDMUSTANG.COM'S 2005+ FORUMS) WITH SOME HAVING RESOLVE AFTER TANK AND / OR FILLER TUBE /VENT REPLACEMENT. TRIED THEIR SUGGESTION OF PLACING NOZZLE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS DID NOT HELP. ALSO REFERENCE FORD SERVICE BULLETIN 06313 (NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10019387) TAKING TO DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. NOT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE ON THIS VEHICLE. HAS SHUT OFF BEFORE PREMATURELY, BUT HAS ALWAYS RESTARTED WITH NO SPILLAGE / RECURRING. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 1200 MILES ON IT. *JB

WHEN FILING GAS TANK WITH THE FUEL NOZZLE SET FOR FAST DELIVERY, THE GAS OVERFLOWS ONTO THE CAR. IT DOES NOT TRIGGER THE AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF ON THE FUEL NOZZLE. DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS IS THE "NEW" TANK DESIGN WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO CHAMBERS. THE RIGHTMOST CHAMBER FILLS FIRST AND THEN OVERFLOWS INTO THE SECOND CHAMBER. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT GAS SUPPLIERS, DIFFERENT BRANDS, AND EVEN DIFFERENT STATES. THE ONLY WAY TO GUARANTEE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE OVERFLOW ONTO THE CAR IS TO CHECK THE GALLONS USED AND SLOW DOWN THE FLOW SO THAT THE NOZZLE TRIGGER GETS TRIPPED. DEALER HAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PUTTING FUEL IN THE VEHICLE THE FUEL NOZZLE MUST BE HELD IN A CERTAIN POSITION TO OBTAIN A CORRECT READING FROM THE FUEL GAUGE. BEFORE PUTTING FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE THE FUEL GAUGE READ HALF A TANK, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUT FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE IT SHOWED FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED THE STORAGE TANK. HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2006 MUSTANG AND ON THE TWO OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO PUT GAS IN THE TANK, BOTH TIMES PRIOR TO THE PUMP DISCHARGE SHUTTING OFF, FUEL HAS SPEWED OUT OF THE FILLER NECK AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR. I HAVE USED TWO DIFFERENT STATIONS WITH THE SAME RESULTS. I ALSO TALKED TO A COWORKER WHO OWNS A 2005 MUSTANG AND HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM, AND ONLY AVOIDS THE PROBLEM BY PUTTING IN A FEW DOLLARS WORTH OF GAS AT A TIME. NEVER FILLING UP. I'M WORRIED THAT MY DAUGHTER WHO FREQUENTLY DRIVES THE CAR, COULD BE PLACED IN A BAD SITUATION SHOULD A FIRE BREAK OUT. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS WARMER OUTSIDE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REFUELING AT VARIOUS GAS STATIONS, THE PUMP SHUTS OFF OR FUEL SPILLED OUT ONTO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THERE WAS A TSB THAT SUGGESTED A DIFFERENT GAS STATION TO BE USED TO FILL THE TANK.