1995 FORD ESCORT — Complaint #634015
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY filed August 10, 2007
NHTSA complaint #634015 (ODI reference 10199281) concerns a 1995 FORD ESCORT and was filed on August 10, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 27, 2007. The vehicle had 61,708 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:storage:tank assembly, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD ESCORT cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:storage:tank assembly failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1995 FORD ESCORT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD ESCORT. HE NOTICED A FUEL LEAK NEAR THE HEAT SHIELD. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 61,708. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED PHOTOS OF THE DEFECT. UPDATED 09/18/07 *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 634015 |
| ODI Number | 10199281 |
| Date Filed | August 10, 2007 |
| Failure Date | July 27, 2007 |
| VIN | 3FASP13J7SR |
Similar FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY Complaints for 1995 FORD ESCORT
STARTED SMELLING PROFUSE GAS FUMES IN MY 1995 ESCORT LX. TOOK IN TO MEINEIKE TO BE REPAIRED. THEY FOUND THAT THE GAS TANK WAS CRACKED DUE TO HEAT SHIELD. THIS IS THE MONTH OF AUGUST IN MISSISSIPPI
CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SMELLED GAS FUMES COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED GAS LEAKING FROM THE GAS TANK. THE CONSUMER SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, AN
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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