1988 FORD F150 — Complaint #91972
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES filed November 7, 1997
NHTSA complaint #91972 (ODI reference 818600) concerns a 1988 FORD F150 and was filed on November 7, 1997. The report was geocoded to Arkansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank:selector devices, 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 F150 cohort independently describe similar fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank:selector devices 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 1988 FORD F150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
FUEL OVREFLOWS FROM ONE TANK TO ANOTHER, CAUSING A HEAVY SPILLAGE 0F FUEL WHILE DRIVING .VEHICLE HAS DUAL GAS TANKS. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 91972 |
| ODI Number | 818600 |
| Date Filed | November 7, 1997 |
| VIN | 1FTEX14H2JK |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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