Category : Gas Tank Explosions

NHTSA Expands Investigation into Ford F-150 Trucks for Fuel Tank Explosion Risks

June 2nd, 2011
F-150 Truck Fuel Tank Explosion

Does the 1997-2001 Ford 150 have a dangerous fuel tank?

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that it is expanding its investigation into a potential fuel tank safety issue with the Ford F-150 trucks.  According to the agency, it is currently reviewing around 300 complaints from pickup truck owners that the fuel tank straps can corrode and fail.  In 243 of these instances, the tank dropped and was dragged, and in 95 cases, the tanks began leak fuel. At least two of the reports mentioned fires that broke out after these fuel straps failed.

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NHTSA Begins Investigation of Cherokees for Gas Tank Fire

August 25th, 2010
jeep cherokee gas tank fire

Investigations begin looking into whether Jeep Cherokees have a gas tank fire hazard.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating whether the gas tanks on Jeep Grand Cherokees can ignite during an accident, causing a fire.  At this point, this is a preliminary investigation, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that a recall is soon to follow.  The investigation will include approximately 3 million Grand Cherokees of model years between 1993 and 2004.

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Safety Group Urges Recall of Jeep Grand Cherokees for Potential Fire Hazard

October 9th, 2009

A leading consumer advocacy group is urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall Grand Cherokees because of fire hazards from the fuel tanks.

According to the Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety, Grand Cherokees from model years between 1993 and 2004 have a post-crash fire risk that is approximately 4 times greater than sports utility vehicles made by other companies. The agency’s director Clarence Ditlow, has written to the NHTSA about research which indicates that between 1992, when the Grand Cherokee was introduced into the market, and 2008, there were 172 fatal accidents resulting in a fire. These accidents caused 254 fatalities.  These numbers include 44 fatal accidents in which 64 people died, and where investigators believed that the fire caused the fatalities. Ditlow is urging a recall of the Grand Cherokee.  He says that the agency began its investigation of the 1971 to 1976 Ford Pinto cars because of similar gas tank fire hazards, based on far fewer numbers of accidents.

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Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Verdict against Ford

April 1st, 2008

Any time you hear the word “Ford” and “injuries” together, you know there is a web of deceit and lies about one of the company’s vehicles that is about to be exposed. Yet again, there is a person dead – this time horrifically, even by Ford’s standards – and yet again, Ford has been found to have hidden facts and deceived customers to protect its now fast shrinking bottom line.

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