This is the exact same situation others have experienced on NHTSA recall campaign number 01V114000 relating to cracks/leaks to the 'mid ship' style fuel tank. My van is a 1997 E-150 conversion van. Unfortunately, I am in the same situation as many others in the fact that Ford Motor Company does not acknowledge my particular VIN number is affected in this recall. There have been a number of other incidents reported with vehicles mysteriously catching on fire for unknown reasons. Very disturbing that a manufacturer would not agree to replace a leaking/damaged fuel tank.

- Cordova, TN, USA

While driving my vehicle caught on fire in the rear end of the vehicle. We pulled over and immediately got the children out of the car. Less than a minute later, the entire vehicle was blazing.

- Westland, MI, USA

I have an 1997 Ford F150 that I had to replace the gas tank and both straps that secured the tank to the vehicle. The straps wore away at the gas tank which in turn caused a fuel leak in the tank itself.

- Farmington, MI, USA

Hi, the part failure is a fuel tank crack that occurs in the mid90's to early 2000S Ford vans. This design problem has been admitted to by Ford, and is addressed on a very limited list of certain models and years under a recall notice 01V114000. However, this tank crack occurs on other non listed VIN numbers as well, such as mine. This is the problem, the documented and covered recall group VIN numbers precede mine and occur subsequent to mine, but skip several vins inbetween. My cracked and leaking fuel tank, and the resulting gasoline leakage, occur as a result of the tank design, which design Ford has revisited five times now. So, there is a gasoline leak that results from metal fatigue, as the long "hotdog" shaped fuel tank flexes and twists, in Ford's words, with the frame, and fails where it rubs straps or crossmembers. I have attempted to get a replacement tank from Ford, but all are spoken for and backordered as they are being supplied to the dealers for the vehicles included in the current list of defective vehicles. So, no tanks are available to people like me, who have the problem, but are not included in Ford's existing recall list. I have contacted Ford for resolution, Ford case 599552380, for sourcing a tank at least for now. Ford will still not admit to ownership of financial responsibility for this particular tank--yet. I have also filed a complaint with dot, case #290654, to have the recall group expanded to cover all of us who need this help. As an aside, the local Ford dealer has refused to give me anything I need or supply me any support since we come to this impass and situation. They do also admit however, to being unable to assist me because of the lengthy backlog of people needing replacement tanks and the unavailability of these tanks.

- Felton, CA, USA

The contact owns a 1997 Ford E-150. For a month, the contact smelled gasoline when entering, exiting, and driving the vehicle. He drove the vehicle to a fuel station and gasoline spilled to the ground while pumping fuel into the tank. The fuel tank would not fill up past half a tank. The vehicle was driven to the contact's residence. The vehicle has not been inspected and the cause of the failure has not been determined. The dealer stated that they would repair the vehicle, but at the contact's expense. The manufacturer has not been notified. The current and failure mileages were 126,000.

- Lancaster , SC, USA