NHTSA complaint: 1988 FORD AEROSTAR — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
ON AUGUST 15, 1998, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE EXITING OFF OF 575 SOUTHBOUND AT HWY. 92 AND SOMEONE CAME UP BESIDE ME AND SCREAMED AT US TO GET OUT, THE VAN IS ON FIRE. WE GOT OUT AND SOMEONE HAS CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAME OUT AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. IT HAD BURNED THE INSIDE OF THE FLOOR WHERE THE CONSOLE IS, AND THE ENGINE PARTS ARE ALL MELTED AND ONE OF THE FIREMEN FOUND SOME TYPE OF FUEL CANNISTERS ON THE GROUND. I HAD JUST LEFT THE GAS STATION, I HAD JUST FILLED THE FUEL TANK.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation