Vehicle recall 87V144000 · September 9, 1987
Ford Club Wagon, E-250 and 2 more models
Vehicles are subject to excessive underhood temperatures and fuel system pressures in severe duty applications.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Vehicles are subject to excessive underhood temperatures and fuel system pressures in severe duty applications.
- Consequence
- This creates potential for fuel expulsion from the fuelfiller pipe which in the presence of an ignition source, could result in afire.
- Remedy
- Install modification kits to minimize possibility of fuel expulsion and to shield underbody components from exhaust system heat.
- Notes
- System: fuelvehicle description: 1983 through 1987 E250, E350, club wagons and econolinevans and chassis equipped with 7.5 and 1985 through 1987 E250, E350, club wagonsand econoline vans equipped with 5.8 liter engines.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 87V144000
- Reported to NHTSA
- September 9, 1987
- Filed by
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Owner notification
- February 3, 1988
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 188,000
- Initiated by
- NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation
- Components
- Engine and engine cooling › Exhaust system › Emission control
Vehicles covered
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