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1993 Mercury Tracer fuel system, gasoline problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel system, gasoline on the 1993 Mercury Tracer16% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Fuel System, Gasoline complaints
16%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • While driving smoke starting coming out of the air vents. When vehicle was towed to dealership, it was determined that fuel pump shorted out the wire harness, which caused a fire. Fuel pump and wire harness was replaced at owner's expense.*ak

    filed Sep 22, 2000

  • While sitting in vehicle with the ignition running about 3 gallons of fuel leaked from the seam of the fuel tank. Vehicle was driven to the dealership. Fuel tank will be replaced at owner's expense. The fuel tank was on national back order. Vehicle has same fuel tank as tracers recalled for…

    filed Jun 20, 2000

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel System, Gasoline problems in other Tracer years

YearReportsShare
1998 Tracer12%
1997 Tracer21%
1995 Tracer3536%
1994 Tracer58%
1992 Tracer313%
1991 Tracer1220%
Tracer fuel system, gasoline problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.