<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/" rel="tag">Truck</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/ford-f150-200op.jpg" alt="" />The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has begun an investigation of approximately 1.4 million 1996-2001 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150">Ford F-150</a> pickup trucks after receiving 32 complaints that the straps supporting the fuel tank are prone to corrosion. According to NHTSA, in 28 of the cases, one or both straps broke, causing the fuel tank to drop to the ground, which could result in a fire hazard. [Source: <a href="http://detnews.com/article/20100913/AUTO01/9130382/1361/NHTSA-probes-F-150-fuel-%20tank-straps">Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/13/report-nhtsa-probing-ford-f-150-fuel-tank-straps/">NHTSA probing Ford F-150 fuel tank straps</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:15:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/13/report-nhtsa-probing-ford-f-150-fuel-tank-straps/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19631498/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/13/report-nhtsa-probing-ford-f-150-fuel-tank-straps/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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