I bought my last 3 trucks from North county Ford, in vista, California. Subj: Broken gas tank at seams on my 2006 Ford F150 truck I have a major problem with my 2006 Ford F150 fuel tank leaking at the manufactures plastic welded seams. Think this is something that Ford needs to do something about. Luckily it happened at home but still it was 4 degrees out and laying under my truck taking the module off was not very pleasant. My biggest complaint is Ford knows there's a problem since the have came out with an upgraded control module so why isn't this a recall? I live in a state that temperatures in the winter months can be below 0 degrees Fahrenheit and drive an hour one way to work, this could have happened when I was on the road in extreme cold, could of had my two children with me broke down on the side of the road and cold out. I got the upgraded part from a Ford dealer for $163 and installed. Went out and dropped spare tire and took the control module off the cross member and noticed the hole corroded through the housing just like the video. I got on the internet and searched no start problem for 2006 F-150 and found a you tube video of the fuel pump control module rusting out. With that I eliminated the ignition had to be fuel. Motor acted like it was going to start but never started beings I didn't give it enough starting fluid to start because I'm not a fan of using it. Gave a little shot of starting fluid into the intake and then tried to start. I tried the starting fluid test to see if it was an ignition problem or fuel problem. Went to start truck and engine would crank but would not fire. Ford had to know about a problem with this component otherwise they wouldn't have changed the design right?
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It was nice to see that the replacement part has a plastic housing with a couple spacers to move it away from the cross member to possibly eliminate this problem. The part will eventually rust, crack, and then the fuel pump driver module goes bad. The fuel pump driver module is bolted directly to the frame cross member, and with Minnesota winters snow and road salt get trapped between the two parts.
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So all together with parts, labor and tax it cost me $496.88 without including the cost to have the vehicle towed. The fuel pump driver module cost $234.44.
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I ended up having the vehicle towed to the local shop and after a diagnosis that cost $124.95 they found out that the fuel pump driver module when bad. I tried to start it back up in order to get off the main road but the vehicle didn't start. I was traveling at approximately 55mph when the vehicle started to sputter, and as I began to slow down and tried to pull over to the side of the road before the truck quit on me.