Bad Day I 95

[jphelps44]

I am on vacation in Miami Florida and we decide to take a trip down to key west to do a tour (jet ski, snorkle, etc.) So I am I95 South Bound and something comes off a truck like a big piece of metal and I cannot avoid hitting it. Had an 18wheeler on my left and a car on my right. I ran over about a 2 to 3 ft metal object. Cleared it and thought everything was okay. Drove about another 5 mins and started smelling gas!! So I stopped on look under my Expedtion EL Eddie and its leaking gas bad from the tank. Got it to the nearest ford dealership and waiting for a new tank to be replaced. The object put about an inch gash in the tank. Didnt make it to key west and my rental is a suburban which is making me miss the expy even more!! Be safe out there guys and glad someone didnt throw out a cig while I was driving who knows what could have happened.

 

[Goats]

Yea,Miami is like that

 

[FordandPolaris]

Glad things worked out... My uncle had to hit a printer on the highway last year. Tore up the entire front of his explorer.


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[stamp11127]

I've been in the printing biz my whole life, I have to ask......
What was a "printer" doing in the road?

Also spent about 20 years in Miami / Ft. Lauderdale. Your lucky you weren't involved in the daily road rage & gun battles.

 

[toms89]

I've been in the printing biz my whole life, I have to ask......
What was a "printer" doing in the road?

Also spent about 20 years in Miami / Ft. Lauderdale. Your lucky you weren't involved in the daily road rage & gun battles.

I'm betting it was just sitting there unless it just fell off someones truck!

Somebody's unsecured load maybe?!

 

[toms89]

I am on vacation in Miami Florida and we decide to take a trip down to key west to do a tour (jet ski, snorkle, etc.) So I am I95 South Bound and something comes off a truck like a big piece of metal and I cannot avoid hitting it. Had an 18wheeler on my left and a car on my right. I ran over about a 2 to 3 ft metal object. Cleared it and thought everything was okay. Drove about another 5 mins and started smelling gas!! So I stopped on look under my Expedtion EL Eddie and its leaking gas bad from the tank. Got it to the nearest ford dealership and waiting for a new tank to be replaced. The object put about an inch gash in the tank. Didnt make it to key west and my rental is a suburban which is making me miss the expy even more!! Be safe out there guys and glad someone didnt throw out a cig while I was driving who knows what could have happened.

That sucks.. Sorry to hear but at least its an easy repair and did not do more damage or cause an accident!

 

[montecarlo31]

Where was your skid plate?

 

[bedrck46]

Where was your skid plate?

might have just been possible that it was in the side or front of the tank where the skid plate does no good

 

[bedrck46]

Where was your skid plate?

might have just been possible that it was in the side or front of the tank where the skid plate does no good

 

[toms89]

3rd gens come with skid plates on the fuel tank?

My first gen did not. Well...it does have plastic cover that I don't think would have helped much given the OP's situation.