here my story...all true (but some may doubt) I bought my 2004 crossfire about 2 years ago ...I was looking for a sporty car and fell in love with it.
I got a good price paid $9700 cash and it had 51,400 miles on it ...everything is perfect on it ....except for new tires and a few oil changes ...nothing wrong with it ...I put about 150 miles a week on it .
3 months ago while driving home I feel it down shifting like its losing power then at a stop sign it stalls, this keeps going on for the next day and I take it to the place where I bought they have a shop, no check engine light has come on yet ....
He looks and does what he can but cant tell me whats wrong ? as were talking I see some gas leaking and its from what he called the charcol filter and there is alot of gas in it ....he says you better take it to the dealer ..

I dont want to go there but I do ...they replace it (but before I take to them I tell them about gas having trouble going into the tank) takes over 10 mins to get $8 in the tank...they fix the filter for about $600 and tell me all is good ...I ask them about the gas going into the tank ...they say no problems ..

I get the car and less then 2 miles I feel the down shifting feeling again ....I call them and tell them its not fix and I going to put gas in it and I am expecting the same thing ...sure enough gas not going in ....

I take it back and they have it for 2 days ....and tell me bad news my gas tank is bad ...and the cost is $3600 ...at that point I see the extended warranty for $4000 4 years or 50,000 miles and at this point I think its the best way for me to go....

I must wait 30 days before it kicks in ...they tell me its ok to drive the car as long as its not that much ...I live 2 miles from my job and thats really all I am driving ....2 days before it goes in (30 days are up) as I am pulling in my complex I hear the worst noise ...its my intake manifold blows up .....I have my car brought on a tow truck

It gets worst....they fix the manifold (cost of $2300 which is covered ) ....i check every few days for the gas tank ...and they have no ideal when its coming ...while I am on vacation ....they fire the service manager of the dealership (the only person i been working with) the new lady is clueless and her only answer is were waiting for it.

Last week they called and told me its on a german freighter coming from germany and should be here around dec 14th ....

I look at this site and call around ...only see one post where someone had this ...and not much info on the results ...I called many part outlets and confirmed the price on the tank ....

IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADVICE OR INFORMATION PLEASE SHARE IT ...THANKS

 

did you look at used parts? LKQ may have one.... looking at most of the wrecks the gas tank is one of the best protected parts on the car..... thank God!

 

I called around for a gas tank at first but mostly got the run around .....since I have the warrenty paid ....I want a new one if if it meant waiting longer (never thought it would ever be this long) just hope my car runs the way it did when this is finished .....I truly love this car and now that I paid for the 4 years or 50,000 miles it looks like I am hanging on to it ...thanks for posting

 

How does a gas tank "go bad". Is that b.s. talk from the dealer, or is there really some way a metal tank can "go bad"?

 

Check this out https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...fuel-tank.html

 

Many, Many, Many years ago I bought a new Volkswagon from the Dealer, a Karrman Ghia to be correct.

I started to notice after the first few weeks, that when I removed the gas cap to fill it up, I would hear a hiss of air rush into the tank, but never gave it much thought.

Then one day I'm driving and the engine just shuts down, turns over, but won't start. Tow it to the Dealer, Service guy puts the key in and it starts right up, like new.

They find nothing, so I take it home, and on a long drive a few days later, it dies again. Tow it back, and they find nothing.

When I goto pick it up, I mention to the Service guy about the hiss of air with the Fuel cap, and he laughs and says, okay I got the fix.

A dirty stuck valve on the tank that lets in outside air, to balance any pressure build up.

He told me that it was remote, but possible of a collapsed tank, due to a vacuum build up, and outside air pressure.

Who'd have ever thought this was possible due to a stuck valve...

 

Mazda had a recall to put a device in the filler tube to prevent spiders from building a web in the filler pipe, which could clog the pipe from venting...same reason...it would collapse the tank...damn spiders...

 

There are more parts inside the gas tank than you would think, valves and flaps. If any of the parts go bad you could be in trouble as the OP is. The charcoal canister should deal with the fumes and not gasoline, something is really wrong in the OP's system.

My first guess after reading the repair manual is that the charcoal cannister shut off valve is not working properly and that makes it hard to fill the tank with gas as it cannot vent properly through the charcoal cannister. The valve should open when the ignition is off.
If air cannot enter the tank as the fuel is used then the vacumm will cause a problem. The gas cap lets air in to break the vacuum.

 

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Mine did.......twice. Not sure when exactly my tank failed but it was probably within a year of getting my Crossfire. The only symptom I had was that gas would not pump into the tank unless it was dribbled in.

After a thorough diagnosis my dealer determined that my gas tank was bad and replaced it, and away I went to a gas station. Alas, the problem was still there. My dealer then changed every component in the gas tank system but I still could only drip and dribble the gas in. At that point my dealer admitted defeat and said that he would have to fly a Chrysler engineer in to look into the problem.

A month later the engineer showed up, investigated the problem, and determined that my replacement gas tank was also bad. According to the dealer the check valves in both tank filler tubes had failed. The dealer said that the tube was an integral part of the tank so could not be replaced separately. I don't know if this is actually true but at least both tanks were covered under warranty.

For awhile I would confuse people by saying I was on my first set of tires and my third gas tank.

 

That is a depressing story but also enlightening. Glad it finally got fixed. Crossing my fingers that does not happen to any other forum members, including myself.

 

wanted to update what has gone on with my car and thank the people who posted some help for me....got my car back about 4 days ago ...all in all it took 4 months (had to wait 30 days for the package I bought for it to kick in)

Once I received my car the total price came to $7450 seems to be running good , the tech they had on it once they received the tank worked on my car at least 4 hours a day this last week .....the dealership told me ...hope everything is perfect as we wont take any new crossfires to work on for a while since they only have one tech that can work on the crossfires ....they had 2 more sitting in the lot

I still love my crossfire , most of my friends are begging me to dump it while its running good ...but I love the car and just a simple drive to the store beats anything else on the road ....as far on enjoying the drive

 

$7450! How did they get to that?

Is the gas tank a Mercedes part?

 

I have 2004 Crossfire with the same problem , to fill up the tank with gas takes me 30 min . Is been like this for 3 years and my car drives fine , I drive 40 + miles a day . Dealer have no ideas exactly what is wrong and I'm not going to pay for random services so they will guess the issue . Capella times the fuel was liking but that was because i fill up the tank to much . You have the extended warranty so used ...

 

I've found that shoving the the pump nozzle in till it solidly contacts the bottom of the fill tube gas will enter fast with no slobbering.