Customer Safety Information
WARNINGS:^ Do not smoke, carry lighted tobacco or open flame of any type when fueling the vehicle or when working on or near any fuel-related component. Highly flammable mixtures are always present and may be ignited, resulting in possible personal injury.
^ Do not swallow fuel methanol or fuel ethanol. Like gasoline, these fuels are highly toxic and if swallowed can cause death or permanent injury. Swallowing methanol can also cause blindness. Call a physician immediately to treat anyone who has swallowed fuel methanol or fuel ethanol. Vomiting should be induced by or under the direction of a physician or poison control center. Be aware that the onset of potential ill health effects may be delayed.
^ Avoid inhaling fuel vapors. Inhaling too much fuel vapor can lead to eye and respiratory tract irritation. In severe cases, excessive or prolonged breathing of fuel vapors can cause serious illness and permanent injury such as blindness.
^ Avoid getting fuel methanol, fuel ethanol or gasoline liquid in your eyes. If you get any fuel in your eyes, remove contact lenses (if worn), flush immediately with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes and seek medical attention.
^ Allowing any fuel to get in your eyes will cause severe irritation. Failure to seek proper medical attention for fuel contact with the eyes could lead to permanent injury such as blindness.
^ If you get any fuel on your skin, wash with soap and water. repeated or prolonged skin contact with fuel liquid or vapor causes skin irritation. Make sure you wash your hands before handling food.
^ If your are taking medication for the treatment of alcoholism, such as antabuse or other forms of disulfiram, skin contact with fuel methanol or fuel ethanol or breathing its vapors can cause the same kind of adverse reaction as drinking alcohol. In sensitive individuals, serious personal injury or sickness could result. If you are taking such medication, you should take extra care to avoid skin contact with fuel methanol or fuel ethanol and to avoid breathing its vapors. If you do get fuel methanol or fuel ethanol on your skin, wash it off immediately. Consult a physician promptly if you experience an adverse reaction.
^ Do not modify the fuel system configuration or components, or replace components with parts not especially designed for use with fuel methanol or fuel ethanol. Ford motor company has specially-designed the materials, components and system configuration for methanol-fueled vehicles and each particular system is precisely calibrated for efficient operation. Ford ethanol vehicles require the same components as methanol vehicles, but are precisely calibrated for efficient operation only on gasoline/ethanol blends. The use of different parts or materials could produce an untested configuration that could result in fire, personal injury or could cause engine damage.
^ Do not operate engine or smoke while refueling.