Ford F150 Engine Fires

My 98 F150 had been parked beside the garage for two weeks. It ran fine with no issues. Then Monday morning about seven, the truck started on fire. Luckily, nothing else was burnt, but the truck is a total lost. If you own a Ford truck, sell it or get it to a dealer now.

I arrived home from work on 3/26/2012 at approximately 3 pm. The truck (2001 F-150) was off and parked for a good hour. While in my kitchen, I heard a loud boom and smelled something burning. I looked outside and the driver's side front fender was on fire. Flames were coming through the hood. The loud boom turned out to be my driver's side front tire. I called the fire department of Midland County, TX. My truck is totaled. The entire front of my 4-door truck burned. The firemen got to my house before any structural damage occurred.

My truck was paid for; therefore, I only carried liability insurance. I was willing to accept the loss and was grateful that my children were not harmed. Now, I am finding out that this is a problem that Ford knew about. Why am I not notified? I remember receiving notices about extended warranty options, but never about a potential fire hazard. As I learn more about this issue, it upsets me even more. I had problems with my cruise control within the last 6 months. I also replaced the rear light bulbs because of brake and emergency light problems. I repeat, I am grateful to God that no one was hurt, but I can't help but to believe that this could have been prevented. Please respond with information and direction that I could go from this unnecessary burden that my family has to endure. Thank you for your time and consideration.

My 2003 Ford F150 burst into flames this morning around 1:30AM. It had been parked since 5:30 the night before. I can't believe it. The truck is gone. It also scorched the car next to it.

My 999 F-350 Super Duty Diesel caught fire in the middle of night after being parked for 4 days and burned to ground, also burning a Chevy next to it!

After my Ford Expedition caught fire in the parking lots while sitting overnight, I took it to the dealership under a recall I found out about when I called them. They have had my car 3 days and they just called to tell me they did the 2 recalls but nothing is working that was damaged by the fire (brake lights, turn signals, hazard lights) and that would be my responsibility!

I have a 2006 Ford F-150. Right after starting the truck the drivers side air bag blew in my face. It was like a bomb. The airbag exploded with such great force causing chest bruising, and lacerations, and little burns all over my arms and face. The bag started smoking and burning little holes in it, filling my lungs with smoke. I never received a recall for this. I took my truck to ford service yesterday, and they are being really nice to me.

On Oct 2010, my truck was parked and half hour later burst into flames. I have been run around by Ford for a year. I am now going to sue Ford after a year of being given the run around. It is clear it was caused by the cruise control switch. The truck is a 2002 Harley Davidson that was always maintained.

The engineers said the crude control started the fire. Thank god I didn't park in the garage. My 01 navagator caught fire around midnight. We all were lucky to get out after it caught my house on fire and I have lost most everything. Screw ford.

My daughter came to pick me up from work and noticed that our 1999 F150 truck was not sounding okay. After I got in and begin to drive, smoke begin to come up from the dashboard. Within minutes, the truck was consumed by fire and smoke that we barely got out of the truck in time. The truck was a total loss. It was very traumatic for me and my daughter. It resulted to a total loss on a vechicle that was paid off. I could not afford another truck or 4X4 vehicle, so I now have a car with payments. And I just got a notice in the mail for the recall--for possible tank fractures and fire. Great timing. I think that Ford is a big rip off.

I parked my 1997 F150 running fine. I went outside and after about 4 hours, it was smoking real bad by the break cylinder. We cut the battery cables, but the wiring all burned. I'm on foot now.

My Ford F150 Supercrew 5.4 had #3 at #7 blow out. I had a mechanic put one back in with a Helicoil for $50.00 and the other I bought a kit at O'Reilly, which they have 2 types, one for $30.00 the other for $60.00. I had a mechanic put it in for $45.00. They probably knew about that the heads were no good just like the tires they sold several years back. It would cost them a lot to destroy the heads and make new ones.

On February 12th, 2011 at approximately 7:00 pm, I received a phone call while at dinner with my wife and friends. I received probably 10 calls within just a few minutes and found that the 1995 Ford F-150 truck, "my buddy that is stationed in Afghanistan and has been deployed 3 times since 2005", in my driveway was on fire and that the fire was getting very large. Now I have to say I thought this was a joke as the truck had not been driven since February 8th. When I arrived home, I found the fire department on scene and they had some questions for me. Then, they informed me it appeared that the truck I have experienced "a recall fire". Once I was finished filling out the police report, I went inside and searched the recall. I found that this fire matched the pictures and descriptions of what I saw in the search.

The fire started with the ignition off and it not having to be turned on. It started according to witnesses on the driver's side somewhere right over the front driver's tire, or somewhere close according to eye witnesses. The bad thing is that it also caught my car on fire right beside it and totaled it. It burned my boat cover off, the 21 foot sea ray boat in front of it as well. I didn't realize that the boat cover had damage. When it melted the 6 inches of snow off and then rained, the angle the boat was sitting, it also filled the back of the boat to the point it filled the motor full of water and froze. Now the boat motor is ruined as well.

One of my neighbors ran down with 2 fire extinguishers and tried to put it out when it was not too large. My neighbor said it was all right around the driver's side tire. But he couldn't get it put out because he didn't get the hood open. He used 25 lbs. extinguisher and 5 lbs. extinguisher on it and cooled the driver's side off, but didn't get the motor and things and fire put out. I have found several people that watched this fire from the beginning and gave statements.

I contacted Ford and was advised not to contact attorney or insurance of course. But I had already contacted the insurance and was advised that it was a recall fire and to contact Ford. I advised Ford of that and was told they would forward my claim to the Office of the General Counsel. I waited my 14 business day period and called back. They updated my information. They told me after I asked that they could not give me contact info for the General Counsel because it would be illegal. But they told me to give it another 14 business days. Once again, the time came and went.

I again called. They told me that it had been sent to an address in another state where the truck had been worked on in 2006 and 2007 (I believe the dates are right) when he was home between deployments. It had not been sent to me, even though I have his power of attorney and had already told them that twice and had been assured that everything was good. Then once again, my information was updated. I was told to wait 14 days and I would receive a letter from them. I asked if they could do anything to speed this up as I have a disabled child that has therapy in another town more than 30 miles from my home twice a week. I was given after much pushing to a supervisor.

The supervisor assured me that I would receive a call or letter very shortly, call within 2 days. I called back after almost a week and advised the same supervisor that I had received nothing and wanted something done now. To shorten this up, I will just say that I was told I only had a 90-day period from the time the fire happened to file my claim officially. And finally, I received the claim paper work just after day 60. A short time after Ford received my documents, they told me there was no way that the fire was a recall fire. It's because the windshield was broken on the passenger side and the passenger side was damaged more than the driver's side.

There was no discussing it. It didn't matter what witnesses said, including the police that had my car jerked out from beside the truck to separate all the vehicles and keep my other vehicles shed from catching on fire. The police and all witnesses said the wind was so bad that the flames, while still just an engine compartment fire, were coming about 5 feet past the tailgate of the Ford truck. When talking to one of the firefighters, he told me the windshield broke when water was sprayed on it.

Carmon ** told me that I could appeal the decision. But to do so, I "would have to hire my own attorney and my own expert, and the money would come out of my pocket". Wow! I was livid. Paraphrasing, she told me it didn't matter what witnesses saw or what happened. The burden of proof was on me to show that it was a recall fire and to prove it.

Well, I have had to run my wife to work and then use her car to pick up my child from school and run her back and forth to therapy. I have an old work truck that I can drive to and from work. But it gets about a fourth of the MPG as my car and costs a lot more to drive. My car was totaled. The Ford was totaled. The boat cover that was singed let water leak into the boat. And since I didn't know it pulled back and filled the boat with water, it froze at some point shortly thereafter and busted the block on it. And now it is ruined. I also had a small toolbox in the front on the floor board of the Ford, while not a lot. It was ruined and I will have to replace.

My 1998 Ford F-150 pickup was destroyed by fire. It had been parked for at least 5 hours. While I was in the kitchen, I heard a loud pop but I did not pay much attention to it. After a couple of seconds, the trucks horn began to blow and when I looked outside the window, my truck was totally in flames. I called the fire department. It was a very fast truck and it was a total loss. The fire chief said he was sure the cruise control was the problem

We owned a 2001 Ford F150 4x4 Supercrew with the 5.4 motor up until 12/27/2010 when it went up into flames under the hood for no apparent reason. We now own a 2001 ford F150 4x4 Supercrew with the 4.6 motor as of 2/17/2011 and it is acting like the other one did just before it went up into flames.

Consequences: Ford F150 4x4 Supercrew with the 5.4 motor was a total loss from the fire. The fire started under the hood and destroyed all wire harnesses, the intake and plentium and fuel rails and much much more.

My 2001 Ford F-150 SuperCrew, with 155,000 miles, started on fire in the engine compartment then burned the truck to the ground and started my garage on fire! The truck hadn't been sitting for 2 hours before the fire started. The truck was completely destroyed and it burned the front part of my garage.

On the way to work one morning, I heard a loud noise. It sounded like the muffler fell off. I looked out the rear view mirror and there was a line of fire coming towards my truck. I threw the truck in park and opened the door to get out. The flames were already coming up from the bottom of the truck. I jumped over them and ran for safety. The truck burned to the ground.

My 2002 Ford F150 caught on fire yesterday 9/9/2010. The brake cylinder is melted and some of the wiring is damaged. I was lucky that my wife was in town at a restaurant that had a fire extinguisher. My family is down one vehicle and now my wife and I must share a car. We both work full time. I hope that Ford takes care of the damage caused by their poor engineering.

2001 Ford Supercab pickup burned and it also burned the car next to it along with the garage cover and the siding on the house. It had been parked over 10 hours. I have no vehicle to use. House needs repairing and garage needs replacing. Vehicles need removing. I am 89 years old and need transportation for doctor visits!

My 2001 Ford SuperCab Pickup caught fire and burned 2 nights ago. The truck had been parked for over 10 hours. It also burned a car parked next to it and the parking garage. It melted the vinyl siding on my house. Loss of all vehicles: 2001 Ford SuperCab F150 and a '96 Toyota Corolla. Plus the damage to my house and garage.

My 2005 Ford F150 caught fire and burned in front of me. My father and I were working on a job site in Pensacola, FL. I was outside washing a fence while my father was in the truck, moving it at a slow pace with me. All of a sudden I heard the engine on the truck go wide open. When I turned to look flames and smoke were rolling out of the engine compartment. I yelled to my father to get out of the truck and ran to get help. Fortunately no one was hurt, but my F150 is ruined. Being a small business owner, with business being slow, I did not have insurance to cover the damages. So I'm looking for which way to go!

My 2001 Ford F-150 burnt to the ground outside parked beside house. My husband bought the truck when he was working. He is now disabled. We were counting on this truck lasting us 20 plus years being a Ford and all. But now with one income, it is not known how we can replace the truck. We had only liability due to husband not able to work and had been waiting on Social Security. Mentally, this has devastated my husband. Now he has nothing to show for his years of hard work and being unable to work at 40 I am very fearful of the mental aspect this may have.

Today, our 2001 F150 Ford Supercrew truck burned to the ground. My wife was at a doctor's appointment on the Miramar Marine Corps base here in San Diego, California. And when she came out of the office, the truck was on fire. By the time the fire department arrived to put the fire out, the truck was a complete loss and the entire engine compartment was destroyed. This truck was used for her to get back and forth to work and to go to her doctor appointments. This truck was her pride and joy. I bought it brand new for her. It was an emotional toll for her to come out and see her truck on fire.

On July 3, 2010, I drove to the corner store and back to my house (approximately 1 mile) then jumped in the shower. I was told by my roommate that my truck was smoking. So I jumped out of the shower and proceeded towards my truck to see it burst into flames. I grabbed a fire extinguisher and put it out immediately. Puzzled by this occurrence, I did some research only to find out that my truck was under recall. To make a long story short, my local dealership told me to bring it in four different times only to call me later and tell me not to. They said that they sent me out seven recall letters in which I have yet to receive one.

Two months after purchasing a 1999 Windstar SEL in excellent condition, it burst into flames 10 minutes after I got home from work. There were no warning signs or anything. I contacted the previous owner who swears of no notice about recall or he would have had it done as it was their family vehicle as well. Now I'm left with no vehicle and 2 kids to walk to stores with. They should have a notice about recall through DMV when someone registers a car! Ford sucks. When did you see a Honda on fire? Never. I lost my only vehicle. I have two kids and just claimed bankruptcy so I have no money to replace. A laptop was in there among other things.

In 1997 (year may be incorrect), I purchased a 1990 Ford F150 XLT Lariat from a private citizen (low miles, mint condition). In July 2002, it burned to the ground in the Pepsi Center parking lot in Denver as I was working across the street. I contacted Ford and they told me they had never heard of anything like that. So sorry!

I paid $9,000 cash and traded my 1988 Ford Ranger for this truck. Several months before the fire, I had switched from full coverage to liability insurance only. As a result of this, I didn't receive any compensation for my truck. I now understand Ford has issued a recall on F150 trucks because the cruise control is causing fires.

I have a 2001 Ford F-150 that just caught on fire sitting there. It had not been started or driven in four days. The truck is a total loss and now just an eyesore on the side of my house. The fire department put the fire out before any damage was done to my house but the front of my boat and custom boat cover was damaged.

I was awaken about 2:46 am to my 2001 Ford engulfed in flames. Luckily, it wasn't parked close to any other vehicles but it was the only vehicle I have for my family and I. If I would have known about these fires, I would have never purchased a Ford. My truck is total loss. I don't know how I'm going to get my family around. My insurance was paid late so they don't want to cover it and I still owe money. I'm not sure what to do.

My 1996 Ford Bronco caught on fire this last weekend, and Ford had it towed to the local dealership to repair as it was due to a faulty part that has been recalled. Today, I was called and told that Ford is refusing to pay for the damages, because they have proof that I was informed by them a few years ago about the problem and chose not to have the vehicle repaired in a timely manner.

I argued that I never was informed or had any information about the recall and that I have been maintaining the vehicle very well for years. I would have taken advantage of the free repairs had I known. If I would have read a letter warning that the vehicle could catch on fire at any given time, I would have been scared to drive it for the last few years. I have been to Florida, Georgia, and several other states with my family. I would have had the recall performed before now. They are making me feel like I am not being truthful and show no regard to the safety of me or my family. Please help! Thank you.

I purchased a 1995 Ford F150 from a private citizen in the fall of 2009. Today, while parked and turned off, it caught on fire and caught another nearby vehicle on fire. Both are total losses. I learned today there's a recall on the Ford for a faulty cruise control switch.

I pulled my truck into my driveway and turned everything off and exited truck. I went into my house and spent approximately three hours inside. I went to leave again and when I opened my door, smoke billowed out and I saw a fire on a wiring harness leading to my driver side carpet. I tried to put fire out by packing snow on it. I burnt my finger doing it. I then popped the hood and disconnected the battery terminals and the fire was under control.

I had just returned home from picking up breakfast for my wife and was changing our new born when I heard the horn blowing on the truck steadily. I looked out the window to find smoke and flames inside the cab of my 01 f-150. My wife called the fire department while I beat on neighbor's door to have them move their car which was parked next to the truck. The truck's windows rolled down by themselves and the engine started trying to start. A maintenance man ran over with a fire extinguisher and got the flames down enough for me to pull the hood latch to disconnect the battery.

When the fire department arrived and got the fire out, they told me the fire appeared to have started behind the instrument cluster in the dash. I had just lowered my insurance down to liability the month before to free up some money for the baby. Now we share a small 95 escort that I had in storage for my oldest son, because my wife sold her car to her brother the day before the fire.

I am a 70 year old grandmother. My grandson purchased a used 2005 Ford F-150 pickup with 50,000 miles on odometer with me co-signing. He's had it for over two and a half years. It was parked at 9 am in front of our house. At around 1:30 am in the morning, we were awakened by the fire department saying the vehicle was on fire. The truck was totaled. The fire marshall said that it looked like the fire started in the engine wiring. The fire did not reach the interior of the truck but the windshield was shattered by the heat.

The insurance investigator said it looked like it started in the battery area. The battery was new but did not have a recall. I checked with Ford and was told there was no recalls on the 2005 models F-150 with our VIN# yet there were recalls on models from 2000 to 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 for engine fires on parked vehicles, "flaming fords". I also call the dealership we purchased the pickup from, Town East Ford Mesquite, TX but they weren't helpful pretending not to know about "the flaming Fords" issue.

For me, it leaves a question mark on how the fire started. Our insurance company, AARP-Hartford has been great but is still investigating the fire. My grandson is without transportation and all the money he invested in payments is gone. He owed $14,000 at the time of the fire. At this time, I have no idea what will be the outcome and since the value of the vehicle is less than the amount he owed, we could end up owning thousands of dollars. I can't believe that all the above models were recalled because of engine fires, yet the 2005 model was never recalled. Have there been other complaints on the 2005 F150? I have a 2006 Focus bought new but after viewing all the recalls of Ford Vehicles, I will never buy another Ford vehicle.

I purchased a new Ford King Ranch pick up from an AZ dealer, Earnhardt Ford in October '07. I have licensed and insured it in AZ during our stay there. On March 30, I drove it home. I cleared customs, and it became a Canadian vehicle. The insurance expired, so having no present need for the truck, stored it without insurance. In Oct '08, I took it out for provincial inspection, in order to insure it and license it, and parked it in front of my garage. I had to run an errand returning approximately twenty five minutes later, to find both my garage totally in flames, and my truck being totally destroyed. I have many photos, which Ford has seen. The fire marshal and arson squad, without any doubt, determined the origin of the fire was in the truck engine compartment. I have been corresponding with Mr. ** since then. They sent their own expert, but he was unable to come to any conclusion, because of the extensive damage.

The truck had never been altered in any way, and is still under warranty, with eighty six hundred miles. Now, here is the kicker. Ford is claiming, because they cannot determine where the fire started, they are denying my claim. My contention is regardless of the cause, it began in their product, so my claim is totally justified because at the time of the fire, I was seventy-nine years old. Yes, it was a traumatic experience, having been a Ford user for fifty nine years, plus restoring many Ford vehicles. I lost in my garage, even though it was insured, books and materials money cant buy. Also, two heat damaged vehicles near the fire. Mr. ** has countless photos of the fire. In my opinion, given my loyalty to ford, I have been treated unjustly. I would like to get the media involved. Last but not the least, by the grace of God, no one was injured, certainly no thanks to Ford.

I own a 1998 Ford Expedition. We were at the store and was in there for about 10 minutes, when we came out the hood had a flame, the store manager attempted to put the fire out when it ignited more burning the front windshield and all of the motor and everything under the hood. The fire department said the fire started from the engine. I don't know where to start with help from Ford.

On January 13th 2010, my 2000 F150 spontaneously burst into flames while parked on my employer's parking lot. My vehicle was a total loss and later that day, I discovered that there was a recall on the speed control system that I had never received notification of.

I contacted Ford the next day and received a reference number for the claim. The representative named Kim, advised that I would receive a written response from the Ford Legal Division within 15 business days. Well, February 4th 2010, was the 15-business day deadline and I have not received anything from Ford. I contacted them and was told by Comora to fax a request for a status check to the Product Claims Division.

I will fax them a request on Monday, February 8th 2010, as that is the earliest that I will have a fax machine available to me. This is absolutely ridiculous! I was never notified of the recall and now Ford didn't respond to my claim. I guess I am in for a David and Goliath battle. Please wish me luck.

I am coming to you for help as I have run out of options. On Saturday, 1/30/2010 at approximately 5pm, I was dropping off my girlfriend at her place of employment, the McLean Hilton in Virginia. She usually drives, she loves my truck. She got out of the drivers seat, I got in. She opened the driver's side passenger door to retrieve the things she needed, I closed the driver's door and all of a sudden, the side airbags deployed. It scared the living daylights out of the both of us. I thought something hit us while we were parked but this was not the case. They deployed just by shutting my door!

I have been on the phone with Ford to no avail. I have talked to the dealership with no resolution. They claim that this is my responsibility since the car is out of warranty. I called the dealership service department to see if there is anything that can be done. They too claimed that there was nothing that they could do because they only sell the cars, not build them. He then said something that really ate at me. He told me that his technicians state that there is no way that the airbags could deploy by shutting the door. I took this to heart a bit as if I was being told that I am a liar. Nothing hit my car, the car was parked, there is no damage to my car that would cause this to happen. I have bee opening and shutting this car's doors for 5 years, sometimes angrily, and the bags didn't go off. Heck, three years ago someone hit the car on the driver's side while it was parked and the bags did not deploy then.

I need your help. This is obviously a defect that has caused this. If the technicians were to look at the truck, they would see that this is a defect. I am a bit frightened to even operate the vehicle for fear that the front bags would deploy while I am driving. I cannot afford to have this repaired and do not believe that I should either. I do believe that Ford needs to take care of this. Everyone I have talked to has pretty much blown this off. Again, there was no impact. If there were, then I would be contacting my insurance company and not Ford, the dealership or asking for help from you.

Please sir, I need your help. My truck is in very good condition and now I cannot get the car inspected and fear that the front airbags will go off. With no inspection the vehicle is useless and this is our only transportation. This situation should be taken care of by Ford as it is a clear defect.

My 1994 Ford F150 truck was parked in front of our house for around 7 hours. I walked 3 houses down to visit my son-in-law, went back home inside, took my shoes off and let the pups out the back door, glanced out the windows and my truck was in flames, and within minutes this vehicle was destroyed. 911 responded within minutes only, 5 blocks from our home and soaked the vehicle down with water. As fast as this vehicle burnt all the wires, plastic parts, and interior, I really believe these trucks have a defect from the factory.

The vehicle only had liability insurance on it so now I'm with no transportation. Everything including the hood was destroyed, extended cab was destroyed, and the seats are a pile of trash. All you see are naked wires that have been burnt and piles of melted interior, as all windows were melted or broke from the heat, camper shell is totaled also, driver from wheel is melted, and passenger side has melted junk all over it also. Basically this truck is a pile of trash and there is no way I can fix this. Insurance will not cover this either.

I had my 2000 F150 spontaneously combust today in my driveway with the engine off. My wife parked the truck in the driveway at approximately 11:30AM on 1/25/2010. About an hour and a half later (approximately 1:00PM), my wife received a panicked knock on the door alerting her that our truck engine was on fire. The firemen that ended up putting it out said the hottest point of the fire was located in the engine compartment near the master cylinder on the driver's side of the truck. The fire melted everything under the hood and moved into the cab by the time they could get it put out.

The truck wasn't having any mechanical problems and was running great earlier that morning. I've never received any recall notices on the vehicle but I'm hearing that this could be a problem with some Ford trucks. Thankfully, my wife wasn't driving it and someone alerted us to the fire before it burned down my house.

On January 13, 2010 at 2 pm, I parked my 2000 F-150 on the parking lot of my employer. At approximately 4 pm, some co-workers told me that a vehicle was on fire on the parking lot. I went outside and sure enough it was my F-150. The fire destroyed the truck with the heat so intense that it melted the hood off as well as the windshield. The fire also damaged the vehicles that were parked on either side of my truck. I was told by a co-worker that there was a recall on my truck that the faulty part(s) caused the vehicles to catch fire.

I contacted Ford Motor Company the next day and advised them of the fire. I also advised them that I had owned the truck since August of 2004 and had never received a recall notice. They informed me that the case would be referred to their legal division and they wanted me to leave my burnt vehicle where it was. I informed them that I could not leave the vehicle on the my employer's parking lot and that I would be towing it to my residence. (Of course I did so at my expense.)

The Ford representative asked me what I would like Ford to do about it. I informed her that I would like Ford to pay for the repairs to the other damaged vehicles and I would like to be compensated for my vehicle. Not blue book value, but real value to me. I also inquired as to why Ford did not send out registered receipt mail for a government mandated recall that was extremely dangerous. The reply was that people move and they (Ford) has no way of keeping track of all the customers. I explained my displeasure and that I believed that was unacceptable due to the extreme risk of the safety of my family due to their faulty product. I was informed that my request for compensation was not unrealistic and that I should be hearing from their legal division within 15 business days. I only hope that Ford does what is morally right. Please wish me luck.

I have contacted Ford and get the run around. Is anyone else having this problem? Carport was damaged along with roofing shingles that were under my carport, truck was completely totalled. I was without transportation for several weeks!

We have experienced a car fire that is directly related to a known-recall issue for 2002 Ford Escape ABS potential fire hazard. we responded to the recall and were told our car was inspected. the fire still occurred while myself, my husband and baby were inside. there are already previous complaints documented through the NHTSA for the exact same reasons. we were told by Ford Customer Relations that Ford would not deal with us because we already filed a claim for through our insurance. we need assistance in getting this resolved.

i had a 2000 ford f150 was at work started at 7am and at 3pm a guy from out frount tells me my truck was on fire it was gone in in 15 min

Me and my son Eli was on a hunting trip up in the Bridger Teton National Forest , on turky creek road, just crusing about 5mph, when our truck caught on fire, it started on the passenger side under the hood. Smoke was coming in through the heater vents, I grabbed my 6yr. old son and ran down the road a ways and sat him down, I went back to the truck which was starting to blaze more, and I grabbed my rifle and our food in a lunch box, ran back down to my son , lay the gun and lunch box down , told him to sat still, turn to go for the truck again, and the battery blew , spreading fire every where, so I grabbed my son and gun and ran down the road farther and was glad I did, the trucks gas tank blew and our 4-wheelers tank blew as well. bullets started shooting, the truck burnt 100% up with all our hunting equipment as well.

well I lost about 42,000.00 worth, I owed 27,000 and sum odd dallors on the truck , the 4-wheeler was about 8,000, and I had my hunting equipment in the truck , and tools, chains, emergency equiment. My 6yr old was horrified with it all. My ins. has not settled yet, this happened nov 1st 09, and its the 21st now. I really liked my stuff including the truck, it was my trans to work and fun. Even if the ins pays the loans off, I will not have a truck and I need one.

Jan. 22 2:00 am i was awaking by a knock at my door they told me my truck was on fire ran outside. had enough time to move my fiance's car. my truck was totally engulfed by the time the fire department got to my home. my truck had been parked for about 10 hours. my insurance company denied me coverage because i was only 9 days late on my payment. the coverage ended at 12:00am that morning. my truck is a total loss my fiance's car had minor damage, and it melted the siding on my garage. our homeowners insurance covered the garage.

i contacted ford sent them pictures all the info i had on my truck, they said they couldn't determine the cause of the fire. so they offered me $5000 as a goodwill gesture i took the money because i still was paying for the truck. the truck was worth around $12500 at the time of the fire. 2 weeks ago i recieved a recall notice saying my truck could catch on fire, a little too late for me.

i would like some help understanding how ford could do this. i am still paying on my truck at this time. my bank has been really helpful in this situation. i still the truck in my driveway, i was hoping someone could help me my situation. i dont know which is worse Ford Motor Company or my insurance company. total loss of vehicle, which was my transportion to and from work.

My f150 truck was burned up and is now totally damaged. I was never informed of any recall or any information about engine burns. My insurance paid the rest of my loan and I am left with nothing. I truly believe that this is a failure on Ford company to ensure all their consumers are aware of such unsafe situations about their products. Ford owes me a new truck or the equivalent amount.

I had to buy another truck, As nice as this my sound, Im a contractor and this is a heartship for me! As well as all i could fine was one that really don't fit my needs! I had just put 750.00 into the truck for ball joints. I guess the economic damage is the 400 per month i have to come up with. I don't sleep very much and worry alot more because of the money i need to come up with because of this.

By the time the firetrucks arrived (approx. 7 minutes) the entire front of the truck was involved and the truck ended up a total loss. In addition, my 2004 Chevrolet Silverado that was parked next to it, recieved over $5,000 worth of damage as the entire right side was melted and heat damaged. Additionally, the garage door that was 15 feet in fron of the F-150 was warped and all the vinyl siding on the garage face was melted.

Fortunately, no one was injured, however, there was only liability insurance on both vehicles, so they are a total loss. The house had insurance, but with a $1,000 deductible, little of the damage (estimated $3,000) is covered.

The sad thing is that it appears that Ford is taking no responsibility for the liability of their defective products. The loss of the 2 trucks amounts to $29,000 and there is a $1000 loss on the house. In addition, we are having to borrow a car and make do without a pickup. As my wife is a horse trainer, this is causing significant problems.

my wife drove her 1997 ford explorer to her sister's house and was there only 15 minutes when a passerby beat on the door to tell them the explorer was on fire. smoke was rolling out 2 slightly opened windows of the vehicle that was parked in the driveway. by the time the fire dept got there, the entire insides of the ford was either burned or damaged. the fireman said it appeared to them to be an electrical fire in the front of the interior. we only had liability insurance so the vehical was a total loss.

to this day my wife still has no car to drive since we are going thru economical cutbacks with my job. we never received any info from ford on a recall all the years we owned the suv. we just found about the problems with the cruise control and wiring problems and feel wronged just like all the other victims of this tradgedy. ford should definately reimbures victims but once again a large corporate company is going to slip away with no punishment, and we have to suffer.

2002 Ford F-150 burnt while sitting in driveway not running. Insurance said that it is a total loss. Insurance will pay off truck but now I have to come up with down payment and pay taxes on another car or truck.

I filled up my 1990 Ford E150 Econoline and went to talk to my neighbors after parking it at home. Within ten minutes my neighbour asked if she could fry some eggs on my van that was engulfed in flames.Please refer to your 1990 Ford E150 recall regarding fuel and ignition problems.

On 8/21/09, I was doing some last minute school shopping with my 5 year old daughter. I was in my father's 2001 Ford F150 and decided to stop at Target. While in the store I noticed the customers and empoloyees were talking about a car on fire. I walked down the aisle where I had parked and realized that the F150 was the one that started the fire and this fire spread and it took out 5 other vehicles. The firefighter and the investigator mention that it looks like the fire could have started due to recalls on Fords.

I called Steve at the Ford Service Center and I gave him my vin # in which he stated that the F150 had 2 recalls one for the seat belts and the other for the speed control sensor. My fathers truck only had liability insurance which I know the other vehicles will be taken care of, but due to a recall my father is now without a vehicle.

The truck had been parked since approximately 3pm yesterday afternoon. I was told by the firemen that there was a recall on these vehicles. The previous owner bought the vehicle new in 1995, but was unaware of any recall.

1999 Ford F-150 caught fire in the middle of the night outside residence. Talked with representative of Ford Motor Co. Was told it would be turned over to their legal deparment. Haven't heard anything.

I was involved in an accident with my 2009 Ford F150. The vehicle had 1800 kilometers on it. The accident was an off center left side collision with another F150 (1993 or 1994 model) at less than 60 kilometers per hour. My truck engine burst into flames on contact and my wife and I had about a minute to get out of the truck before the passenger compartment was filled with smoke. Both vehicles were destroyed in ten minutes. I lost the entire contents of my truck, tools and personal property. We were not physically injured but we are both very uncomfortable driving now and we have not had our truck replaced yet.

In May 2009, I drove my 2002 Ford Escape to Walgreens on Wynnton Road here in Columbus, Georgia to get some medication for my daughter. I had just parked my Escape and got out, and before I could make it into the store, my alarm started going off. So I walked back to my Escape and turned my alarm off and proceeded to go into the store. Well, after being in the store for about 10 minutes, I heard a call over the intercom about a green SUV on fire in the parking lot. When I walked out the store, my Escape was in full flames. I didn't have any signs that something was wrong with my Escape, because I wasn't smoking or making any funny sounds. The only thing that was shocking to me was when my alarm went off by itself due to the fact that it never happened before.

Now, all of the recalls that I've had had been done, and I kept my maintenance up on my Escape and am still unsure as to what caused it to catch on fire. I'm so thankful that my children and I were not still riding in the car at that moment. What is Ford going to do for the people, whom this has happened to? Now, I'm without a car, and I don't think it's fair to ignore people when a company should take the blame for their worthless products.

While at work as a paramedic I was in another county other than where I live , I recieved a call at 3:30 on the morning of May 17,2009 that My 2001 Ford f150 SuperCab 4X4 had burned to the ground. It also caused damage to my Hydra-Sports center console that was about 15ft away from it ,,,,,, This truck had not been driven for 3 days and had no previous problems .....

1999 ford F150 pick up parked in driveway for over 48 hours ignited brake fluid from sensor on master cylinder according to local fire department. waiting on word from Ford to see if they will assume all or part of responsibility. Truck is very damaged

On April 10, 2009, just before i went to bed, i heard a popping sound and looked out the front door. i saw what appreared to be flashes of light. immediatly after opening the front door, the smell of burning rubber hit me. i looked in the driveway and saw that my 2001 ford f-150 was on fire. thankfully the fire department responded in only 3 minutes. but by that time the damage was done. nothing that is rubber or plastic remains and my insurance has totaled my truck. thankfully no one was hurt.

i was told by my insurance that the damage to the house will have to be a seperate claim, leading me to not be so optomistic of the outcome. i spoke with for customer service and was told that there was a recall on that particular vehicle. also, the fire marshall said he had seen this before and thought it was caused by a faulty speed control. my insurance also said due to the age of my vehicle that there was no way to know the real cause of the fire. why is ford beyond reproach? why was this not announced on the world news? does it seem to anyone else that ford's secrecy should be punished? ford cannot enjoy continued impunity.

I arrived home at 9pm on Monday April 6 2009. I parked my 2000 Ford F150 in our driveway up against the garage about 4 feet from our front door. I was having trouble sleeping and I heard a noise outside. I looked out my bedroom window and saw nothing. About 30 minutes later I heard a noise that sounded like a pop so I got up again and looked out my window expecting it to be nothing, only this time my truck was on fire. Thank God I wasn't asleep. I yelled at my husband to wake up. I called 911 and grabbed up our children and pets as he tried to put the fire out. It was already to big and unmanageable.

We had to evacuate through the back of our house because the truck was parked right in front of the front door with flames taller than the house. My childrn were hysterical, just as the two of us probably were. As we waited 9 plus minutes for the fire department to arrive all we could do was listen to the horn blow spuratically along with the sounds of shattering glass and signs of explosions. All I could do was wait and wouder if the flames I saw above the roof had burned down the front of our home. Finally neighbors came down the ally along with the police to heelp us out of our back yard.

Our neighbors had to evacuate too. This happened around 2am. The fire department said we are lucky to be alive. They said our house should have been burned to the ground. Our neighbors said they saw our house on fire. Nobody can really explain why our home was still standing after the flames were extinguished. Our truck is atotal loss, our home needs repair, and my children have nightmares about housefires. Ford never sent us a recall notice. We didn't have a clue. How can anyone allow this to go on?

2000 Ford F150= total loss,electronic devices in truck i.e personal property burned; damage to garage and front porch

I have a 2001 Ford F150 that has 84,000 miles on it. Last night it blew a spark plug out of the right rear cylinder.It left no threads in the head and I was told it would cost $3000 to replace the head. It made a loud poping noise that scared the hell out of me and when I looked under the hood the plug blew out of the hole riping the coil out also. Why? I still owe $8000 on this truck and spark plugs fly out?

I had my mechanic install a heli coil for now but he says it won't last but it still cost $200 to install. Long term he said spend $3000 or sell the truck

My husband parked his 2007 Ford F150 Harley Davidson truck and when he returned 15 to 20 minutes later it was on fire. By the time the fire department got to it, it was a burnt from bumper to bumper. It appears the fire started in the front of the truck. We are not sure what happened because there isn't anything left to determine where it started. We are very grateful that it was not in our carport.

My son was burned to death while driving a Lincoln Mark VIII, The Car was recalled 7 months after his death. The cruise control switch was recovered and found to have internally failed.

On March 3, 2008, while my family and I were going to sleep at approximately 10:30 pm, one of my sons heard a loud pop and looked out a bedroom window to see that our front yard was lit up. My 2001 F-150 was totally engulfed in flames. It had been parked for 6 hours. That night was a very windy night and we fought hard to keep our house from catching fire. It burnt the eaves of our house and melted the inside of the garage door, but luckily the fire department was able to contain the fire. The bumper of my toyota was ruined while I tried to pull the vehicle away from the house. That was definitely a very trying and dramatic experience!!!!!

State Farm Insurance did pay for the truck, but not the damage to our home. They said that the damage to the house would have to be a seperate claim. The repairs still have not been done. Our truck was paid for and we did not receive notice of the faulty cruise control until after it burned down. We did receive one a few weeks later and my wife sent it back to them telling them that it was too late.

Thanks to Ford Motor Company we now have another note with Toyota Financial (definitely not FORD). We absolutely did not want another note. Our goal was to pay off bills, but again thanks to FORD, that is impossible (at least for another 4 years). I have been unemployed for 2 months (like a lot of other people that live in Southeast Texas) and this extra major bill is causing a tremendous hardship and was totally uncalled for.

Ford should have to pay to the hardworking consumers of our great country for such irresponsible actions on their part. We were told that since our truck was more than 4 years old, they were not responsible. That truck had never given us a single minutes trouble at all, and still had many years left before it would have needed major repairs. A motor or transmission would have been minor things compared to the 5 year note that we acquired. If the companies in our country would be held more responsible to the consumers, we would not have to stay in debt nearly as bad, and the economy might would see daylight.

my 2001 ford f 150 truck caught on fire while parked and was completely distroyed along with all my tools and business and personal belongings

while my mothers ford escape was parked in the garage the neighbor came over screaming call 911 your garage is on fire. well in burnt the the garage that's only 1 year old. burnt the 2001 which is now totaled. the insurance company told her that they won't cover it because it only had liabilty on it. house insurance covered the garage. now she doesn't have a vehicle. lemon law lawyer said there is no case. i don't have any idea what else to do

she's a senior citizen and now doesn't have a vehicle to take herself and my elderly grandmother to all their appointments. or just the freedom that they wait to get when you have raised your family and it's finally your turn in life to do what you please. i really believe that this is ford's fault. so i need to know what else is left for me to do for her. please help me. thank you

Our Ford Van E-250 (1994) burst into flames today. It was parked next to our motorhome. My husband was working out of town and staying in the motorhome. The van had been parked early in the evening approx. 4 feet from the RV. He was awakened by a passer-by at 5am and found the front end in flames. He was able to move the RV and watch the van and its contents go up in flames. The fire dept arrived and was unable to save anything.

No one was hurt except for the vehicle was completely destroyed with inventory and contents in the thousands. My husband will lose what time he spends renting another vehicle and replacing his inventory. The RV was scorched and smoke damage. The fire department did a quick conclusion of unknown origin. Ford has been no help so far, although it has been only a few hours. It sure sounds like the cruise control recall issue. Consumers should be warned.

1999 For Expedition was serviced and parked inside our repair shop over the weekend on November 10, 2007. Sunday night, my 3,000 sq repair shop was completely burnt. Both fire investigator suspected the Ford ignited the fire. They found cruise controll switch only and sent out for test as Ford ask, and could not prove the switch was faulty. So our damage was not recovered as we expected. We are sufffering the resulting loss of our business and equipments.

Our business was servicing neighbor for the last 10 years since I owned, the business was doing over 1 million volume. We lost all the income and property. I am looking for some one may step in to get recovery from Ford.

The 2008 Ford Escape my grandparents owned, caught fire in the garage of their home. The car had not been driven for two days. My grandfather smelled smoke, then saw smoke coming into the kitchen, from the garage. When he opened the garage door, he saw a heavy black smoke and flames coming through the grill of the car and shooting out from underneath the car. He went back into the living room and grabbed my grandmother (who just finished chemotherapy for lymphoma) they ran out the front door and just made it to the street when the explosion occurred.

They stood in 25 degree weather in their pajamas and watched their house burn to the ground. They were lucky to escape with their lives, as they had been out of the house less than three minutes when the car exploded and blew up the garage. If the fire in the car had started an hour or so earlier, they would have been sleeping and surely would have perished in the fire.

My grandmother turned 88 years old the day after the fire and my grandfather is 90. They will be married 70 years in August. They lost everything.

Bought a used F250 April 08 from individual. In Nov 08 truck caught on fire about 5 minutes after I turned it off. Totaled by insurance but still owe several thousand dollars to bank! Then got recall notice in January 09! Too late. Ford needs to pay off the balance I owe on the Ford F250 that is gone!

I am still maing monthly payments on a totaled truck due to fire risk that I did not know about til this month!

At 2:30 AM this morning, I awoke to a fire alarm in my fiance's townhouse. The house was consumed with smoke coming from the garage. I called 911 and we learned from the fire department that my 2002 Ford Escape caught fire in the garage. It had been sitting parked in the garage for hours. I am very thankful that the sprinkler system in the garage saved our house, the units next to us as well as our lives.

Water damage to the garage walls and another car. Garage door needs to be replaced and the home's carpets need to be serviced/replaced.

My truck started smoking up under the dash, then my truck caught on fire in the engine area. Now its totalled.

My 1996 F150 4x4 Eddie Bauer pkg. erupted in flames. I parked the truck in our driveway at 330pm. At about 300am a neighbor woke us up and said our truck was on fire. Thank GOD we have cement board siding! or our house would've gone up too. My truck was in great condition, and had only 72000 miles on it. I won't get but 6-7k from insurance for it and it was paid off. This sucks. I don't have the money to buy another vehicle either.

On January 10,2009 My fiance and I was at home getting ready for bed he was getting ready to get in the shower about 10:30p.m. and I had just put our 15 month old son to bed around 10:00 p.m. When my 4yr old boxer started acting weird he was barking and running back and forth from our front door to our bedroom window so my fiance looked out our bedroom window and seen our 2006 ford expedition on fire he yelled for me and then he went outside to get the vehicle away from our house it was sitting about 3 to 5ft beside our front of our house. He was able to get it away from our house

I vehicle is a complete loss. It it wasnt for our dog the house would have burnt down and my 15 month old son would have been hurt. i had problems with vehicle since about 6 months after I bought it. i was even at ford for smoke coming from under the hood and the smell of burning plastic they just blew it off. They acted like I was just a crazy lady. I think ford need to take responsible for this. Theres so much that could have happen because of this vehicle

My fiance hand was burnt ut not bad. He hurt his shoulder and hit his head while trying to save our house

I bought a new ford from the dealership in 2005 it was a 2005 ford f150 and in 2007 my $40,000 truck burned in my front yard the fire dept says it was due to the cruise control.Needlss to say I lost my truck that day and nearly lost my house and we never received not one recall notice.Thank god my wife and three kids were not in the truck!!!

My 1998 Ford Windstar Van had electrical fire (wiring harness)which totaled the van according to the fords investigator. I recently put in aprox. 3500.00 in repairs ect.New front end - New muffler sys. New tires.

Burned wiring harness and solenoids - wires ect

My husband was awakened by my neighbors son who had been banging on the window for a few minutes, trying to get my husband to wake up. My husband woke up, to find the neigbor at the window, telling him to get out of the house. He busted in my son's room and got him out and as they both ran out of the back door, the house went up in flames. My Grand Marquise which is a Ford product, caught on fire under our carport at 2:00 A.M. My neighbor heard a horn blowing and thought is was the buglar alarm on the car and when he looked out, there were flames coming from the front of the car.

We lost our car that night, but we also lost our home and everything in it. Our home burned down to the ground and nothing, I mean nothing could be saved.

Ford admitted that it was a faulty cruise control and said that they were taking full liability. We have NEVER recovered anything from Ford still today, December 23, 2008. They have never replace our vehicle, we had to build a new home, they have never paid us anything for that, not the mention that every year on July 6, at 2:00 a.m. my husband and son both wake up screaming, The house is on Fire get out they are both sound asleep and for the last three years at the exact time of the fire, they automatically wake up.

My daughter who has just made 17 years old, has to take sleeping pills every night to help her sleep, because she dreams that her daddy and her brother are dying in a fire. Will Ford get away with this. I hope not. If there is any help or information that you can give me, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

We lost our car, our home, everything that we owned, nothing could be saved. The fire was so intense that the pipes under our cement slab burst. We lost everything.

A 2001 for navigator master cylinder caught on fire in the garage of a employee of mine.where my truck was parked in front of the garage.the house caught on fire my truck also was involved.all was a total loss.my employee band his family barely made it out of the fire.my truck and all my tools were destroyed in total about 22000 in damages on my truck alone.the loss of tools and truck my lively hood 20.000 in lost work and time.infinity offered me 300 dollars.the home owners insurance company said my truck isnt covered.

I was travelling home from Houston, Tx. when my 1998 expedition erupted into flames. when I pulled off the expressway, the locking mechanism shut-down and it took me about three to four minutes to free myself. in the process, I severely damaged my shoulder and knee.I'm due to have surgery on my shoulder in a few weeks. It was a very scary situation. I really feared for my life. the vehicle completely burned up. I've been told that my right arm will never be 100% again. I've taken my vehicle in for a recall once, but evidently that did not remedy the problem.

I have a 2007 Ford F-150, purchased new in April of 2007. On July 3, 2008, the vechicle was driven to work by my daughter and parked at 6:00 am. At 1:10 p.m. when she went to leave work, she unlocked and opened the door and there were flames coming from the passenger side vent of the dash. Fire department was called and fired was extinguished.

The dash from the radio are over topassnger side is pretty much gone. The front seat, ceiling and middel floor area are completely damaged. The windshield cracked due to heat. A portion of the ouside of the vehicle over the windshield is charred.

2000 excursion burst into flames. Ford did NOTHING to fix situation, Said if ins was involved they didn;t want to hear about it. I have owned mANY Fords before. NEVER AGAIN! I Bought a Chevy Silverado today, I would have considered another Ford had they gave an ounce of sympathy as the cruise control was their fault nOT mine. I paid $42,000 for my excursion and loved it until I realized that Ford really does mean Found on the Road dead,They hould be accountable!

Total Loss!

while i was at work at about 1 in the afternoon i received a call from my wife that our truck (a 1997 ford f-150) had caught fire (while parked in oure driveway for 3 days) because of the speed control. i had recived a recal from ford about it but didnt realy think much about it because i used the truck for work purposes only and had only used the speed control a couple of times. about 2 or 3 weeks later i received another recal form that said youre vehicle will catch fire.

the fire killed the whole garden next to it, and melted part of my sons dirtbike. it warped, melted, and burned everything from the front bumper to the back of the cab. we also noticed that it almost caught the house on fire.

On 10/11/08 I was headed to a catering event for 1000 people and my 2001 Ford F350 caught fire under the left side of the engine compartment. We went through 3 fire extinguishers and it was still burning. The fire was so hard to get to that when the fire truck arrived they took a circular saw threw the hood to put the fire out. Thank goodness I was able to recover just about everything and no one was hurt.

I no longer have a truck to pull my trailer. I am waiting on the insurance company to tell me the good or bad news.

I bought a Ford F-150 pick up from a private party in my town about a yr ago.. and he never told me about any recall nor did i even hear of it.

Oct 7 2008 I parked my truck at work at 3:40 pm and by 4:20 pm a code red came across intercom sayin code red in parkin lot and when we went out to see there sat my truck in flames all in the engine

2003 Eddie Bauer Ford Expedition Up in Flames On the morning of June 23, 2008, we were woken up at 5am by the sound of the horn going off on the 2003 Expedition. It had been parked since 7pm the night before in the driveway. Upon looking outside, the car was engulfed in flames. It burned the garage up, caught fire to a new Toyota Avalon parked next to it, and melted the side view mirror off an Audi parked about 15ft away the heat was so intense.

Today we just got the cause of fire from the investigators at the fire department - CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH! And Ford says the recall didn't affect 2003 Expeditions. The fire department found out the car was manufactured at the end of 2002 and sold as a 2003! 2003's Need to be included in the recall for this reason! This fire could have killed us or burned the entire house down before the fire department got there.

Consequences: Loss of work from smoke inhalation, dealing with insurance for the house & car, having the garage rebuilt, friend's car was not covered by the insurance on the Ford nor home owner's insurance, 4 months for everything to be repaired/rebuilt, rental car hassle -and rental was only covered for a short period of time and it took longer to receive a check for the replacement.

Will never own a Ford again. We are working with an attorney on a class action lawsuit.

2001 Lincoln Navigator caught on fire. 10/01/2008 at 10:15 p.m. my vehicle was parked in the driveway having been driven last at 11:00 a.m. that morning. We tried to extinguish the fire with 3 fire extinguishers, but only managed to keep the flames low enough to move the other vehicles from the area. By 11:00 p.m. the fire department had extinguished the fire. The Fire Marshall investigated the car for arson, but ruled the fire as a faulty cruise control switch.

At this time we have lost our only vehicle. We have 2 school aged children and my husband has numerous health issues that need constant trips to the doctor's office. The insurance company said that at least 30 days will pas before we recieve a settlement from them. We purchased this vehicle in late July 2007. We were never told about a faulty switch nor did we recieve a recall notice.

Until my 1995 Ford Ranger caught fire while I was driving, I was unaware of the Ford fire epidemic. My girlfriend and I were heading out shopping making one stop for soda when we noticed the smell of burning plastic. I assumed there was a house fire until my gas pedal went limp and dropped to the floor. At that point I had no choice but to coast off the road where upon my girl pointed out the flames under the hood.

By some stroke of luck a tow-truck-driver saw us immediately and pulled over with an extinguisher to save the day (not the truck). The only good I can see is that no one died or even got hurt and that it happened less than a mile from my house.

the truck was my only mode of transport for my two roomates, my girl and myself. My job requires mobility that public transport can't provide

On 9/27/08 my Ford Focus caught on fire. My friend was driving the car & she said there was smoke coming from under the hood. Lucky she was 2 minutes away from the house, she ran downstairs to get me & by the time I saw the car, it was engulfed in flames!

Ford should take full responsible of this as there are plenty of other people whose car's have caught on fire.
Engine caught on fire, total loss

This September 5th 2008, while my husband and I were at work, our Bronco that we had just purchased in late March burst into flames and caught our garage on fire. 2 days after the fire we learned that there was a recall for the cruise control deactivator switch and that our specific vehicle had not been repaired and that the dealership was issued a recall notice 2 mo prior to our purchase of the vehicle. They never mentioned anything about a recall or a fire hazard.

Our two beloved dogs, Rocky and Junior were caught in the fire and killed. We also lost 1 motorcycle, 1 dirtbike, and countless other activity gear and family mementos. The garage thankfully was detached from the house so the house was barely touched. But the garage is completely demolished and we need to rebuild it.

I brought 1999 Expedition After getting tags it burn up in 12 hours. I am a single mother of 5 kids but now Ford won't return my phone calls after getting all pictures and reports from police, I don't know what to do, now my car is getting reposess Due to this vechile I have to pay for cause by Mel H. fault because when the last owner took Expediation in they never disconnect cruise control.

Depression, loss to house, Avon products plus having to dream of what happen.

I have a 1997 ford f 150 that was parked in my driveway while i was away from home the truck caught on fire and if it had not been for my dog waking my two daughters my house would have burnt with them sleeping in it.

The truck is a total loss and it scorched the front porch on my house

well for starters my whole truck (expedition 20000) burned down to the ground and took six other cars with not as bad as mine, only thing that is left from my truck is he shell and the back tires and my license plate

my truck is gone for one, and i also burned up six other cars and damaged a parking garage

MY 1998 FORD EXPLOXER CAUGHT ON FIRE AT 1:00 AM WHILE I WAS SLEEPING. If the fire dept didn't get there when they did my whole truck would've exploded and my apartment, where the truck was parked in front of my bedroom window.

Truck is damaged.

I had a 1998 2Dr Ford Explorer that i was paying $275.92 a month for to Carmax. On June 17, 2008 I came to work like normal. My truck drove good to work and i hadn't had any problems out of it lately. I got to work at 8:26 a.m. Next thing i know the building manager came to my office and asked me my name and told me the fire department was looking for me because my truck had caught on fire. i was in shock for hours. I couldn't believe it. i had heard that ford vehicles could do that but I still didn't believe it.

When I got outside the front end of my truck was out of there. The inside was heavly smoked damaged and the truck ended up being a total loss. I immediately called my insurance company (Farmers) and all they did was pay what I still owed to carmax which was $3,859 and gave me a $57 check. Apparently Farmers goes by the private kelly blue book price not the retail value of the vehicle.

then i thought carmax would have given me some sort of incentive for paying my truck off early but nope. The sed i was actually getting a deal because if i had waited to finish paying it off I would have been paying way more than the $3859. *whatever*! Now I am stuck without a vehicle and no money for a down payment on a vehicle. My insurance company has yet to tell me the cause of the fire but if they find out it was due to ford's recall then they are going to go after ford themselves and see about getting their money back. Farmers told me I couldn't go after ford myself because nobody or nothing was hurt.

What about my vehicle? That was something that was hurt. I am so frustrated. i went ahead and got in contact with ford via e-mail a couple of days ago and they asked me for certain information. Now I have yet to hear back from them. i don't know what to do.

No vehicle and no money for a down payment on another vehicle. My car was a total loss.

2000 Ford triton 5.4 w/ 90,000 miles....Never abused and lots of care! The complete valve train on drivers side went up in smoke! The plug ejected and left me stranded! This is my second Ford w/ internal engine failure! Never Again Ford. What good is a nice comfortable Ford ride when the engine blows up!

After driving my 2000 Ford f-150 for approx. 25 miles, I parked behind my carport. About 4 hours, the truck caught fire under the hood and since noone was home at the time, the vehicle was completely destroyed. The fire investigator said that the fire had clearly started on the drivers side in the area of the Master Cylinder. The Truck is a total loss ,but fortunately , there was little other property damage due to the excellent response by our fire fighters

I was coming back from the grocery store and I stopped to grab my trash cans when I smelled something burning under the hood of my 2000 F150. I pulled up next to my house and shut the truck off. All of the sudden flames started coming out from underneath the hood against the windshield before I could even shut the door. I ran in my house to get my fire extinguisher and used it up on the flames to no avail. I then ran around the corner of my house to get my waterhose and then heard a loud boom and looked over to see flames bursting out of my truck 20 feet high(all this happened within minutes). I then immediately called 911, and they sent out the fire department and a cop. It took them about 5 minutes to get there and put out the flames, which were still roaring at 15-20 feet tall. Most of my engine,cab and front end were burnt up. The truck is completly totaled. This all happened at about 9:45pm on March 12,2008. I've had all recalls fixed by a Ford certified dealer. I had the truck for almost two and a half years and it always ran fine and had no problems. I am guessing it had something to do with the recalled part, since my story is similar to other peoples who had the problem. I only had liability insurance on it because I could not afford full coverage, therefore I am not being compensated for my truck. My homeowners insurance does not cover it either. Also ruint in the truck was several hundred dollars in personal items. If there is any way I can get some compensation from Ford I would like to try.

In August of 2007, my insurance had lapsed on my 2001 Ford F-150 SuperCrew. I decided to park the truck while I could straighten out my finances. The truck had been parked for approximently five days and on the fifth day, the truck burst into flames. Luckily, my mother was home, and heard the explosion coming from outside. When she ran outside, she saw the flames coming from under the hood of the truck. Thankfully, she pulled out the hose and called 911 and had the fire put out before it burned the house and the truck.

My ford f-150 2002 burnt to the ground after being park in my front yard.

Instant loss of power assist to brake system on 2005 F150 Ford PU with 5.4L engine. Drove truck home afternoon of 1/1/08 ariving at 3:45 pm. Had no problem with the brakes in route. I went back out to crank up truck to leave an hour later. When I started the engine, white smoke emerged from under the hood. I quickly turned off the engine and checked under the hood for a fire but found nothing burning. After smoke cleared I restarted the engine. No more smoke was visible so I moved the truck forward a few feet and noticed I had to stand on the brake pedal to get it to stop. I turned off the engine and let it sit for a few minutes and restarted the engine and again moved the truck a few feet but still had no brakes to speak of. It appears the brake power booster has quit working properly.

January 22, 2008. 2001 Ford Expedition XLT caught on fire and destroyed in our driveway. After driving the vehicle for approximately 20 minutes it was parked in the driveway. Approximately 1 hr later (3:30pm) the engine compartment was on fire and became engulfed within minutes. Fortunately the vehicle was not in the garage. A neighbors daughter saw the fire and her dad and a friend came to our house and helped put out tht fire with a garden hose before it could catch fire to the front of our house. We were home when this happened, but did not know about the fire until the neighbor came to grab the hose in the front yard. The fire department indicated that the origin of the fire was on the drivers side of the vehicle near and around master cylinder.

Insurance company has not yet completed the investigation, however there is no doubt this vehicle is a complete loss.

On Friday, Jan 11, 2008 my husband came home from work at 5:30 and parked his 2001 F-150 Supercrew in the driveway. He and my 3 year old son were at home. My husband was getting ready to get in the shower when he heard someone banging on the front door - by the time he got to the peep hole no one was there so he went back to the bathroom to resume his shower, he then heard another knock at the door and again went to see who was at the door, again...no one. Our 6 yr old lab was acting crazy, running up and down the hall barking like crazy. She is what alerted my husband to investigate further. He went into the bedroom of our 11 year old daughter and looked out front to the driveway and saw that his truck was fully engulfed in flames. It had been parked for about 45 minutes when the fire broke out. Our garage door and siding on the front of our house was pretty damaged but thank god not destroyed. The truck on the other hand is a total loss. My husbands truck is also part of the Ford recall. When we got the letter regarding the recall we called Ford and they said that they didn't have the part that was required to fix it but that since our cruise control wasn't working (It had stopped working about 2 mths before the fire) it must already be disconnected and we should be fine. Fires are rare so I wouldn't worry is what we were told. From the sounds of all these stories they are not as rare as they would like the consumer to believe. I am just thankful that my husband and my son are safe.

In 2005 our 2001 ford f-150 caught on fire and our house all was destroyed. We lost everything in the house. That's when we had heard about the cruise control causing fires. Now 3 years later Jan 2008 our other 2001 ford f-150 engine caught on fire and melting the siding off our house before the house was burnt down again.

2004 Ford F-150 FX-4 truck burns up while driving. This just happened this weekend. Fire got so hot, it melted the windshield, burned through the firewall into the cab. Total loss. I had my daughter in the back seat, and had a difficult time getting her out, due to the fact that the electrical stuff on the truck would not function....namely the door locks. I had to break out a window to get her out!!!!

Car was totalled. Modular Home siding melted along with porch buckling and carport fried.

On August 28, 2007 my 2001 Ford F-150 SuperCrew pick-up truck started on fire after having sat in my driveway for five hours. The fire, though attended to quickly by our fire department, consumed the engine, engine compartment, firewall, front-end, etc. The truck was in my driveway and the fire also affected my home.

The Ford 2001 F-150 SuperCrew was a complete loss. There is approximately $5,000 damages to our house. My wife and I missed work time dealing with the clean-up and dealing with contractors. The fire will have to be disclosed to prospective buyers of our home and will lessen the future value of our home.

My brother in law's 2007 Ford F150 caught fire in his drive-way and burnt to the ground. He just brought his brand new baby girl home 3 hours before. We were all sleeping in the house, when my sister woke to some sort of lights outside, as she went to the window she saw the Ford engulfed in 100 foot flames. My husband ran outside got the water hose to put the fire out. By the time the fire department got there, the truck was a pile of ash. If my sister would have never woke up, we could not even be here today because the truck would have caught the house on fire. They were never sent a recall in the mail or when they purchased the truck 6 months ago, nothing was ever talked about regarding this recall. Now they are out of a vehicle. My sister got the whole thing on video tape, we have already contacted a lawyer and are pursuing our case. I can't even imagine how a huge car company can sell death traps like this and get away with it.

spark plug blew out of cylinder head. no assistance through or extended warranty ford sold me.

My F150 burnt to the ground early thrusday morning and it is beleive a recall is the problem. I no longer have a vechile to drive and i am awaiting my insurance company to settle.

On Aug 31, 2007 My 1995 Ford F150 caught on fire and completely burnt out the engine compartment & cab interior. The truck was parked at the back of the house and hadn't been run for 10 hours.

driving down freeway smoke filled the cab pulled over call 911 then it caught on fire total the truck fire was caused by cruise control it was a 91 ford f150

My 2001 Ford F-150,caught on fire while it was parked. I called Ford and they said I would be receiving a letter from consumraffairs in a couple of days. But they would not give me any other information. I need them to tell me what they are going to do concerning my truck.

I own a 2000 Ford F150. It was parked in my driveway and suddenly caught fire in the engine compartment. The entire front of the vehicle was blazing by the time I got to it with a water hose. With the help of neighbors we were able to put the fire out before it got to my house. I have a friend that is a tech for Ford. After inspection he informed me that the cause was from having the bad speed control switch. It's ironic because I had just received a recall notice from Ford a week prior and had not opened it yet. The truck was almost paid off. Now I have a almost paid for pile of ash parked in my driveway. At least I was not driving it at the time.

my 2005 ford 150 pick up truck was parked in the driveway on 12/21/06 when the engine caught fire. the truck was off and the engine had not been running for approx. 1 hour before it caught fire.

The truck was a total loss. Fire marshall stated the fire originated in the engine compartment. Geico ins. company paid off the remaining balance on the truck and the settlement was far below the KBB and also the NADA value. I was without a vehicle and could not work for two weeks.

Also, the property where the truck was parked was damaged as well and the home owner's insurance company is seeking damages from me. As Geico ins. did not pay the property damage. Photos of the Truck available as well as Fire marshall report available.

1997 Ford F150 Truck was sitting in the parking lot at work and caught fire. It had not been started for several hours. There was know current problem with the truck and it was runing ok. According to Ford recall web site there where no outstanding recalls. The VIN # is 1FTDX1762VKA40217.

On July 4th, 2007 we took our family to the beach to enjoy the holiday. We parked our 2000 Ford F-150 truck and withing 30 minutes it was completely engulfed in flames. We have had this truck since day one and have never had any problems or been notified of any recalls affecting our make and model. We have always kept up with regular maintenence and the truck was in great running condition. After the fire we became immediately aware of the factory recalls that went out on this vehicle by all of the shared stories of bystanders and their similar experiences or those of loved ones. Ford Motor company does not accept any responsibility for these fires and the costs to replace the vehicles.

Out truck was totalled and now we are left without a vehicle. We worked hard to keep this vehicle in good shape and we payed it off last year prior to my husband retiring from the Air Force. Because it is not a daily driver we recently reduced our insurance from full coverage to liability and now we are completly out of luck and out of a vehicle. Our family had camping reservations made a year ago that we needed the truck for and now we will have to cancel that as well of course nonrefundable. We purchased new tires for the truck 11 months ago for 1000.00 and that is lost as well.

While driving my 2006 F150 Lariat home with my son on the highway (6/26/07), smelled smoke/burning smell. Another motorist driving past us told us there were flames coming out of the front. We pulled over and when my son opened the pasengers side door there were flames coming up from under the truck, he shut the door and got out the drivers side. In minutes the entire truck was engulfed in flames. A total loss. Highway was shut down. Lost everything, including all the tools in the back for work. Dealership is unresponsive. Never had any work done to the vehicle in past. Always current with oil changes and upkeep.

Bought a 2004 Ford F150 4X4 XLT. Had it for 3 years with no problems had done all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. On 12 June 2007 at 3:20am the engine caught fire and destroyed the truck. I drove the truck at 5:00 the previous day for 1 hour and parked it at 6:00pm that night. The truck was running fine with no problems or anything it just caught fire as it sat on the street. The truck is a total loss. I will be contacting Ford in the morning conserning this issue.

I own a 2001 Ford F150 that caught on fire due to a faulty starter and now the insureance won't cover it and ford won't take responsibility. What are my options?

$4,600.00 worth of damage to the body and engine from the fire.

My son's 2002 Ford F-150 caught fire & burnt up in my driveway on May 5th,2007. The fire dept. was called to put out the fire & said it looks as though the fire started around the master cylinder. The fire dept. investigator states the origin of the fire to be similar as the fireman.

Since the fire, I've been told about a recall on this vehicle due to fires linked to the cruise control switch mounted on the master cylinder. I purchased this vehicle from a used car lot 6 months ago & was NEVER told about this recall by Ford or the seller.

I found out after the fire.It totalled the truck, did extensive damage to my driveway (driveway was stained, scored,&sealed about a year ago for thousands of dollars),plus lost many added features in truck(Stereo,amp,speakers,alarm system,new tires,shocks,ect). The conversation I've had with Ford (Steve),seems to be stringing me along,downplaying their responsibility,if any, & it's very frustrating.

After sending them many pictures taken immediately after the fire(they look identical to previous fires started the same way), a picture of leaking brake fluid on my driveway just prior to fire,the same 5A fuse blowing a number of times(causing inability to shift gearshift),they will send out their invetigator to look at vehicle. I should be contacted by him within a week.

When I first reported this to Ford, I was told to file it with my car insurance(I have liability only), then told to file under home owners insurance($3200 deductible). I said it was your responsibility,not theirs.

I just wanted to add my experience with the Ford F-Series fires. On 5/11/07, I parked my 2001 F250 around 11:30 p.m. No prior troubles with this vehicle, and had just turned 105K miles. I brought my dogs inside for the night at almost exactly 1:00 a.m., which requires me to stand outside within six feet of my truck for a few minutes. No smell of any kind of smoke at that time was present that would have indicated a smoldering fire (I have worked as firefighter for twenty years and would have recognized even the faintest odor).

Around 1:30 a.m., a loud boom awakened me from my sleep. I ran outside to find my truck showing flame from the driver's side of the engine compartment. I know the first explosion I heard was NOT the driver's side tire exploding from the fire because I was outside on the phone with 911 when the tire blew. Within the six minutes before the arrival of the fire department, the entire engine compartment and most of the cab was engulfed. I am extremely thankful that my house, only six feet away, did not become involved, and it was only by divine intervention that I wasn't parked inside the carport that night.

On 5-7-07, my son drove his 1997 Ford F150 home from school and parked it in his spot in the garage. Within 20 minutes, we heard his horn going off steadily. I went to the garage to verify the noise and the truck was engulfed in flames! I screamed for my husband who grabbed a fire extinguisher. My son grabbed his key. My husband was able to put the truck into neutral (while it was on fire and he was still spraying it down) and we rolled it out of the garage by pushing on the back seat of the vehicle. My husband was able to put out the flames before the fire dept. arrived. My son's beautiful truck is ruined. The garage was covered in soot although there was no other damage to our home. My husband contacted Ford and they say they stopped paying on these types of situations and we should go through our insurance company. Because of the age of the truck and the mileage (80,000), with our deductible, we'll end up with very little money and not be able to replace this vehicle. My son is heartbroken. Ford should be ashamed. I'm still shaking from the incident days later. It was just horrifying to see the black smoke in the garage and the flames shooting from the vehicle.

After my wife went on a quick shopping trip to the local supermarket, she parked the vehicle in front of our house. Within about 10 minutes, we hear a loud pop. I looked out the front window and a thick cloud of smoke was coming out from under the hood.

I grabbed a fire extingusher and rushed out to the vehicle. I could not open the hood or get too close to the vehicle due to the flames and smoke that was pouring out. I emptied the fire extinguisher from under the front of the vehicle, but the flames did not go out. I ran to the garage for a second extinguisher and did the same with the same results.

My wife called 911 and by the time the fire department arrived about 10 minutes later, the vehicle was completely engulfed and our house was singed by the flames and heat.

Luckily, no one was injured and the fire was put out in time with minimal damage to our house.
The vehicle is totally destroyed..

Shame on the Ford motor company for producing a product that has this type of life threating defect.

On June 30,1999, my 1995 Ford F150 caught on fire at 11:15pm.after being parked in our driveway for at least 7 hours. Our son heard the loud explosion and came running into our bedroom to tell us that there was a fire in our driveway and he had heard a loud explosion.

When my wife and I ran out side, we saw our truck and front of our home totally engulfed in flames. We called 9-1-1. Fire rescue came out and put the fire out and started an investigation.

The report from the fire inspector stated that it was an electrical fire. Not only did this cost us $2000.00 in deductables,but we only got $9000.00 for a truck that was worth $12,000.00 and then we were charged for it.

The insurance company would not allow us to change insurance companys because of the claim and also increased our rates in order to pay back the money that they did give us!

Not only was the driveway and the front of the house damaged but so was the carpet in the house and the walls were smoke damaged. We were treated like criminals,and even asked by the insurance agent if WE started the fire on purpose!

I was totally appauled by such accusations. We kept the truck in showroom condition. I have never gotten any kind of letter from Ford acknowledging the problem or letting us know of any recalls.

I feel as though I should be compensated for the losses that we experience and the Ford Motor Company should stand up and take responability for their faulty vehicles, afterall, they didn't have a problem taking my money when I bought the truck! Many pictures were taken of the remains and damage.

I own a 2000 Ford F-150. I walked outside and my truck was on fire under the hood. I was able to get the fire out, but the Ford dealership said its going to take atleast $5,300 or more to fix just the mechanical and wiring damage. I have not got a price on the body damage. The fire was started through the cruise control switch that I later found has had a recall on it for starting such fires. I asked Ford about there responsibilities in paying for the damages. They said they are not responsible and they are not going to pay for any of it. They said they sent out 5 recall notices, and that reliefes them of any responsibilities. I never recieved any recall notices, they may have went to the previous owner. I bought the vehicle from the Ford dealership used in late 03' or early 04'.

I also have a 2003 Ford Expedition. Three weeks ago it blew a spark plug at just over 80,000 miles. Fortunately, my wife was not on the freeway when it happened. We have a premium warranty service on the vehicle but they have refused to pay for the repair.

We heard a loud pop and then a terrible noise from the engine. We had a spark plug blow out of the engine on our 2002 Ford F250 Laredo Crew cab Truck. Luckily we were close to a mechanic shop. The mechanic put another spark plug in and said that it will blow again. It will cost over $2,500.00 to fix it he says. We can't afford to pay that. So we have to take the chance it will happen again. Isn't that a safety issue? I think Ford should have to fix it.I see that alot of people are having this problem. Should'nt there be a recall?

It will cost over $2,500.00 to fix it.

My 2001 f-150 4 door caught on fire feb07, i contacted ford and they have no reason why they dont want to be responsable for it, it did have a recall.my husband had just bought me the truck while serving in afghanistan then it was really hard getting a nice truck for once and then for it to catch on fire, i only had liability on it unfortunally , oh and no lawyer wants to take my case because they said something or someone had to catch on fire with the truck, so if anyone can help me i would really appreciate it

I have a 2000 Ford Expedition that also has blown out a spark plug.Since I am a diesel mechanic I rented a tool and repaired it myself.My worry now is when will the next one blow out? Probably in the middle of nowhere on a holiday.

I don't think I can trust the vehicle to go very far from home or to send the family on a trip and not worry about them.I tried to trade it off before the spark plug blew out but it seems that everyone knew but me that it was a 5.4 Triton and two dealers offered me $1200. for a very clean Expedition that I still owe $7800 on,when they had one exactly like it on their lot for $12995.

Bottom line is I have a nice suv that I cant trade in, trust to use as intended,or sell without feeling guilty about having given a problem to someone else.

I have a 2003 Ford Expedition that has 39K miles the check engine light came on and it ran rough this weekend. I took it to a mechanic and he told me that his diagnostics indicate that cylinder #4 is misfiring and it might be the plug or the coil and it cost $200 to replace because it is very hard to get at; it is in the bottom of the engine. This is the 2nd time this happened the 1st time the truck was under warrantee with only 27K miles from reading all the customers comments and experience. It seems that Ford has an issue with plugs.

Blew #3 spark plug out of the head on my 1997 Ford Expedition. The dealer wants $2400 for repair, $4200 for head replacement, or $5500 for a long block engine replacement.

So far, $200 towing cost and $90 dealer evaluation cost, plus loss of vehicle for 2-weeks (so far).

You recently published my complaint about Ford spark plug blowouts I now have some info. I would like you to pass on. You have had many people from Minnesota that have had this problem and they need to contact Minnesota Attorney General's Office 1400 Bremer Tower 445 Minnesota Street St. Paul, MN 55101 (651) 296-3353 (800) 657-3787 TTY:(651) 297-7206 TTY:(800) 366-4812 to file a complaint against Ford, I have done so and they said they would contact Ford on my behalf to try and resolve this issue. The more people that contact them the better case they can present. Please let people in other states know to contact thier Attorney Generals. Thank you.

My local Ford dealer said right off the bat that it looked like a fire originating at the cruise control.

My cold 2000 F250 Super Duty 4dr self ignited in my driveway. Thank goodness I had a hose nearby and noticed the smoke coming out of the driverside wheelwell while walking my dog. If I hadn't my house would have gone up in flames.

My local Ford dealer said right off the bat that it looked like a fire originating at the cruise control and gave me an estimate of aprox. $5,000 that they filed with Ford, and told me it looked open and shut and not to worry, they would take care of the formalities with Ford and get back with me and hopefully have my truck back to me in about three weeks. Ford asked for an inspection by a local regional, who took pictures and filed a report to their home office proved to be the begining of my happy ending.

I filed a complaint with Ford's Detroit office about the same time, who inturn spoke with the regional office, who spoke with the regional office and manager again after I filed a complaint with Detoit when it was turned down the first time. Oddly enough when I spoke with the complaint line in Detoit while filing for a review of the decision after being told I was turned down for repairs by my Ford dealer,(who was quite surprised), the lady with whom I spoke with in Detroit was very nice and quite sympathetic, and was kind enough to read back to me the initial report from the field.

I only wish I had recorded my conversation. They admitted the guilt, but questioned whether it was worth fixing. Following my review of Ford's decision not to fix my vehicle, the story changed to the argument that the cause of the fire was indeterminable due to the extensive damage. There was no mention of guilt. My advise from Ford's complaint desk was to turn it into my insurance co.

I was told by the Ford employee that I would most likely be paid for my loss, and you know that Ford and most other car makers, own atleast part of all the major insurance companies, and they would work out some sort of payback as far as Ford was concerned for my damages, but atleast I would be compensated. I told her that I didn't want to involve my insurance co. as it may increase my rates and ratings, and she agreed, but said there was nothing Ford was going to do for me or my truck.

Through all this, I just kept repeating to everyone...all I want is my truck fixed...all I want is my truck back... To this day that is all I ever wanted. The insurance co. totaled the truck and after seven months I may have a chance to to out and get a three or four thousand dollar truck to replace my dependable, beautiful F250...you know the one I bought new...the truck I paid over thirty thousand for...the one I took such good care of...the one I used everyday to earn a living...eeeek

2002 Ford E350 44,000 miles, #7 spark plug blew out of aluminum head. On 4/3/07 John @ CRC offered $1000.00 w/ 24 hour expiration toward a $2511.00 cost(warranty priced discount) from Dealer.Dealer further offered an additional 10% discount and got a Ford field Rep. to agree to an additional $250.00. So as it stands now I'm still looking at a $761.00 bill according to the Dealer.

Nothing has happened yet. I just wanted to register my name because I own a Ford F150 (1999)

my 1996 ford F150 exploded and completely burned to scrap metal after it had been parked in my driveway for over 24 hours. part of the master cylinder blew out from the truck and landed about 20 feet away. I was not home at the time-the neighbors heard the explosion and called 911. they also reported that the engine started by itself during the fire.

I have been a proud FORD owner all my life. Until my '02 F150 blew a spark plug for the 2nd time costing me in exess of $4,000. I have been stranded out of town twice with $300 towing bils. I was told by Ford that since there are nor recalls on this problem, it is soley my responsibility and he has only heard of this 2 times. They refuse to stand behind the obvious Manufacturer defective design. This is a very wide spread problem between 99-04 on Tritan V8 and V10. When I talked to the service manager at the dealership I had it fixed at...the first thing he asked was Let me guess, #3 cylendar? I said yes! What does that tell you?

I have been a Ford person for 35 years. Last year my F 250 with the 5.4 blew the back passenger side plug @ about 120,000 miles. It cost over 2000.00 to pull the head and have a helicoil put in. I currently have a 2006 F-150 with a 5.4. I'm alittle nervous. Ford is forceing me to look elsewhere.

I bought a 2001 Ford F150 with 89000 miles on it in December of last year. It now has 104000 miles. This past week my wife and I were driving home from shopping when we were startled by a loud bang. The engine started missing so i pulled over to the side of the road and shut it off. I called the local ford dealer in Center Point and told them the problem, they said it is probably a blown spark plug which is what it turned out to be.

I was given two options, one was to replace the head at a cost of $3000 or to have a heli coil put in the spark plug hole at a cost of $300-$400 I chose the second. This is the first Ford I have owned after switching from driving Chevy trucks for 20 years, needles to say once I pick it up from the dealer ship after the repair I will be sending it down the road after reading all of the problems with the heads.

Last night at 4 am I was awakened by my daughter who heard a loud noise in the driveway. When I went to the front door I saw that my wife's 2001 Ford Escape was on fire. After the Fire Department put out the fire the Fire Inspector stated the fire had started near the brake booster. After looking on this web site I see that there have been 8 other incidents happening to these vehicles, that have been reported to your agency. What recourse do I have as a consumer against Ford for not warning customers of this potential hazard. I am having to claim this against my Insurance which is going to cause my Insurance to go up?

The vehicle is a total loss and I am going to have to buy a new one to replace it. I can not replace it for the amount that they say my Escape is worth.

I have just lost my Ford 2001 F-150 truck to a fire. I parked the vehicle in our drive, normally I would have parked in the garage. I was awakened about 6 hours later with explosions from the truck being on fire. I had received 2 recalls and went to local Ford dealer was told they did not have the part to replace the faulty part but that mine was not one of the ones being recalled.

This related to the cruise control. The second time I was told the same thing about no parts and they disconnected the cruise but before I left the Service manager said again that mine was not one of the ones being recalled and to plug it back up. I have contacted Ford and they say they have no responsibility

My truck is a total loss, it completely burned. In fact the fire was so hot that it melted the inside of the front rims.My recourse not is an attorney and hopefully a class action suit against Ford

I have a 1997 Ford F250 LD and I also had a spark plug blow out. 3rd cyl. passenger side. Fixed it and 200 miles later blew 4th plug passenger side. Only not so lucky this time the loose plug started a fuel fire and burned my truck down to the axels in 12 minutes. 100% total. BEWARE This could kill you. It went up so fast we lost our cameras ,computer,GPS and just got out ourselfs. would love to share the pictures of my truck with the people from Ford that say there is not a problem

Truck was a total to replace it with a Chevy or Dodge will cost 6 or 7 thousand but I would walk before driving a Ford with alum. heads.

My 1997 Ford Expedition 5.4 L with aluminum heads spit out a spark plug. They said $800 to fix it. I went to Smith Ford in Rexburg, ID and they fixed it for $292. The next month, it spit out a second plug, another $392. I am looking for a Toyota now. American auto manufacturers need to stand by their product when it is a design flaw. I see from the internet that it is a common problem, and the dealers admit it is seen frequently.

We have an 1999 F350 and have had 2 different spark plugs blow in a matter of 7 months. Of course when I called Ford, they denied knowing of a problem and said it didn't matter anyway because I was out of warranty. About a month after our 2nd plug blew, my father's F150 blew a plug.

SO FAR, we have had to pay $2000. in repair expenses to have both plugs rethreaded.

expedition blown spark plug at 65k, at mechanic now. not sure if threads ruined but prolly are...over 4k to fix? this piece of crap isn't even worth 4k!!!!!!!!!!

My 1997 Ford F150 pick up truck had a Spark Plug Blow out.

We joined the Ford spark plug club last week. All of the links I find for class action don't work. Between my POS GMC Jimmy (which has had $1000 of non-reimbursed electrical repair in the steering column switches)I've had. Sorry flag wavers I really tried but the incompetence and arrogance of these companies is too much. My beater Honda needs gas and oil...period: and it has way more miles than my Detroit iron. As the RamChargers used to say...Color me gone.

I used a tap with adapter to fix the head (not helio-coil). It takes a newer smaller spark plug now. Got my fingers crossed. Anyone have any experience with the longevity of this fix?

I was driving home Saturday evening when I smelled something burning. Looking around I noticed out the left rear window sparks hitting the highway from my truck. I pulled over and checked the bed of my truck to find it. I noticed flames underneath the truck between the bed and the cab. Thinking fire and gas tank, I ran and proceeded to call 911.

After reporting it, I turned around and the truck was up in flames. I was out on Highway one between the 101 and Lompoc. The fire truck and highway patrol showed up ,but by the time they did, the truck was halfway melted. The fireperson said it was electrical. It's a 2001 F-150 and I was baffled by what went wrong, only to find out about all this recall cruise control stuff.

The truck is melted. I'm a General Contractor meaning my tools, my business was in it.

The entire front portion of my 1997 Ford Contour was on fire. I stood in amazement watching my car get destroyed while awaiting the fire department.

My husband's 1999 Ford Ranger XLT, did not catch fire, thank goodness. But we had a problem with smoke coming from the cruise control stick mounted on the steering column, and a popping sound. It stopped and he hasn't had any additional trouble. But I read the info about the fires etc, so he hasn't been using his cruise control anymore.

I called Ford and they told me the Rangers where not included in the recalls. But from reading the info posted here I don't understand that. So many Fords are being recalled...don't they usually all use the same parts????

I am really worried. Is there still an open investigation to see if more vehicles should be recalled?

My 2001 Ford F150 blew out Spark plug just like all the rest. Dealer said too bad

No $ to fix

My stupid Ford Focus as of today has had the ignition switch go out for the third time! I have had nothing but trouble since I bought this car brand new off the lot in September of 2000. Two starters, 3 ignitions, 3 batteries, and 2 alternaters! Talk about a lemon but the lemon law I guess does not apply to this stupid car!

My 2002 F-150 began shuddering about 8 months ago. Since then: I've had all the sparkplugs replaced; reoccured and had an engine coil replaced (about 3 months ago); now it's back worse than ever.

Initially, I'd feel the misfires between 40-60mph under light load only. Now, it's all the time -- idling, most any speed and under practically any load. I took it back to a shop and they correctly diagnosed the problem (as my research has shown); but, since the check engine light is not yet on, they can't narrow it down to what plug/coil to replace.

I'll be following the advice to buy a whole set of coils from eBay for $98 and get the shop to put 'em in. But, I fear that it'll all come back in a few more months, and/or a plug will be spit out and the cylinder head damaged.

I followed Don of Omaha NE's advice and called called Ford's Customer Care department to log an official complaint: 1-800-392-3673. After gathering all my information, she asked what I was seeking from Ford at this time.

I referenced this website, many others, and that I'm seeking to log a official complaint, hoping that that will lead to Ford offering a recall due to the large number of vehicles that this applies to. She said indeed that it's just this sort of phone call that could lead to a recall being announced. We'll see... So, I second Dan of Omaha's plea: EVERYONE SHOULD CALL FORD TO COMPLAIN!!!

As is the case with so many other people, the V-10 Triton engine manufactured by Ford than runs our 2001 Georgetown motor home (chassis by Ford; coach by Forest River of Goshen, Indiana) has blown a spark plug for a second time.

Mechanics willing to re-sleeve the cylinder are few and far between. Ford dealerships will replace the engine head, refusing to use a simple tool, which Ford itself makes, to resleeve the cylinder for the spark plug.

Gas fumes enter the entire coach of the motor home, necessitating the evacuation of my family into our tow vehicle, which is detached, and my driving the motor home as gas fumes enter the coach.

We must continue to drive as I make my living giving talks to small groups of Catholics across the nation. I have no choice but to continue to drive until we find someone to resleeve the cylinder. We found man in northern California in early 2006 who used the tool, which we had to rent from a company in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to resleeve one cylinder. We are in need of finding another such competent person in Alabama or Florida.

This has cost us much in the past. It is costing much at present. Ford must be held accountable for this. I would be willing to testify before a Congressional committee on this dereliction of duty by Ford by its placing the owners of the V-10 Triton engine in great physical jeopardy.

On 17 January 07, my husband was driving my 2003 Ford Expedition when he felt a jerky, hesitation from the vehicle. He took the vehicle to the Ford dealership and they told him the ignition coil spark plug #5 need to be replaced.

It cost him $349. We thought that would solve the problem when a week later #7 did they same thing. The service department help us with a discount $273 (we were blessed on this one). The service department said that there is moisture in the cylinders and they could dry them out for $219. My vehicle only has 65,000 miles and I bought the vehicle in March 2006.

I have a 99 expedition, around mid August of 2006, i was riding on the freeway home from work, when i heard a loud pop from my engine sounding like a loud messed up muffler had just blew off, and i started to slow down not able to go over aleast 20mph, pulled over a man looked under my hood and found that my back spark plug had blew out, he tried 3 times to put it back in but he said the threads were strips but when he had a extra spark plug and screwed it in tightly it worked but only temporarly, Again in jan 07 i turned the corner and there it goes again popped out and now im here without a vehicle.

My 99 Expedition is now dead under the carport. For the third time in less than two years a spark plug blew through the head. I also had to replace a blower assembly unit so I could have heat and air conditioning.

I cannot afford to pay $5000 for a new head or $6000 for a new engine. I have $4400 left on my loan and the truck is worthless now. Since I bought this truck I have put over $3,000 into various repairs to keep it running. The spark plug issues have cost me $2,000 so far. I had to repair a blower assembly for $800 just to get heat and air conditioning. Since this is a work truck, I had to buy another truck to stay in business. I switched to Dodge. Now I have two payments instead of one. I want

FORD 2000 Excursion with V10 shot out a spark plug and coil. (second plug up from the front right side...#3???) Now I too know what the sound was 2 years ago when we had the vehical towed to a service station... They said you have a common plug problem and $900 later I was on the road again. This time the noise came back in my driveway...so I took a look. The plug is OUT and I can not put it back in. Is there any recourse? I have been driving for over 30 years and this is a FIRST. I think there is a design DEFECT and Ford should step up and take responsibility. I can not pay this a second time!...

I have a 1998 Ford Expedition w/5.4 Triton motor. Had spark plug #2 blowout on 1/5/07.

$830.00 in repair/ re-sleeve plug hole

In August of 2006 my Ford pick up started running rough. I took it to dealer was number #2 coil and plug had 72,876 and I had purchased extended warenty, which was not covered. cost 434.34. In December the number 8 coil went so I went to auto zone and replaced it along with all plugs. the book says to do this at 100,000 miles I had 77,049, this seamed to fix the problem for about a week then it started to run rough again so took it back to dealer this time was the #5,7, & 2 coil and spark plugs they did not charge me for # 2 coil. but still cost me $448.26.

I don't trust my truck to go anywhere as I still have 4 more coils to go and now I am finding that these engins are puking plugs. If I bought a new pick up would Ford have solved this problem or am I just getting another problem. I am 64 years old and have always owned a Ford had good luck until now.

I had the same problem on the number 5 plug (left front?) on my Mustang GT. This fix works with the Cylinder on the car...my sparkplug was in an easy access place, you might have to remove other stuff to get to yours...good luck! I bought the 14 x 1.25MM Helicoil kit for $78.00. It comes with a tap, 5 Helicoils, and the insertion tube and tool. I had to grind down the edges of the insertion tube so it would fit in the spark plug(cylinder) hole on the 4.6L SOHC Head.

The spark plug blew out from the third cylinder head

It resulted in breaking a coil, breaking the bracket off of my fuel injector as well i had to have the spark plug hole tapped out to get a spark plug to stay in again, as well as new injectors. It has left me without a vehicle for over a week, and it could still happen again.

In early 2006 I was sitting at a stop just around the corner from my home when I heard this pop and then a repetitive tattering sound from under the hood of my truck. I had the truck taken to a certified ford repair center to find out that it had blown out a spark plug. The repair facility stated that Ford trucks are imfamous for doing this and when it happens it strips the aluminum head requiring a replacement head or helicoil insert.

The facility fixed my truck and I was on my way, only 43,000 miles on my truck and I get it serviced around every 3000 miles. On December 31st 2006 I was half way home in a 700+ mile trip with my family when I heard a very familiar pop and the same repetitive tattering under my hood. I immediately pulled off the road, 36 degrees outside and raining, to find out that I had another plug that had been blown from the number 1 cylinder.

I was lucky that I just recieved some tools for Christmas, which I opened and used to get the plug reinserted so that I could get my truck home. If this had been just my wife and kids, which it was suppose to be, then they would have been stranded on the side of the road and I would have incurred a tow charge along with the repair charge I will have to incur. This is a big problem with Ford trucks and if Ford is not going to own up and fix this problem free of charge to the consumers that experiences this problem then I think they should be forced to recall and fix all vehicles with this potential problem.

The unfortunate part of this is that my Dad is a huge proponent of Ford Trucks and has been a Ford truck owner since 1967. My dad has passed on his secured feeling about Ford trucks to both my brother and myself. My Dad has owned 4 Ford trucks and I have owned 1, this my first, and if this cannot be resolved then I can not buy another Ford truck going forward because I must buy vehicles that I can trust from a company I can trust.

I have had 3 Spark plugs ejected from the heads of My 2001 F-150 pickup

The cost to repair these has exceeded $1500

The second sparkplug on the passenger side blew out of the cylinder head destroying the coil in the process.

The only apparent physical damage is to the cylinder head (stripped threads), the coil (destroyed) and the spark plug. The repairs will cost approximately $1100 at the local Ford dealer. Fortunately, they think they can make the repair without pulling the head. If they had to pull the head, the repairs would cost over $3000.

Just like many others, my 2002 Excursion with the 6.8l started spitting spark plugs. The #6 plug was spit out tonight for the second time. At this point I will be pursuing the timsert solution.

This is another Ford engine sparkplug blowout story. I own a 2002 F150 with 65k on it. It blew a plug about a year ago which I had repaired via a sleeve as there was no way I was gonna pay over $3000 that the dealer wanted for a head replacement. Then, it just did it again while I am on vacation in FL. Now I have a rental car expense, my vacation ruined, etc. over a problem Ford fails to fix. This complete bull and they need to be hung out to dry on it.

I like many others have had my 2002 Ford F-150 blow a spark plug out of the cylinder head. To repair it took 5 days and $3,000 for a new head. After discussing this with the service tech at my local Ford dealership he informed me that this is a very common occurance. He said that Ford had only used 3 threads in the head that failed, but are now replacing them with a 7 thread head., This tells me that they are very aware of the problem but are willing to leave their customers footing the bill. I guess the scary part about that is I still have 4 more 3 thread spark plug holes to worry about blowing out,.I absolutly feel this should be under a re-call.

Blew the #3 spark plug out of the engine. No warranty protection. Estimated repair cost $3,500. Same problem thousands of 5.4 ltr v-8 Triton engines are experiencing. Need help!! Ford should recognize the problem and recall!!

I purchased a 2000 Mustang GT in Florida and was driving it back home to Texas. Everything was going fine until just outside of Houston (200 miles left of a 1400 mile trip). I heard a loud pop from the front of the car, then a loud hissing that was going off and on at a rate of about 5 per second (approximation). I first thought I had blown a tire but the car wasn't handling any different. Pulling to the side of the road, listening to the noise, then opening the hood, I noted that one of the spark plugs had blown out of the engine. The coil over that plug (this car uses coils on each spark plug, not the old spark plug wires with one distributor setup) was lying on top of the engine with the plug still in the rubber boot. Long short of the story, I am, among other things, an experienced mechanic. I own a shop where we build racing Jet Ski's. I immediately knew that the plug had somehow stripped the threads in the head. I then disconnected the plug coil and the injector, put the plug/coil in the car and drove the last 200 miles without it. Of course it made lots of noise and ran poorly but it beat the promise of sitting on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck and a very expensive tow job to where ever. Upon getting back to San Antonio, I stopped by several shops looking for a Helicoil and tap to fit that sparkplug hole. I went several places and found what I needed. After tapping the hole with the new tool I bought, I taped a 3/8 tube to the end of my shop vacuum, sucked out the aluminum shavings from the cylinder, then inserted the Helicoil. (A helicoil is a spring looking set of threads that fit into a newly tapped or threaded hole to fix the damaged or missing threads that were there originally.) Since the threads had completely stripped out, I simply replaced them with the Helicoil. The whole fix took me about an hour, and now it's better than new. My total cost was $78.00. I did the repair with the HEAD ON THE ENGINE. I don't recommend a novice to do this, but any competent mechanic that has done Helicoil's before can manage it. Bottom line, Ford dealers telling anyone that to fix this problem is in the thousands of dollars is simply RIPPING YOU OFF!!!

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About a year ago I bought a Lincoln Navagater with 28,000 miles on it. I bought the truck through Neil Lincoln in Medford NY. I paid $2500 for an extended warranty to cover me to 75000 miles. Well, I was going to work last week when the spark plug in my # 6 cyl. striped and blew out.Almost caused a chain 10 car or more pile up on Jerehico Tpke. Rt25 In Huntington NY. I had the car towed to the dealer. Sayville Ford ( because Neil Lincoln is now out of business ) So, I bought a LINCOLN , A warranty thru

The ford dealer and had all my service and sceduled maintaince done by Lincoln Dealer( witch is a total rip off ) But I did it because I thought If I had a problem they would fix it. The extended warranty people will not pay becauce this is a design flaw where ford only has a few threads holding the spark plug in an alum. block. So now I have a 500 dollar a mo. payment plus a rent a car for 199. a week. and ford says that they are not responsable. Well , If people were getting killed because of this it would get more attention. But then again if I died I would not be able to tell the story. So here I am pleading my case. I know that as a consumer, I did everything right. Now its time for someone to take the bull by the horns and stick up for the consumer. I just read through 89 pages with about 3 or 4 complaints per page.about 340 cases of the same thing that happened to me. The dealer at sayville ford told me to fix it right its 5800 dollars plus tax.

Now I sill have to pay 500/Mo. for this truck at least 6 K to fix it. Also I have 4 more years of payments @ 500/Mo. and on top of it I have to go out and buy another car so I can afford to work and get to work so I can live. Not to mention the total waste of time and mental stress.Can someone please step up to the plate and fight for whats right before someone gets even more hurt or even worse Killed !

Saturday December 9, 2006, my son was driving my 2004 Ford Explorer to come and pick me up. While exiting there was a puddle (raining) my son hit the brakes they locked and the truck flipped over. The top caved in. I was just looking at a report on Fox 11 news about how the Ford Explorer's are not being too successful passing safety inspections and I know they have a history of brakes locking. Thank God my son had on his seat belt.

My truck is totaled, roll over damage and cannot be restored.