Ford Fires

I just had a fire on my 2002 Escape. The ABS wire loom burnt. Lucky I was up, my whole car would have gone up in flames. I need my car fixed.

Stopped at Shell Cook Rd. and Highway 99 Burlington, WA 98233 12/17/2010 06:25:27 am** invoice 487454 auth:**, pump 8 bought gas got in pickup started engine, heard explosion. Thought someone was shooting at me. Seen smoke screen rolling out from under truck scared the hell out of me started coming back to reality thought truck was on fire. Tried to drive to safety away from gas pumps realized truck wasn't running was afraid gas station was going to blow up and kill me and half the people in Skagit county.

In panic, started truck again, made all kinds of noises lights on dash flashing truck shaking and vibrating all over had to try to get away from gas pumps drove to safer place in my mind. Did not want to drive too far, did not know if truck was on fire or not parked rolled out of truck evaluated situation. Finally, lifted hood looking for fire. Found none, thank God two young gentlemen came along noticed that I was physically handicapped, offered assistance. Got me my cane out of my truck, gave it to me so I could stand better pulled me to mechanic shop in Sedro Wooley WA. Mechanic evaluated truck spark plug had blown out was on top of engine coil was blown to pieces hanging under truck somewhere.

They took the coil off, bandaged truck together, so I could get home because they did not have the proper tools to fix it and Ihad to get home to take my medication way late in the afternoon. When I got home, took medication, tried to relax to get blood presser down. Don't know what to do for sure to get fixed, working on it only. Form of transportation that I have other than boat have to get fixed somehow don't what it will cost yet or where I am going to get the money disabled s.s.i. fixed income.

Don't know if spark plug damaged hood or not to upset to look at truck yet, I think Ford Motor co., should fix the problem. Apparently, they have known about it in the 5.4l triton engines for a long the sure did not notify me about it they did fix my truck, so the crude control would not set it on fire after they were frosted into it by the court system. To my understanding, have to quit writing, getting very sleepy and did not have a very good day.

After the use of my cruse control system, my '95 explorer started fire and burned to a non-usable vehicle. It is a total loss.

We have a 1998 Ford Expedition which we gave to our son recently and it caught on fire while we slept. It burned the whole center console, passenger seat, the header dome area and radio. Since it was an interior fire and his windows were closed it smoldered out. Unfortunately, when he purchased his insurance, he only got liability and now he has no vehicle. The fire marshal said it was a center console wiring fire under the center console. The positive cable was also a factor. We live in Tampa Florida and he said there have been many fires on Fords, but we couldn't find anything on the Internet regarding a center console fire. We are going to see if our homeowners insurance will pay for this but I doubt it.

I bought my 1999 Ford Expedition in May of 2008 from an individual. I have driven the vehicle as a second car and have put 14,000 miles on it. It had 135000 when I bought it. On June 26, 2010 I parked my vehicle and turned it off. It displayed no problems whatsoever. Went to bed. Woke up about twenty minutes later and the hood was engulfed in flames. Car was a total loss. Did not have collision due to the age of the vehicle. I'm buying another Ford from a private person but just found out that there was a recall about dangerous cruise control units in this type of vehicle that could result in fire. Just want to know if I have any legal standing for compensation. Was never notified that there was a recall and the fire department said that the fire was definitely electrical and burned a hole clean through the hood over the steering column area?

On July 2, 2010, while at Daycare Center, my 2000 Ford Excursion burst into flames. My vehicle was parked and the key was not in the ignition. Pass byers stopped and help assisted all kids out of Daycare and I lost my truck. This has taken a mental stress on me while kids was running every where and crying.

However, I owned a 1999 Ford Expedition until March 31, 2010 with no indications of any problems. My truck burned completely up on the past evening (March 31, 2010). Even though I purchased this vehicle used, I never knew that the 1999 Expedition was a recall vehicle until after the fire. On the evening of March 31 (about 45 minutes) after returning home, someone knock on my door and informed me that my truck was on fire. My truck was park next to my house. My roof receives fire damage as well. Everything underneath my hood burned to ash.

On April 1, 2010, after research online because I didn't understood how my truck just burn with no one inside truck, I found out there was a recall on the 1999 Expedition. On April 1, 2010, I called Ford Customer Relationship Center for assistance. Someone listened to my complaint and gave me a case number and said someone will be getting in touch with me. It took about fifteen days before anyone touch based with me regarding my complaint. I only talk with someone through mail. Never would Ford call me. I was told to gather information and sent back before my case would be considered. I gather the information that Tina **, Legal Analyst of OGC Product Litigation, requested.

Ford would never call me or answer my calls regarding this issue. Ford offered the amount of $3,177.00 in the interest of customer satisfaction and as a goodwill gesture. After not accepting the offer, I received a letter saying "Customer satisfaction is one of the primary objective of Ford Motor Company. We commit substantial resource and diligent efforts in a sincere attempt to address the concerns of our customers. We regret not being able to assist you further; our review of your claim indicates that the previous determination is appropriate. Therefore, we will not make any adjustments or revisions to our earlier decision."

Ford is offering me an amount of $3177.00 when my 1999 Expedition is still under a lease agreement of a 5-year plan with $1328.00 from being paid off in full. Now, if I was to take the amount offer, that will leave me with about maybe $1500- $1800.00 clear. Now, I have been out of over $20,000.00 in payment over the five years. I don't think it's fair how Ford has treated me regarding this issues. I honesty didn't know any about the recall; I had no idea about this. Now I'm stuck without a vehicle and a lost of value. I have lost one job for lack of transportation. I only had liability insurances on my truck due to hardship. I called the Ford Company, but they will not return any of my calls. Can someone please help me or guide me in the direction to resolve this issue?

We had a 1999 Ford Explorer customized as a touring car for guests at our resort. It had not been driven in approximately 3 weeks. While sitting covered parked in a carport, it burned. We had a major show taking place in the park and it was quite a scene as the fire fighters had to pry open the hood to fully extinguish the flames. It was a total loss of a fine piece of artwork/equipment.

Our Ford Expedition burned up on the driveway last 6/23/09 and it's still sitting there. We didn't have full insurance coverage so we had to deal directly with Ford. Ford offered $3,500 but we knew it was worth at least $10,000. We talked to their legal department and we were told to write an appeal letter.

What they did was respond by saying that we rejected their offer, case closed. Wow! Don't let it happen to you! We are broke and can't fight the Ford giant.

We want justice. We didn't know about a recall. They ruined our car and they know how to get out of responsibility.

I was warming my 92 Explorer XLT up on 01/29/10. It was a cold morning. After about 10 minutes, I was ready to go to work. As I was ready to put it in drive, I noticed smoke coming from the hood. I turned off the engine and pulled the hood latch. As I was ready to raise the hood, flames shot out and I backed off and called 911. The Fire Dept. arrived within 5 minutes but by then the smoke and flames were overwhelming. The truck is a complete loss, but I feel lucky I was not on the road when this happened. I have taken numerous pictures of this event and it is pretty severe. Physically I am fine, but financially, it has me in a bind as it was my only transportation. The truck is a total loss and has been picked up by a junk dealer.

On June 23, 2009. Our Ford 2000 Expedition caught fire on the driveway. Had the neighbors not alerted us my Chevy crew cab would have burned up too. My brave 10 year old son kept the flames down with the garden hose until a neighbor took over, then the fire dept. It was all paid for so we didnt have full coverage just to save money, hmmmm. So we had to go after Ford. What a miserable experience that has been.

First they said we didnt respond to their two recall letters. What letters are they talking about? You mean the junk mail style envelopes that we probably threw away because they looked like junk mail? And, they should've been certified if they are life and death important??? Anyways, they offered to give us $3500. Why so low? Well, they said the blue book value was a national $7000., but then divide that by the two recall letters and your have the $3500...Oh my, I cant believe they are penalizing us for not reading their junk mail recall letters!!!

So I call them up and their legal dept. said to write another letter to appeal, or bring up a new argument, and they'll take a look and see what they can do...promising, right? Wrong! Now they said we had rejected their offer, so case closed--nothing, zip, nada! We are shocked and amazed..and with a burnt Ford in the driveway. We cant afford another car payment, we are barely making it as it is. My wife is driving a little junker car that we had almost sold We hate Ford!!! What now??

I owned a 1999 Ford Expedition with 5.4 litters Triton engine. It was involved in a spontaneous engine fire while parked on 4/17/05. Vehicle was totaled. I tried to sue Ford, but Ford will not accept responsibility or offer resolution. Current class action suits only involve injury/death. As of 7/1/09, the case is in limbo. Engine completely destroyed by fire. Insurance, liability only, did not cover any expenses. $23k vehicle was a total loss.

I came home from a 15-minute trip. As I pulled in my driveway, electrical wires under the driver seat caught on fire and thick smoke with rubber smell filled the vehicle. I turned off the ignition and got out of the car. 15 minutes later, I tried to start the vehicle and smoke got back again. I turned it off right away. I called the Ford hot line the next day and all I got was someone will get back with me with in 15 business day. At the mean time, I am afraid to use my vehicle. It's a safety issue and Ford did not show much concern about consumer safety. I'm laid off and this will put a dent on my daily job search and traveling for job interviews.

My 2001 Ford expedition Eddie Bauer caught fire in the middle of the night after being parked for 12 hours. I am now told my investigators it was a faulty switch from cruise control which caused the fire. I am also now aware there was a recall in which I never received any notice of from Ford nor from the dealership where I had this serviced. Ford refuses to take any responsibility in this matter which caused me the total loss of my vehicle and personal property as well as damage to my home.

no additions or alterations were made except for this repair that was supposed to fix the problem w/ fires in engine compartment. the vehicle was parked for13 hours when it caught fire the engine compartment is a total loss vehicle has a payoff of 5,300.00 damages to 2002 saturn is also a total loss

For a vehicle I've owned for 3 months, first of all it shouldn't need brakes and second, if that is the case, the cost would be the cost of the part.

i had an unexpected fire on my ford explorer. two weeks later I received a recall letter. i forwarded police report and fire report to ford company several months ago. they have not responded.

I had a 2002 Ford Escape and it caught on fire on 02-12-09, It was sitting in front yard and the keys were not even in the ignition. It completely melted everything under the hood and dash board. My insurance company had me a check in 5 days, I called ford so that they me aware but they acted like they could care less, they wanted to know what I was seeking from them. I did have another car that had small damage that only had liability.

My 2001 Ford Escape was sitting in the driveway when we heard the car alarm going off; when we went outside smoke was pouring out from under the hood. We opened the hood and used a fire extinguisher.

My son was driving his 1992 Ford Explorer the AC started smelling and he thought smoke he pulled over and turned the AC off and it seemed to stop he pulled out to drive and a short distance smoke started to billow out he pulled over popped the hood and the was lots of smoke and flames he threw 2 bottles of water on it and went out than sat and waited to see if it was out. he was able to drive the car alright. I contacted the customer service center on the 800# they took a report and said their General Counsel will contact me via letter in 15 days..

They did not ask if my son was okay or offer to have the car checked so I ask what happens now 15 days the whole dam truck could burn up!she said they will send you a letter there are no recalls for your car. I told her I saw similar incidents on The Consumer Complaint Website and so there is a problem and they should address this now before my son is really hurt or someone else.Soo we wait 15 days I am getting it checked by an independent mechanic tomorrow. After reading the other complaints I had to post this

on aug 30,2008 my 2001 ford excursion caught on fire in results to my cruise controll switch i was never contacted about a recall on that suv

me and my 6 kids seek mental help from this fire this suv was parked in my front yard to my window were my kids sleep i am scared to park a car in my yard my kids are scared to ride in a suv this has really scared me and my children i have a sick child who can't get back and forth to the dr's i lot personal items in that fire which the insurance company only wonna pay 200 for please help me if u can i have lost money due to this fire i just got this suv 2-26-2008

My 1992 Ford Ranger burst into flames after being driven 100m. The fires started in the dash behind the stearing column. I do not know the exact cause of the faulty wireing, however this truck did not have cruise control. I was able to control the fire with a garden hose and the fire department finished the job. Without action being taken in the first five minutes of the fire, I have no doubt the entire truck would have been involved and posed a great threat to anything around it.

The dash has extensive damage, and the truck is financially totaled. I relied on this truck for my contracting business. This incident will strain my finacial situation because I must replace the vehicle for work.

My employee's wife recently parked her Ford Expedition and it caught on fire buren to the ground and burned part of their house, after they already took it into the dealer for the recall on the cruise control switch, I am concerned because I have a f150 that I had the recall done on also

Does this mean that the recall does not fix the problem and everyone is still at risk

hey my ford expedition eddie bauer y 1997 burned down on 21 march 2007 ,fire as investigators from goverment firedepartment found it caused on right side by battery and probably reason cruise control since car is located in vienna austria ,i was usuly informed by dealer de pratu where i bought the car and bought all parts needed of any safty recalls,but since 2002 no more info from ford or de pratu after my car cought fire at 2.30 am and caused also heavy damage to house and also burned lincoln town car ,over 360000.-$ my lawyer dr douglas is in contact with ford since aug 2007 ,but all we have so far is a statement of ford where the ask funny questions like how much repair will cost a s o

2002 ford escape 7/7/08 was taken to ford dealer to check recall notice 07s51/abs connector. check was said to be ok.On 8/27/08 my wife parked here car at 10:am at 12:oopm her engine compartment was reported on fire 2 hrs after the car was parked.It is now a total loss.

We now have started to look for another car and are still awaiting news from are insurance co.as to how much we will be compensated for the car.

I own a 1994 Ford F-150. I got a urgent recall notice in the mail two weeks ago telling me to bring my ruck in for no charge for the recall. I had no idea what this was about. Saturday august 30th I went to get my truck from my parents where I had been keeping it. They had just driven it the day before and it had been parked for 24 hours or more. At 6 pm I went outside because I heard a horn honking, to find my truck on fire.

The 1994 F-150 was a total loss. No other damage was caused by it luckily. I called the Ford dealer with my VIN number asking them what the recall was for and the service man told me for cruise control. I told him taht I couldn't bring it in because it had burned. He told me to call my insurance company, but the truck only has liability. I feel they are trying to hide the fact that my truck burned due to this obviously.

My husband bought a 2000 Ford F-150 at Morristown Ford about 3yrs ago and the truck caught on fire in July, Morristown Ford had the vehicale for 5 weeks. We got the truck back August 11th and it burnt again on August 15th. Morristown Ford never could tell us why it caught on fire the first time. My husband could have died and Morristown Ford can't seem to understand why I think they are responsbile. The insurance company paid $5,000.00 to fix the truck the first time and now there is nothing left to fix. We have bought 5 vehicales from Morristown Ford and I will never go back there again. We will call the General Manager and he will never call us back, I went down there and talked to him he said we would have a meeting well that never happened, he says he will call us back and never does. I feel like they owe us a vehicale. Don't go to Morristown Ford in Morristown,TN to buy a vehicale- they also told us when they worked on the truck the first time that there was a lifetime warranty on the truck for anything that they worked on aslong as we owened the truck.

My 1998 Mercury Mountaineer was destroyed this past Monday August 18th 2008. I arrived at work around 7:45 am and was called by my General Manager around two hours later. She stated my vehicle was covered in flames. The local fire department arrived and put out the fire. My vehicle was destroyed, the fire so hot that only a small piece of metal remained of the engine and front end. After speaking with detectives and emergency workers about a possible cause, I decided to look into open recalls on my vehicle. I found this recall, and listed as unresolved. I called my insurance company right away and also contacted Ford who said I should contact my Insurance and would not answer any further questions.

I used this vehicle for work and of course personal reasons. This truck had been in my family for 10 years. We recently (1 YR ago) had repainted the entire truck. The interior was in perfect condition as well as the exterior. She had 110,00 miles, and ran like it did the first day we bought it. This truck made it through some very bad snow storms over the years and carried us and MANY family vacations. The loss was not only physical as now I need a new car. The loss was also personal, this vehicle was very sentimental to us. Now it is in a junk yard, thats what it gets for 10 years of loyal service.

2007, F150, Harley-Davidson 4x4 four door Pickup. Completed a two hour drive and parked the truck in the driveway, put it into park, set the brake, turned the key off and removed it from the ignition. I went into the house and went to bed. About 2 houra LATER i WOKE TO A POPING NOISE? I looked out the window and there was smoke between the cab and the bed. I grabbed my pants, shirt, and shoes (no socks) and ran to the front door. I opened the door and evaluated the siruation. I then dialed 911 for help from the fire department, the fire was far beyond my capacity to manage it. They arrived in 6 minutes and it took 3 hours to extinguish the flames? Upon their arriving the truck was totally involved. They sprayed my new VW Beetle down until it was safw to get into it and move it away from the Ford. I fully believe that if the fire department had not arrived so quickly, that the VW would have burnt and in turn my home would have gone up in flames!! MANY THANKS TO THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SHAME ON FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR PUTTING SO MANY PEOPLES LIVES AT RISK--IN THE NAME OF PROFIT!! They should have taken care of the problem as soon as they knew it existed! Thinking back now I did wonder qhat the noise was that continued after shutting the truck off, sounded like a fan? It went off when I opened the door to exit the vehicle, I thought that was the way it was supposed to work, since it had done that since it was new? I was the first owner and I never received a recall letter. I had seen something about a recall on the 26 gallon fuel tanks, I called the local ford dealer and was informed that my truck had a 30 gallon tank and was not included in the recall? I have, until now, always trusted Ford Products and felt that the people building them took pride in a job well done--THAT IS NOT TRUE TODAY!!

My Ford Expedition (2002) caught fire at dr.'s office (Rancho Bernardo) after an hour of being off and parked. The medical facility annouced a car on fire with description and I ran outside and called 911 but fire department responded as I was still on the phone. The Firefighters told me that they suspected the cruise control switch started the fire and that they had scene these types of fires with Ford vehicles. I bought this car brand new, have always been the registered owner and never received a recall notice.

Thanks to the lightning speed of RB Fire there was no damage to anything except my vehicle. It only burned inside the engine compartment - infront of the driver side. But the vehicle was still declared a total loss due to high repair estimates. Our family was down to 1 car for a little over a month and we all work / go to school. On several days we had to get a rental car and did not have insurance to cover that so have not been reimbursed for the days we had to rent a car.

I am a second hand owner of a 1997 Ford Expedition XLT. I have upgraded this vehicle with many performance parts and other vehicle enhancements. Unfortunately, all my time and money invested in this vehicle went up in flames on the morning of August 9, 2008. My neighbors woke me up at 4:40 am because a fire started under the hood. Fortunately, the fire department arrived quickly and the fire was contained to only the front end of the vehicle. Luckily, the vehicle was parked out on the street and no one got hurt. As I looked under the hood, it looked like the fire was started near the brake fluid reservoir. I did my own investigation on the internet and found out through this website there was a voluntary recall for almost all Ford vehicles with a speed control system. Apparently, Ford was to notify customers by mail about this recall. I RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION OF ANY KIND FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY! The good thing is that I do have full coverage and I am in the process of getting my claim through USAA. The bad thing is I have a $1000 deductible and after that is taken out it will leave me with only about $2500 dollars. How will I be able to afford a comparable replacement the only that much money? I spent way more than that on performance parts alone.

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brought car in for recall on cruise control because my switch was MELTING they disconected my wire in engine then i went back and they fixed cruise control but apparently the switches weren't included. i tried to use my cruise control and it didn't work so i brought it back and they said I have to pay $75 for switches and $150 to fix it!!!! WHY should i have to pay for those switches which apparently melt in all your cars What is that?

my 1999 ford expedition caused fire that destroyed part of my house and smoked damaged all over my house. iwas about to fall sleep around 12 at night that i heard a loud boom ,looked at the window saw fire coming out of garage, we imediatly went down staires away from house called 911.the fire department came and took care of it. they also agree that it was the car that srarted the fire.

the garage,the office above the garage and my suv ford expedition completely destroyed.heavy smoke damage all over the house

Hello, I purchased a 1993 Ford Explorer from the sole previous owner in May 2008. The vehicle was in very good condition with excellent service records. Inexplicably the vehicle set itself on fire in my driveway. It had not been driven in two days. I heard a clicking sound, saw black smoke from driver side and flames coming out of the dash. Within minutes it was engulfed in flames, causing a 3-alarm fire. The SUV was completely burned from front to back- just the tires left and frame.

The fire destroyed the siding on the neighbor's house, my vehicle was totaled, charred wreckage. My driveway is ruined. I am devastated as I had just purchased the vehicle and because of the age did not have full insurance coverage to cover my loss. The damage to the home next door is 18k, my driveway is ruined and I rent. Due to a layoff and other issues I am on unemployment which is so little, single mom of an 8 year old and now I have no vehicle. I am liable for the driveway, and in all due respect I need to at least pay the homeowners next door for their deductible on their homeowners insurance. I realize I have no financial claim for myself for the loss- but I want to know how this happens? I decided to search around on the history of fires in vehicles- somewhat overwhelming. I am devastated about this- the fire was horrible. The fire department suggested I write. Any information is appreciated on how this would of started, how I can warn others on this Ford, and if Ford would even want to know this? Thank-you, Susan Sweigart

My Lincoln Navigator was parked in the garage, not running, when we heard a loud boom! The truck was on fire in the front..We evacuated and then called 911, the Allen Fire dept came out and put the rest of the fire out.

My truck was totalled in my garage, not knowing anything about the recalls. I called Ford and they stated if I had a claim with my inusrance that they would not do anything. i have been sued by the lienholder. The truck was towed to a storage facility and totaled sticking me with a $700 bill. Isnt Ford liable for their product?

My 1996 Ford Windstar caught fire. It is a total loss. This happened on Sunday July 20, 2008. It was parked in my driveway beside my house. I was not home at the time of the fire I had driven the vehicle earlier. When I returned home later in the afternoon all of the windows were black. I was with my mom and sister and we checked it out and the entier interior was destroyed. The damage was mainly at the front of the vehicle. Needless to say, I was in shock and disbelief. I have three children and all of our stuff was destroyed. We are unsure at what happened to cause the fire. The insurance had me sign papers to have the salvage yard haul it away a couple days later.

My van was paid for. Now I am without a vechicle and my daughter had knee surgery and I have no way to get her back and forth to physcial therapy and to her doctors appointments now.I can not afford another vehicle I am on social security disability right now which is a fixed income with three children and there is no room for a car payment. My van was paid for and was all I had. I don't know what we are going to do now. We are fortunate that we were not inside when the fire started. I am thankful for that but now I have no transportation.

On 11/22/06 (the day before Thanksgiving) our Ford Expedition suddenly bursted into flames and caught two of my other vehicles and house on fire. We did not even know the house was on fire until one of our sons called us to get out of the house at around mid-night because the house was on fire. No one inside knew the house was on fire because the door bell was broken so we could not hear our neighbor at the door telling us to get out. There were seven kids in the house - one of which is mentally handicap - things could have ended really badly for us. The Ford Expedition is completely totaled and Ford company says that they will not do anything for us because they had sent me a recall notice that I never received. I received a recall notice after the fire but not before and still do.

No one is paying for my home or my vehicles. Everyone I talk to is passing the buck to someone else. I have contacted a lawyer and have given them my case but it's July 2008 already and I am still awaiting for justice to arrive.

On June 25th of 2008, I left work at 5:00 pm. I went to the ATM and then to my mothers home. I arrived at her home between 5-5:30. I parked my 2002 Escape in her drive and turned the ignition off. I had intentions of picking up my 4 year old nephew from my mothers home and running some errons in town. My 12 year daughter was at swim practice and I knew that I would have to pick her up at 7:30 that night. Thankfully, I got side tracked talking to my mother. We sat on her back deck for aprx. 20+ minutes before going inside her house. We stayed in her house for aprx.another 20-30 minutes talking. As I sat in her living room, I heard what sounded like a gun shot blast. BOOM. I asked my mother what was that noise? I then got up and looked out her door only to see my Escape engulfed in flames on the front end. We immediately called 911 and started trying to put the fire out with the water hose and fire extinguisher, along with the help of my 16 year old brother and my moms neighbor. My moms Dodge Ram was parked in front of my vehicle so she had to jump in her truck and move it before it caught fire too. The fire dept. arrived and finished putting out the fire but it was already a complete loss. No one was hurt but it was an extremely frightening occurance. There is a written article that appeared in the July 5th Edition of the Sampson Independent Newspaper (Clinton, NC). This article includes a picture of the vehicle. It was a total loss. Although Geico was wonderful to deal with and did pay off the vehicle, Ford refuses to reimburse me anything, stating Your insurance company has the right to pursue claims for reimbursement against Ford Motor Company. Ford is unable to investigate your claim as the claim with your insurance company has been paid or has been processed. This is not acceptable and consumers need to stand together. I am very upset with Ford.

My husband and I own a Ford F150. It caught fire Saturday, July 19, 2008. It had been parked for 4-1/2 hours before it caught fire. It was a total loss.

The loan will probably be paid but now we are with out a vehicle. We also had about $1000 of personal property in the truck. My husband also used the truck for side jobs in moving people and making extra money. Let alone the pictures and other items that can't be replaced.

2000 Ford F-150 caught on fire just 1.5 weeks after receiving recall letter, causing total loss to vehicle and minor damage to vehicle parked next to Ford.

experienced spark plugs shooting out of cylinders while driving my 2000 ford expedition on various occasions

Well only after having this vehicle for a little over 3 months, on July 8, 2008. My father and I were on the way to work--though we ride together I usually start the morning communute by driving the vehicle first. Once I had arrived at my job (at about 9 am), I got out and my father did as well to switch over into the driver seat. As I walked past the front end of the car I smelled a odd odor--not of anything burning (at the moment), but something like I suppose I can liken it to radation water/fluid smell--but at the time thought it was just due to being a warm morning and maybe thinking the car was just running slightly due to the weather and humidity (after the incident, my dad later mentioned he had smelled the same thing, but thought maybe it was a smell that was passing in the breeze--not thinking [at first] it was from our vehicle). After I got out, my dad jump into the driver seat and drove off to his job. It couldn't have been no more than 10 or 15 minutes into me being at work, I received a frantic call from my dad stating our vehicle had caught on fire! From what he described to me, after he got to job (thankfully) he said when he pulled up he noticed once he cut the car off it immediately started smoking (the smoke was coming from under the hood). When he went around and pop the hood of the truck he said that's when he saw the flame; next he knew then it just got bigger and spread from there.

The consequences from all of this? How about let's start with the fact that our vehicle is completely worthless, it's a charred mess of it's former self; leaving us with partically no transportation to and from work (except through family and public bus lines). The other half is the (used) car dealership that we purchased it from still wants us to pay for it; so for the temporary moment it seems as though were screwed--even though upon later research, I found out that this very year and model of Explorer we had was part of a recall. Of course, judging by the fact that our vehicle going up in flames, I'd think it be safe to say that clearly someone drop the ball on seeing to it that this vehicle was properly serviced for it.

I went to pick up lunch, parked my truck at work, about an hour later my truck was on fire. It was declared a total loss by the insurance. They informed me of a recall I had not received or hear of saying that due to the cruise control my truck ran the chance of spontaneous comustion.

When I got out to the parking lot my truck was in flames, about 15 feet in the air. Everyone ran outside, some moving their cars out of harms way.

There was heat damage to 3 cars parked around me. The fire department had been called and they got there just as the truck began to pop.

They put out the fire and asked me several questions. I was in a state of shock and disbelief. How could this have happened.

On the morning of Saturday, July 5th, 2008 my 2000 Ford 150 burst into flames. It had been parked at around 10:00pm the night before. My neighbor gave me this article he had found on the Internet.

Top part of engine burnt up. Majority of damage appears to be around the electrical system.

My daughter drove our 2007 Ford F-150 to work on July 3. Her car is down for repairs. She arrived at work at approximately 5:45 am and parked the truck. When she returned to the truck to go home at approximately 1:00 pm, she opened the dorr and there was smoke and fire coming from the dash. She went back to get a fire extinguisher and to call the fire department. teh fire department responded and put out the fire. The dash from the middle of the truck over to mid-way the passenger side is completely gone. The fire department official indicated that it definitely lloked like an electrical malfuction. I contacted Ford Motor Company and filed a report. Awaiting correspondence from their General Counsel's Office.

2002 Ford Expedition caught fire on Sat June 14 2008 in driveway. Had not been driven for 3 weeks. How is this possible? We have not received a recall letter being as we were displaced by Hurricane Katrina to Tennessee. What am I to do?

The fire from the Expedition spread and damaged 2 other vehicles parked in the driveway. Firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to my house. I now have 3 amaged vehicles because of 1 faulty Ford.

On 6/27/08 I camein from being offshore and my boss called and said my 1997 ford burnt to the ground.they do not know what happened. but I was able to find out that it was a defect from ford.

After leaving work on 06/25/08, I arrived at my mothers home around 5:23 pm. I own a Ford 2002 Escape. I parked it in my mothers drive and shut the engine off. I had been at her house aprx. 30-40 minutes when ever we heard a loud explosion that sounded like a gun shot. We went to the door to see what caused the noise and found that my Escape was engulfed in flames. The fire was coming from the engine. We do not yet know the cause of the fire but the fire dept. speculated that it could be electrical. After the fire, a good friend of mine starting investigating Ford vehicles online and has found that this has happened several times in vehicles that were turned off. My car is totaled.

The entire front end of the car is completely burnt.

yesterday, june 24, 2008. i was inside the house when i smelled smoke and heard a loud explosion coming from our garage, i looked and saw our 2000 Ford Expedition was on fire.

I ran out and called 911. I tried to hose down the fire to no avail. It has already spread to our 1996 chevy van that was parked right beside it. I had to get out of there as glass was exploding and flying everywhere. I didn't even have time to get anything out. Our kitchen and all the appliances were destroyed, tvs, dvd player and dvds, vcr, digital tv converter box, everythign was destroyed. the rest of the house suffered extensive smoke damage. We have no insurance on the house. If there will be a class action lawsuit we will be interested in joining. We're currently looking for a lawyer to sue Ford. Thank God no one was hurt, but it is horrifying to go through something like this. This truck destroyed our home and a lto of pictures and memorabillias we will never be able to replace. We cannot afford this kind of expense, we're going to have to do a lot of the work ourselves and try and get good deals on materials and labor. My wife had to miss a half a day's work already. Since it barely happened yesterday we are still unaware of the actual extent of the damages. We're looking for a lawyer as of today. We only have liability insurance on the expedition and we have no insurance on the house.

My brother bought a vehicle from my father who lives in Virginia and has the same name as me (I am a Jr.). He obtained it in March of 2007. The vehicle was registered and titled in my name, since he lives with me and is on my insurance policy. We have received no recall notices from Ford up until May 13 2008, when my brothers truck, which had been sitting parked and unused for 11 days while he was away, became engulfed in flames. The fire department responded and recommended we contact ford to see if there were any open recalls. We did contact Ford, however they claim that they sent us a notice in March and August of 2006 (note that we did not own the vehicle then) they also claim they sent us a notice in August of 2007. Which we did not receive. So I called Ford back and the lady was very rude, telling me that it was all over the news and that I should have watched the news.. She said my claim was closed and that it was my fault for not responding to the recall....which btw came out a year before I even owned the vehicle. I guess they just assume it was my Fathers job to tell me that the car had a recall on it. Which he did not, actually he stated he never got notice either. reguardless weather he did or not, it was not his responsibility anyway. Since the car was paid off, I did not have fire insurance on it and now I feel cheated by Ford. Any suggestions of what I can do please let me know, I would appriciate it very much as that truck was my brothers only transportation to school. Ford wont even come look at the vehicle. Between my mom and sister we own 3 fords.......never again

On May 26th 2008--We looked out our window and noticed my 1997 Ford F150 extented cab/stepside truck was on fire-The truck had not been driven for two days due to my illness--I called 911 and husband grabbed our fire extinguisher and my son grabbed the water hose--mainly to keep the fire/flames from catching the tree and house on fire. The fire department arrived and finished putting the fire out-At which time I asked a fireman why my truck went on fire--he stated the cruise control wire always stays hot--also he stated they have put out quite a few fires on Ford's but felt this was one of the worst

Consequences-I have no transportation-We live in a rural area with no public transportation--My truck was paid for in full--I cannot afford to purchase another auto at present time-I have missed work due to having no transportation--Ford claims they have sent me recall notices which I have never recieved-believe me if I had recieved a notice stating my truck may go on fire--I sure would have compiled-- I loved my Ford truck and took very good care of it--as of today my truck is still sitting in the exact place as when the fire had started.

2002 Ford F-150 Last night just before midnite June 16th, 2008 I starting to fall asleep when I heard a mini explosion,and car horn went off. I looked out the window and saw flames shooting out from under the hood on the drivers side of vehicle. Truck had been parked in my driveway for over 7 hours. I yelled for my wife to call 911 while i ran outside to grab hose to douse keep flames from burning my house and the other vehicle. Took quite awhile for fire department to put out flames. I have contacted my insurance company and they also asked me to notify ford motor company which I did. Then I googled Ford F-150 fires and came across consumer affairs stories. The first story I read, could have been written by me. I am amazed at how many fires these trucks have had, and no recall by ford.

My Ford F150 caught on fire tonight!!! it was parked in front of my house and i heard a pop, ran out, and the whole truck was on fire. THe car was NOT on and hadn't been driven in almost 2 weeks. I am single mother of a 2 yr old and I am 8 months pregant. It's my only means of transportation!! I got the recall notice 2 weeks ago and had planned on bringing it in, but the notice didn't seem urgent and being a single mother, it's hard to get there.

The car is totaled, I just moved home from Texas and i had insurance in Texas. Since i wasn't driving the vehicle due to high gas prices, i didn't get it insured in California yet. So, i am out a truck that was PAID off and have no insurance recourse. Plus, now i have no way to get to my dr appts since im pregnant and no way to get to my job. I don't know what I am going to do now.

On memorial day evening my 2001 ford f150 was driven home by my son and parked in my front yard@ 11:00 pm./ At 11:30 it burst into flames. I called ford and talked to ford rep. Melanie. She told me that they had no record of me owning this truck.{I bought it second hand } She told me to give her my info and I did. She said that they would send me a claim form from ford.Well I did not receive a claim form, instead i received a letter stating that they sent me 5 recall letters.I never received any recall letters.

I have a F150 ford truck, and about a year ago the truck caught on fire in front of my house. My brother saw it happening, and we put the fire out before it burnt our house down. I contacted ford and they said they sent me two recall notices, so since I didnt take it in, they are not responsible to fix the truck. After four months, we rigged the truck together and it is working now. The truck still has all the melted wires under the hood, and the melting plastic or whatever. What happened wasnt right, I read some of your notices and saw that other people had the same experience as I have had.

My ford escape caught fire while I was teaching school. Went up in flames and was a total loss. I was not in the car when it happened. My insurance company handled my claim in and ordley manner. They could not determine the cause of the fire although the dash brake light had come on a 2 days before but was off when I took it my mechanic the night before the fire. The next day I had driven it 4 miles to school and the engine was off for approximately 40 minutes before the fire occured. I never talked to anyone at Ford and am just now hearing about the lawsuits and I am wondering if I would have a case.

My car was totalled so I received a cash settlement however it did not cover the purcahse of a new car( the extra out of pocket cash..........the sales tax....new license plate....and school materials.....I had in my car plus CD's) It was very upsetting as it happened the first day back at work after break and I need my car for my job as I'm a special education teacher and must drive between schools.

Ford F-150 Fire At 2:00 am the morning of April 24, 2008 we were awakened by our seriouly agitated dog to find our 2005 Ford F-150 engulfed in flames and to soon see our other two vehicles and our home destroyed by fire. A total of four investigators have concluded that the cause of the fire is the Ford F-150. The truck is presently under lock and key and the investigation continues to find the exact component.

on april 16 2008 our f-150 1995 4-wheel drive was sitting in our front yard,off,when it erupted into flames,burning everything on the driverside underhood area.ford promtly denied the claim citing 2 recall notices had been sent prior to the fire and they were not responsible.

My F150 went up in flames at 4:00am May 21st of this past week. I knew that I needed to get the recall for the defective SCDS and planned to go to the dealership this week. The recall noticed mentioned a possibility of the truck catching fire even when the truck is off. There was no urgent warning in the recall. I even asked the Ford 800 number operator how serious this problem was after my truck went up in flames without their knowledge and he replied,Very, very remote. I then explained what happened to mine and his tune changed. I am waiting for Ford ton respond in writing

Complete loss of truck and damage to driveway due to the high heat. Thank God no one was hurt or structural damage. This could have been real sad if I had parked my truck in the garage below my youngest boy's bedroom. Whew!

I am the owner of a Daycare Center whom sometimes take my kids out on errands with me during the day.On May 15, 2008 after driving my 2001 Ford Expedition around doing errands, it was like i was having a premonition and something kept telling me to, ....go home, go home!After arriving home, i found myself rushing the kids out of the trunk for some unknown reason.After about 15 minutes,someone was banging on my from door telling me my truck was on fire.The fire department was called, they came out and extinguished the fire of my totally destroyed vehicle.The fire department informed me that,...it appears the fire started in the front driver side of the engine compartment involving the battery and wiring harness. I was very fortunate that i got those kids of that truck or it could have a very sad tragedy!!

Thursday May 15 TH at 3:30 PM my 2000 Ford F-150 burst into flames while parked in my driveway. The fire started under the hood on the drivers side.

The truck is burned inside and out, 50 percent or more.

I bought a 1995 Ford Grand Marquis in February of 2008. I didn't drive it until the end of April of 2008 when I got insurance for it. I had been driving it for only two weeks when it burned up in a fire. It was parked outside of my apartment. I came out to go somewhere and I saw smoke coming out from under the hood. I ran and got some water and tried to put it out but it just increased and pretty soon the whole front end was in flames. By the time the fire department got there the inside was burned out and it was a total loss. I contacted the person who sold it to me and she said she had gotten a notice from Ford in March of 2008 about a possible fire hazard. She had tried to call me but my phone was disconnected so she just kept the letter. My insurance doesn't cover it and I have contacted Ford customer relationship center. I asked them to give me replacement money for the car but I haven't received a letter from their office of the general counsel which the lady promised me. Don't know what to do next. I don't want to let anyone tow it from the apartment until I find out what to do.

My 2005 Ford F150 4x4 caught on fire while driving down the highway on May 4, 2008.

My 2005 F150 4x4 truck is totalled.

Cruise control stopped working. Then about two weeks later my signals and brake lights went out. Checked fuses and the top middle 20 amp fuse was blown. Put a new fuse in and instantly smoke started billowing out of my wheel well and hood. Opened up and the sensor on the bottom of the master cylinder hooked into the wire harness was on fire. I pulled the fuse and snuffed the flames. I unhooked it replaced the fuse and now I can at least drive to the dealer with brake lights and signals. That was a close one.

On April 27th 2008 at 345 am my 2001 F150 Supercrew caught fire and was destroyed beyond repair. It happened two hours after I parked the truck from waiting in traffic from a concert. I only had liability insurance and two vehicles next to me got damaged and I had to report it to my insurance company.

Truck is totaled out. Did not have full coverage insurance. Had to pay out of pocket for towing and surrendering vehicle. Lost personal items in vehicle. Two vehicles next to me in parking lot were damaged, one had to be towed away.

I had just parked my 2000 EB Exped, which I use for my business. I went inside my sister's home to take a nap and was awaken by a blaze of fire in the engine area. The fire quickly spread burning my advertisement wrap on the entire vehicle, the car next to it, all the business equipment inside; including my 380 Keltec and my tax forms for 2007. It also caused damaged to adjacent homes and property. My company is possibly going to be sued for Fords recall issue. I refused to carry the blame for their negligence. My company could go bankrupt due to the overwhelming evidence that Ford is constantly putting consumers lifes @ stake. This metal casket has put me in a financial situation beyond my responsiblity and I am outraged that very little is being done about it. Where is the justice. I refuse to let the negligence and deceit of this multi-million dollar corporation be the downfall and the termination of mine. I have owned my business for 7 yrs and I continue to plan for longevity in my industry.

I am a Florida Dealer in New Port Richey, FL. Yesterday, April 25 I was awaken by the Fire Dept. to informed me that one of my vehicles, a 2001 Ford F-150 Sport Model cuaght on fire while TURNED OFF at the lot. The truck was total and burned to a crisp.

The truck was total. One of the vehicles next to the truck, a 2002 Lincoln LS was cinched with over (my estimate) $2000.00 worth of damage. The lot was a complete mess from all the fire damage. We are still evaluating all the loss business because of this fiasco. We do have a Fire Dept. Report and a Police report as well. They say the cause of the fire was a faulty cruise control thing that keeps running even when the vehicle is turned off. Its been a devastation to the Dealership as we cannot remove this vehicle for all the appropiate parties to do their determination. I do have pictures of all the mess.

While driving to work in my 1996 Explorer, I smelled smoke and then smoke wafted through the defrost vents. I puled off the road and parked near a bank. The employees brought out two extinguishers which I emptied on the flame source but the flames continued to grow. The fire spread from the rear of the engine block into the passenger compartment and quickly consumed the interior.

At approximately 1 am last Saturday our We awoke to the sound of the car alarm going off in our Ford Escape which was parked on the street in front of our house. When I looked out the window to investigate I saw smoke billowing out from the front wheel wells. Within seconds the smoke turned to flame! As my wife called 911 I raced to the vehicle with a fire extinguisher. My efforts were in vain and the flames consumed the front of the car as the fire department arrived. My wife had driven the car the previous afternoon and it had been parked sinc 3:30 pm. We had never been informed by Ford of any problems with the vehicle. A fire fighter informed us he recalled hearing of a problem with the wiring in the brake wiring.

mY 2005 ford explorer sport tract went up in flames in the walmart parking lot 2 days ago. it is totaled. Has just barely gotten to the warrenty marker. sounds like even though I owe 29,000 dollars on loan I'll be lucky to get 1/2.

My 1998 F150 had been sitting in my driveway for about 5 hours when we hear the alarm going off, when we looked outside the engine compartment was completely engulfed. Before the firefighters got the fire out it had burned everything but the bed of the truck.

Personal belongings in the vehicle and the truck was close enough to the house to scorch the paint on the house and the rails on the porch.

My 1997 Ford Explorer burned up. Here we are in 2008 with i dont know how many recalls on the Exploder and mine just burned up. I got home from work on a friday night at about 6:15-6:20p.m. and at about 7:10p.m. i got a call from my neighbor that my truck was on fire. My husband and other neighbor ran out and tried to put out a fire coming from under the left front wheel well. After fighting to get the hood open with the fire dept, the fire was finally put out. After everything settled my mechanic made a night service call to come check it out on the scene and found that the fire generated from a short that caused the E-Brake cable to ark off and cause the body mount to catch on fire. The E-brake cable burned all the way up inside the truck. We are still are not 100% sure of exact source but appears that a 12V source shorted to the frame of truck. Any other questions please call my husband. Thank You, Sabrina.

E-Brake cable burned in half and started to melt up into cab of truck. It started the wheel well on fire and spread to upper of engine and brake master cylinder area.

I own a used 1991 Ford Explorer. I had bought the vehicle two years ago. On April 2, 2008 at about 9 O'clock I parked my truck in the driveway of my home and went in the house and went to bed. At about 12pm I was awoken by a passer-by yelling that my truck was on fire. I then ran outside to discover my Explorer engulfed in flames. Upon calling 911 the local fire department responded, but not after the Explorer was completely ruined. Also, 95% of my belongings in the truck were ruined by smoke, heat, and fire damage. This included school books, clothing, my own fire department and ems gear, and pretty much anything else in the truck.

The cost of the truck could be estimated at about $1500. I have not made a complete list of what was in the truck and estimated costs but a quick estimate would put it possibly over $2000. Also being a college nursing student, most of my books and notes were ruined, along with my uniforms which I had to quickly replace. Being a college student I also am not finanially stable to deal with this loss easily. Also the truck is my primary form of transportation to school and the hospitals necessary. Being a volunteer Firefighter and EMT aslo I am affected because all of my gear and vehicle equiptment was lost and without a vehicle I can not respond to emergencies. I did not encounter any injury to my self or anyone else, thank God. If you need any more information from me about my complaint feel free to contact me because I am in need of all the help I can get. Thank you very much.

My 1995 Eddie Bower Ford F150 burst into flames in my driveway. Car had been only driven appox .5 miles and part during lunch hour. Only carried liablity on the vehicle due to age, but it was my only vehicle to drive to work. Ford dealer said there was no covered recall, but from the number of files listed on this site, I'm wondering...Engine still turns over, but the master cylinder is toast...

Feb 2007 lost my great 2000 ford exp. to a under the hood fire. My ford was siting in the drive way when it caught fire around 8pm at night. I had not drove the exp. for two weeks it was my family car. Called ford motor company the recall was peformed on it. They denie it was ever done.

My 1998 Lincoln Town Car had an electrcial fire at the wire harness directly beneath the brake cylinder/cruise control switch.

While I was on vacation in Hawaii in July, 2007, my 1995 Ford Conversion Van caught on fire. It spread to my house and my 1988 Suburban parked in the car port and the car port and end of the house. It was approximately 2 a.m. in the morning on Friday, 13, July, 2007. Upon discovering the fire, my neighbors called the fire department and they responded finally putting my fire out. The van and suburban were gutted by fire and the house suffered significant damage. In addition my 2002 Chevy extended cab pickup (parked behind the suburban) and my 1983 El Camino (parked behind the van) also were damaged. They suffered melted front ends, and both windshields burst from the heat.

Hello, I am desperately looking for someone who can give me info on Ford underhood fires. I have been checking the internet for information and came across your site. My wife's 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis caught fire and was totally lost in Sept 2006 while sitting in our driveway. I called Ford at that time and they told me there was no problem with our car. I notified my insurance company, National Highway Traffic Safety Bureau and the New York State Attorney General, all to no avail. Exactly a year to the day in Sept 2007 I received a recall from Ford stating my car had a potential fire problem-- I again notified Ford and they told me in effect to bad, your insurance company paid you for the car which they did, but not hardly what it was worth. I told Ford they should replace our car or pay for the other car my wife had to purchase as a result of her loss. They had no sympathy. My attorney general told me to notify the NHTSB and the NHTSB told me they have no clout in dealing with my problem. I am still quite agitated with this whole situation I feel that Ford should be held accountable for people losing their cars or worse, homes or lives because of their lack of concern in this matter. Do you know of any class action suit filed for this problem?? if so how can I get involved in it. I appreciate any information you can furnish.

I was playing a game on the computer at 10:00 pm tonight. I heard a loud BOOM and then horns going off. I thought it was a wreck. When I looked outside to the left a large gulf of flames was burning dangerously close to the house and truck. (mothers truck) She owns a 2001 Ford F-150. I ran thru the house screaming your trucks on fire. Mom was crying she thought i said the house. I just glanced out the window and seen flames on top of truck. I ran to back and got the water house went around house and forgot to turn water on. I noticed a truck was in our drive way behind my moms truck honking the horn. Thank God he was there. I ran back to turn water on. Came back to the truck to put water on it. So it wouldnt catch house on fire which was 3 feet from the awning. Im glad she had metal gutters. The plastic ones would have caught fire. My stepdad had the hose when i came around the house and was putting water on it. I went to help the man that had the truck try to pull moms truck away from the house and then I heard another loud BOOM and something went flying by my head. Scared me to death. But I acted fast as I could and the best. The truck wouldnt budge. So Troy my stepdad got his truck and tried to pull it and bent something on his bumper. While I was keeping the flames down, and our next door neighbor was spraying also. We kept the flames from hitting the house until fire department got there. Around 10:20PM or so. Everything was happening so fast its hard to keep time. I took pictures though. oil and gasoline is all over the lawn and driveway. The firedepartment said it was started on the driverside in the engine. It was scariest thing I have ever witnessed or been apart of. My mother said she was thankful for me being awake. We wouldve never known. We could have awoke in a house that was blazing.

On 2-27-08 around 2 a.m. I was awakened by 2 small booms about a minute apart, I got up to check things out to find my 2001 F-150 in the driveway fully engulfed in flames as well as my boat parked about 15' away beginning to burn. Called 911 then attempted to douse flames the best I could. Luckily the fire department was quick to arrive saving my house and other vehicles. This truck was repaired by a Ford dealer in '06 for the recall on the speed switch. I believe the booms I heard were the front tires blowing out.

The truck, boat, contents, asphalt driveway are total losses.

took my 1993 mercury in for recall 10-12-07 for speed control replacement.I called them ,last time 2-27-08 and still they have not received the part to repair the problem.How long does it take?I could have built a car by now.Their sales have dropped,I wonder why,,now I know why.

my ford f150 burned up in walmart parking lot when I was inside shopping.This may 2 07.

was totaled. we called ford motor co and also wrote them a letter. They informed us that because we had contacted our insurance co that the truck was towed away and no longer in our our possession that they could not inspect it to find out what caused the fire .

my ford f150 burned up in walmart parking lot when I was inside shopping.

was totaled. we called ford motor co and also wrote them a letter. They informed us that because we had contacted our insurance co that the truck was towed away and no longer in our our possession that they could not inspect it to find out what caused the fire .

On February 6th 2008 my self and my husband were sleeping and we woke up to shower about 10:50pm that night and i went to the kitchen and got a glass of water and returned to the room and the truck(ford) was parked in front of our home i'd say about 2 ft, the truck had been parked there for 5 to 6 hrs. the viechle was a black ford f150 1997 and well i returned and got my husband some clothes as i walked in to the restroom we heard a loud boom which caused the dogs to start barking and walked in to the leaving room and saw light and my uncle was sleeping on the sofa so i told him that the light from outside looked like flames so i ran up to the kitchen steps as i am pregnant and looked outside the window as i saw flames on the hood and i went running down the hall screaming saying the truck is on fire i opened the bathroom door told my husband that the truck was on fire and i woke up my parents screaming they rushed outside trying to turn off the fire with agarden hose with buckets of water running in and out of the house we called 911 fire dept. took about half an hour before arriving to the scene which this fire dept. is just 10 mins. from my home then they get there and still see the truck on fire and still take 10 to 15 mins to turn on the fire hoses then sheriff's took a report and there was suposed to be a investigator that should have gone and never showed until 2 days later and its been 3 weeks and nothing has been done and we dont know what to doas if to take legal actions or therfore.we need help

I received a recall notice from Ford back in August 2007 for the defect involving the cruise control switch. After many months of protracted discussions, even involving the PA State Attorney General's office I was called by the local Ford dealer this Tuesday, February 18, 2008, and told they finally had the parts. I made an appointment and went in early Wednesday morning. They replaced the switch on the brake master cylinder and added a fused link into the connecting harness. When I arrived back home I took a look at what had been done and noticed what appeared to be fluid appearing around the crimp of the switch. The next morning, Thursday February 21, 2008, I drove the truck to the diner for breakfast. At the diner I opened the hood and again checked the switch. It was wet. I drove across the street to the dealer and had him look at the switch. He took a tissue and wiped around the crimp and it was indeed wet with brake fluid. The dealer then took my truck inside and replaced the replacement switch. This does not give me a secure feeling knowing the new switch immediately leaked. Something needs to be done about this problem. This has gone on far too long without a satisfactory solution. How can I trust this?

Is it economic damage to lose the use of your Cruise Control for 6 months while Ford drags it's feet? Is it economic damage to lose peace of mind about something as simple as parking your vehicle in your garage without worrying that a switch that shouldn't have power to it when the ignition is off could suddenly cause a fire? I don't know the answer.

RE: 1999 Ford Ranger speed control recall #54330. I recieved a recall notice Fall of '07. Took my truck in before Thanksgiving. Ford didn't have the recall part so they disconnected the speed control; said they'd have the part in a month and to come back then. Called just before Christmas, told part not in, call back Jan. Called early Jan., told part not in, call back Feb. Called mid-Feb., told part not in, call back March. No speed control 3+ months @#*%!

Meanwhile I have no speed control since last Fall. I live in a big state, lots of long distance driving. Big hassel! Is there any way to light a fire under Ford? I'm tired of the stonewalling!!

I bought a used a 1995 Ford Bronco but in less than a month it went up in flames. I called Ford because there was a safety recall of some switch (vehicle speed sensor) that can cause a fire. I called FORD and they have no record if the recall was incorporated or not.

On Feb 7 2008, my 1994 Ford Explorer which I had just parked at a Burger King for lunch, caught fire minutes after I enter the restaurant. I was unaware of a Ford Fire Hazard recall that was issued on August 2007, nor was I ever notified even though I had this vehicle registered for many years. The truck was fully engulfed when firefighters finally put out the fire. I am grateful no one was in the vehicle at the time but I am out the only truck I owned.

Our 1999 Lincoln Navigator SUV caught on fire on January 11, 2008 due to a cruise control switch. We did NOT receive recall notification from Ford about this problem. The switch needed to be replaced or disconnected to prevent the fire.

My 1999 Lincoln Navigator caught on fire and was totaled due to a cruise control switch which needed to be deactivated. We did receive recall notification from Ford.

Vehicle fire, which started while the truck was parked in a parking lot.. there is a recall on the truck, and the part was replaced, evidentally with another bad part.. the truck is totaled, and ford refuses to do anything about it, since the SAID..they couldnt determine where the fire started.. this was my husband's truck at the time, which I signed for.. and he took it to VA. Beach, thats where the fire happened.. and I didnt even know about it for awhile, when I became aware of the situation, I sent in all the necessary paperwork to Ford consumer affairs, and the did nothing..

I came home for lunch one day during work, parked as usual and went in my house. We were getting new cable tv installed that day when one of the installers went out to there van for a tool. He returned in a panic saying who evers ford truck is out front is on fire. i made payments on that truck for over 3 years + my down payment of $3000. i had also fixed it up with alot of extras and lost alot of personal property as well. so of course i called my insurance co. as well as ford. suprisingly every ford rep was extremly rude and acted as though its my problem not theres. all they offered was roadSide assistance and thats The only help they offered me. I have records, dated documentation names of everyone i talked to and my daily logs

Ford has recalled many cars due to fire potential. My Mother's 1988 Grand Marquis caught fire and was damaged and repaired with recall notice coming month later. She now drives my former 1997 Lincoln Town Car and there was a safety recall in July with parts due in Nov. Now we are told Feb. This can not and is not explained by Ford Motor

We have a 2000 for Expedition. it started on fire parked in our attached garage. We have now lost everything we owned. The home we build not even 2 years ago burned to the ground, along with our boat, snowmobiles, dirtbikes and everything we had. It is currently under investigation. We are hoping to find answers as we start to replace everything we once had.

I am one of those who lives full time in an 1999 RV that has a Ford Triton V10 engine that is involved in this massive speed control recall that causes fires. Also the spitting of spark plugs. I feel as if I am sitting on a time bomb about to blow at at any time. The vehicle has only 17,000 miles on it.

The 2000 Ford Expedition caught on fire in the driveway after being parked for 4 hours. It burnt through the intake, wheel wells, and other engine components.

My 2001 Ford Expediton spontaneously caught on fire after sitting in the hospital parking. The suv had not been driven in the past 10 hours. The fire started under the hood and was fully engulfed in flames within seconds. The fire department was unable to put the fire out before the inside of the suv burned. I contacted Ford the next business day. I was told that Ford would not accept any responsibility because recall letters had been previously sent. I have never received a recall letter. I did not have proper insurance to cover a fire. I am without a vehicle and with much faith in Ford products.

On Monday, January 7, 2008 I was driving my 1997 Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer. I noticed a funny smell just before I got to my destination, and pulled over. I opened up the hood and noticed tiny flames shooting out of the alternator. By the time I ran into the house to get a fire extinquisher, the SUV was fully ingulfed in flames. Police and fire department came, and put out the fire.

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My local Ford dealer disconnected my cruise control in November 2007, saying that it was required if I was to get the defective part replaced, but could not replace the part because of a backlog on the part, and that it would take 1-month. Now it's been over 2-months and my dealer has no eta on a replacement part. The dealer said that I could reconnect the cruise control, but if the car caught on fire it would be my problem. Needless to say, I'm unwilling to risk a fire.

You can be dead sure that he won't make the same mistake again. Ford needs to understand that Americans expect the American Car makers to provide a safe car or truck for them to drive. It is not all about looks! We are talking about people being killed by known defective parts. When China does it, its all over the news, when our own American Motor Company does this the media is so scared of loosing its advertising revenue the story is skipped over. Do you know how this makes a family feel who has had to Identify a burned corpse of a loved one? Then to have the spokesperson of Ford Motor Company Mr. Dan Jarvis state Jarvis said that the real story in the August 2007 recall is that Ford proactively and voluntarily recalls those vehicles not based on reports of fires, but to alleviate customer concerns.? Delicia Lewis, the mother of 22 year old Payton Tyler Lewis a customer states He has had his concerns alleviated (to make something such as pain or hardship more bearable or less severe) Paytons pain is gone, Paytons hardships are bearable, because Payton is lifeless (no longer burning or able to burn), no longer able to operate because of a fault, breakdown, or loss of power . But, I am not alleviated, I have the power, and I still have concerns. People are being killed, houses are being burned down and Ford is not taking responsibility , they would rather act as though we do not exist , but we do and all the families affected by this will continue to stand-up for our loved ones that can no longer speak for themselves.?

you know what is ford motor company thinking they are accomplishing by not helping out there customers i had a 2000 ford expedition that caught fire while turn off and they told me sorry your out of luck we are not helping you at all with this kind of response they better watch out cause.

Our 2000 Ford Expedition (bought new by us in Houston prior to moving to Florida) with almost 130,000 miles sat in the driveway in front of our house unused for 2 days. The morning of October 24, 2007 the truck spontaneously combusted and caught our house on fire. The damage is so extensive that estimates are close to $400,000 for the house excluding contents. Almost all our furniture was destroyed and 30 -35% of our clothes. It was determined by an independent laboratory that the cruise control switch was the cause. We are now living in a rental house until our house can be rebuilt in approximately 7 - 12 months.

I bought a new F150 2007 4 door truck in August. One day after getting it home, I realized that it was having some electrical issues in the dash functions. It was in and out of the Ford dealership 3 times in 3 weeks. I had only had the truck about 9 days total in 1 month. I was driving home one day from the store and the whole truck died on me. Everything went out. I managed to pull the truck over to a parking lot and felt heat at my feet. I looked down and flames were coming in the cab of the truck from the bottom part of the dashboard. I tried to open the door and it would not open..would not unlock...everything was dead. Thank goodness I had the driver's side window down when this happened. I jumped out the window and ran. When I looked back, the entire truck was up in flames. I injured my stomach jumping out of the window as well. Ford was less than helpful in this whole matter. They refused to offer warranty on the truck. They only offered to let me pick out another truck (of lesser value than the one I purchased originally) and continue to make the payments from the original truck for the next 5 years. My wife and I are currently trying to decide what to do with this matter. No resolution yet. We certainly are not going to take Ford's lame offer...we will never drive a Ford again.

I had a 1996 Ford Crown Victoria that on 11-19 when I arrived at work caught on fire from an electrical problem per the Fire Dept. that totalled my car. After research on the internet I now know that this WAS caused from a faulty speed control device that had stopped working around 3 weeks prior. I started to have fuses blown over the week-end and was to have it checked out that day.

I bought a Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer Edition in November 2006. In July 2007 I smelled fuel after the vehicle was parked. I took it to the dealer, and they could not recreate the fuel smell. In September 2007 my husband was driving the family to camp and we smelled fuel really bad. The smell went away, but the next business day I called to make another appointment to have it checked out. Unfortunately, later that evening my husband was driving down the road and the vehicle caught fire. Luckilly he and his friend were able to jump out before it totally exploded.

I was woken at 5:00 this morning to fire engines driving through my apartment complex. I walked out to realize that my 2000 Ford F-150 was burning. I had driven it about 18 hours earlier. I had to explain to my insurance company that it just spontainiously burst into flames, and in hearing how unlikely that sounded I decided to research this and found that it is quite common. I have never recieved a recall notice, nor have I heard of this problem so I could fix it myself.

I drove my 2000 Ford Expedition to the store and when I came back, I went to class. Yes, I'm a broke college student. My roommate calls me a few hours later telling me my truck is on fire. By the time I got to my apartment, the truck was a complete loss and since my wife and I could not afford full coverage insurance, we had to pay the remaing 4k owed.

I had a 2001 Ford Expedition that burn up also. My son drove the truck to work on 9/11/2006 and within one hour I received an call stating that the Ford Expedition was on fire it burn the whole truck and two other vehicles that was park next to it in the parking lot on both sides. It was a good thing I had insurance on the vehicle to cover the two vehicles that was involve and this incident is from left side of the truck and the right side of the truck. The damages was real serious. Thank God no one was injure beside the vehicles.

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My pick up started a fire,according the investigation the reason was the cruise control system.Its a ford F-150 2001.that happened this morning.

My ford f-150 caught fire in my driveway and set my house on fire. My house is a total loss. The truck is a total loss.

The damage to the house was $750,000.00 and the truck $15,000.00.

My Ford Focus caught fire during an accident. We hit a car and our car immediately caught on fire, I was wondering if this was because of a malfunction in the engine. Ford Motor company was very rude when I told them about the problem.

My Ford F150 4x4 truck burned while sitting in a parking lot at the college my son attends. The truck had been parked for3 hours!!!!My truck was a total loss!!! It also caused damage to the automobile parked next to it!!!!

On 9-28-07, my wife was about to take my 10 yr old son to school. As they were about to leave, they noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. My wife saw flames and quickly used a garden hose to try to put the fire out. My daughter called 911 and the Fire Dept responded within minutes. T

hey finished putting out the small fire before it got any worse. The responding fireman, informed my wife that 5 houses had been lost to fires started by a defective cruise control switch. They indicated that they had never seen this type of fire at an early stage, they normally see the vehicle at a total loss.

I called the local Ford dealership and spoke to the Service Adviser, he stated that they (Ford) have handled several incidents regarding engine fires on F150 trucks. He quickly stated that he would have a tow truck sent to my home to take the truck to their service center and would take care of it. I asked how long it would take to repair and he said it would depend on the mechanics findings.

I spoke a second time to this service adviser and he told me that the vehicle was at their shop and that they would take care of the vehicle. I asked how long it would take to get the truck fixed and he stated that if the parts were in stock, they could have it ready that day. My impression after getting off the phone was that they (Ford dealership) were going to repair the vehicle at no cost to us.

Later this same day, the Service Adviser calls and tells my wife that they (Ford) was not going to pay for the damages and if we wanted them to fix it, it would cost about $800.00. They mentioned that I had been sent 4 recall notices and that this repair could not be done because I had not responded to them. I informed them that all I ever received from them were offers to buy new Ford vehicles and promotional letters which I discarded. I then was told that I would be paying for the tow and the inspection of the vehicle. I then asked to speak to the Service Adviser's supervisor.

This person was the Asst Service Manager. It took him about 30 minutes to come out to see me. He basically started the conversation stating that he was aware of what had happened and that Ford (Corporate) had denied the repair because the incident was outside the recall window. I told him that I had asked the Service Adviser for a written policy and their basis for denying the repair and he stated that their documents were Proprietary information and could not provide me a copy of it. He did produce a copy of a recall letter that was sent to another customer and pointed out that repairs by Ford could be denied if the recall was not handled on a timely basis.

I then asked for written denial letter and they said they did not have any such letter available. The Service Manager would only state that I should turn it over to my insurance company. Since I felt we were not getting anywhere, I asked to speak to the next level supervisor. This Service Manager stated that there was no one else other then a Regional person whose full name he did not know. I asked for contact information and he stated that the only way to contact him was for me to call the 1-800 number (Ford Customer Service) and that an email would be sent to him.

He indicated that this person had the authority to authorize the dealership to fix the vehicle. I felt very exasperated and decided to conclude my conversation with him. I did make a point that the Service Adviser at no point in time, informed me that I would incur any type of cost and that the impression I got from each phone call was that they (Northside Ford), would be taking care of it. At this point, I am still in the process of contacting the General Manager and the Ford Customer 1-800 number. I will post any further details as we go.

I am in receipt of your letter of August 2007, informing me of a recall regarding the Speed Control Deactivation Switch which has evidently caused fires in cars that are running or not, and in cars where the cruise control is being used or not. In May 2007, I had a fire in my 1994 Ford Taurus SHO, VIN: 1FALP54P1RA212223 (05S28) arising from this defect in your system.

The car was parked at the time, and not running. Since I have not received a warning prior to August, I believe that it is your responsibility to correct any damage that was done to my car, regardless of the expense. I have already put over $800 into repairing it, but it still needs a replacement harness which I am told may cost me up to $4,000.

Although my insurance company, State Farm, is offering $2500 if I get a Salvage Title, I do not want to junk my car. With the exception of the wiring harness, the car is in running condition.

There is no way that I can replace this car for $2500. And, I love my SHO. You must realize that State Farm will want to get back anything that they pay into the car anyway.

Therefore, If you believe in customer loyalty and Customer satisfaction is one of the primary objectives of Ford Motor Company?, I am asking you to reconsider having the car repaired in one of your shops so that I do not have to deal with my insurance company and with changing my title to a salvage title. To quote your letter: Parts will be available in the 4th quarter of 2007, at which time Ford will notify you to return to your dealer to have the fused wiring harness installed and the SCDS reconnected on your vehicle.?

So, how is this different from what I am requesting you to do? If I am willing to live with any other damages (detailing the car) that occurred to the car because of the fire, why cant you repair the items that caused it? Had I received notice earlier, this could have been avoided. How many cars have to burn before you advise your customers that there is a concern with the electrical system that could cause this type of fire, even when the car is parked and not running? I have in the past few months had 3 major surgeries (spine and double hip replacements) and I cannot afford to put any more money into my car, especially because I believe that it is your responsibility to repair this.

All I ask is that you have one of your dealers replace the wiring harness and re-imburse me for the repairs that I have had to do on the car in the meantime. I can be reached at either of the numbers listed above. And, a prompt response would be very much appreciated. Sincerely, Christina C. Czerwinski

August 2007 I received a recall letter, Recall 05S28. It had to do with the Speed Control Deactivation Switch and how the SUV could catch on fire at any given time, so they said park away from structures ect. Last year in June 2006, we were going on a camping trip. The truck caught on fire, we had it towed, AAA, repaired, $3000.00 approx, I have receipts, my husband had to stay in a hotel overnight, and a car rental. Plus he had to drive at least 2 hours to go back and get the truck. I sent a general letter to Mr. Ligon letting him know about the cost of the situation and asked him to respond. I did not straight out ask for reimbursement. However, I have not received a response. Could somebody please assist me. Thank you, Virginia Chapman

1997 Mercury Grand Marquise burned in our garage. Didn't know about the switch or the recall. We were in third floor bedroom at the time. The car had only been moved out of the garage once that day for sweeping. Ended up being a 7 alarm fire.

Nearly $300,000 in damage to our home and other vehicles. Had to live in a hotel while repairs were made, was forced into the secondary insurance market for 5 years, paying exhorbitent insurance premiums for homeowners' ins. Personally lost lots of $$ in uninsured and under insured items from home.

I purchased a certified used 1992 Ford Taurus Wagon in 2002. We bought the car for $2100 which I thought was a steal. The car had extreamly low mileage which was great. It took all but maybe 90 days before the car ignited.Sending my fiance' three daughters at the time 3,1 and 2 weeks old and myself running as quickly as we could from a car on fire. My children could had died that day. If I had been alone that afternoon they would have died trapped inside there car seat,as any parent can tell you how hard it is to have 1 let alone 3. I thank God for my children being here today.

I was driving my 2003 Ford Escape on the highway and I noticed the raido shut off then the car was slowly losing power almost causing an accident. It smelled like burnt. I pulled over to the shoulder and the car never turned on again. This was a scary experience and I have feeling this has something to do with the Recall Ford had.

My husband owned a 1999 ford F-150 truck. He came to work to have lunch with me. When he returned to the parking lot his truck was on fire under the hood. A passer-by had already called the fire department. It was deemed by our insurance that the fire was cause by the recalled speed control. The car was parked not running in a full parking lot. It was luck that no one was hurt and other cars were not damaged. The irony of this story is that we had had the recalled part replaced by our local for dealer. The fire was Aug 10, 2007 and we had the part replaced on Feb 2007. So my fear is that the new parts they are using to repalce the recalled parts are faulty also.

Our truck was a total loss. We collected from out insurance but it was not enough to cover the purchase of our new truck. The Ford dealership really did nothing to help us out either. Our truck was paid for and in excellent condition we were not planning to buy a new car for at least 2 years. This has caused us an unnecessary hardship not to mention the time I had to spend away from my job getting this taken care of. Insurance claims, rental car, searching for a new car, buying a new car, signing paperwork for insurance etc. I also filed a report with Ford and the sent me a letter stating that my insurance could file for return of their funds but offered not help to us in any form. A rebate on a new vehicle would have been acceptable. The letter stated that no further action from Ford would be expected at this time.

My 2000 Ford Eddie Bauer Expedition caught fire in a crowded parking lot and was destroyed. The incident was totally unexpected as the vehicle was off and unoccupied. I had just returned from the store and within 30 minutes or less the vehicle was on fire. Thankfully no one was physically injured.

I am reporting a fire that started in my 2000 Lincoln Town Car (Signature Series). I have never seen this model on the recall lists, however, it had the same problem. We last drove it on the 30th of May 2004 and parked it in the garage at about 7:00 that evening.

The next day, at about 1045, my husband and I went into the garage, walked BY the car, and there was no smell, no smoke, nothing amiss. However, at about 1115, I heard a boom in the garage and went to look and it was full of thick black smoke with flames coming from the front area on the left, as well as the wheel well area on the left (drivers side)....

The fire destroyed everything in the garage and most everything in our home. Our home has to be gutted to the frame work, and start over again, replacing whatever frame work was not burned or damaged.....

FORD never came to our home to look at this car even though I called the dealership, Ford Credit and Ford Warranty.......The car HAS been looked at by various fire officials and three fire investigators, plus an electrical engineer..... Ford never did come to the house to look at the car, or the house. On the 28th of June, the insurance company finally had the car moved to a storage facility until Ford and the insurance company could settle.

I have yet to see any compensation from Ford. I have been told that I cannot sue Ford because no one was hurt and that the insurance company was sueing to get pennies back on the dollar for what they have paid so far. I was also told that all I could get from Ford was the deductible on the car and on the house, and perhaps some things not covered by insurance.

I have talked to a lady at Ford who does the claims and I did try to claim the down payment on my new used vehicle, but she said that I couldn't claim that, as the insurance paid off the car. Doesn't seem right, I had no plans on using that money in savings to put down on a new car because the one I had burned up my house! I think Ford should have just paid for a new car, just to make it right.

A $20 cruise control switch failed , causing a fire under the left side of the engine in front of the driver, Payton. This $20 part should have been recalled, Ford knew there was problems for years!!!, but yet, still let people drive around with it. Please beware if you drive a Ford Motor Company Car or Truck, check the recall list, a 20.00 part can kill you, via engine fires!!!!!!

Payton Tyler Lewis my son, was 22 years old , he died on the 9th of December . He was driving on hwy 376. Payton was driving a Lincoln Mark VIII, 1993 with less than 85000 miles on it. The car ( A ford Motor Company Product) produced cars and trucks with defective deactivation switches in the cruise controls. The car caught fire in the front of the car in the engine compartment on the left side, right, where Payton's vision would have been disrupted.

He tried to pull over on the left side of the road but, the brake lines had already burned thru ( no brake marks on the road). He tried to avoid a tree by pulling the car to the left, but the car slid into two trees, killing both Payton age 22 and his 21 year old girlfriend Sam.

The eye witnesses of the accident pulled there car around and called 911, and waited over 30 min. the(response time), before an officer arrived. The accident was approx. 5 miles from the fire station/Whitehouse Police Department. During this time the two Witnesses sat in there car, in shock, not believing what they had witnessed.

The Lincoln passed them with a fire coming out of the engine, then seem to be pulling over to the left side of the road, hitting the trees, then the car continued to slowly burn and with every pop of the tires the wait seemed endless and heart breaking, Being in shock and afraid to go close to the car to reddener aid they felt helpless. They did what they could do called 911 for help.

Parked my truck (1997 F- 250) in front of my house. Ran in to pack a bag and start vacation. 20 minutes later I hear somone yelling on the street.Look out to see flames and smoke errupting from under my hood. By the time the fire engine arrived ( and they were quick !)my windshield, dash,head liner, front tire,some very important papers, anything that could possibly burn in the engine compartment, melted my hood, the truck was gonzo.There are too many similar complaints to be coincidentle. Have the big boys stood up to rectify the problem? Of course not. I know i'll be driving around with an I got burned by Ford banner on my Toyota truck

You know my ford Expedition caught fire on 7/26/07 and i must say that ford told me the same thing it's telling all of its customers. NO. NO. NO. NO. WE ARE NOT DOING NOTHIN. WE WILL NOT HELP IN ANY WAY!

Wow. What ever happend to Customer Service?

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while driving home on thursday evening at approximately 5 pm i noticed my car was not running correctly, i heard a beeping sound and noticed that the (ABS) brake light on the dashboard was lit up, after i stopped the vehicle a couple of people driving next to me motioned me to leave the vehicle because it was on fire, so i exited the vehicle and sure enough to my suprize it was on fire underneath the car.

my car at this time will not start it directly shorts, i had to pay towing to get it home i can not use the vehicle at this time i have to take the bus and hitch rides in orde to get to work. now i have an added expence to fix the veichle, which is a 1996 ford taurus.

My 1998 Ford SUV went up in flames 8 hours after I received a recall letter.

I had a paid for truck in great running order. Now Ford says they won't assist and I will NEVER by another Ford.

Aug 19,2007, while I was driving up a slight hill, I noticed my explorer was losing speed even with the cruise on. I gave it a bit more gas, but it seemed to lose some power. That is when I noticed the smoke coming from under the hood and into the car through the vents. I made it to the top of the hill, pulled over, put it in park and popped the hood. My friend tried to douse the fire but it was too late. 3 fire engines later and the flames were out, but the explorer was totaled. There was no warning other than a little loss of power beforehand which I thought I would get checked but had no idea it was the lead in to a fire!

On August 20,2007 I was taking my 1999 Ford Explorer Truck to the Sheehy Ford Marlow Heights for the recall on the cruise control switch and while en route my steering wheel had smoke coming from the steering column. Then I noticed that there was a lot of smoke coming from the hood of the truck. I pulled in front of the Sheehy ford and my truck went up in flames. Over 70% of my truck was covered in flames. What's really hurtful about this!!!!! I just paid my car off and wanted to enjoy not having a truck note. I haven't contacted ford about this, because it happened today but I will pursue this with ford to see what can be done about this tragic incident. I hope that I can find someone to represent me on such negligence of the ford company.

We had purchased a 2004 Ford Expedition XLT from Sheehy Ford of Richmond 3 years ago. On Monday, August 15, 2007, I got into my expedition to go to work, I proceeded to start the engine and backed out of the driveway. I began to smell an odor similar to that of an electrical fire. By the time I drove three houses down, smoke was coming out of the right passenger side of the dashboard.

I was able to put the truck in park and get out of the car quickly. This manage to prevent a full blown vehicle fire. We had the truck towed to the Sheehy dealership and was told that this was not a recall issue and then proceeded to inspect the truck. It turns out that the blower motor had gone bad (take note that they did not say that their product caught on fire)and needed to be replaced. The fire caused damages to other wires and the bill keeps accumulating. I was lucky that the fire did not start why I had my 2 children in the truck while driving at a higher speed. If that had been the case, the situation would have been very, very dangerous.

We did everything we were suppose to do to maintain the vehicle and it's a shame that Ford is producing products that are undependable and dangerous to consumers. Overall, the cost of the parts ended up being $205.00 and the cost of labor was $1000.00.

Does anyone see the problem here? It's unfortunate that Ford is profitting so much for defective parts they are installing in their vehicles at the expensive of their customers. I have learned from this mistake and guarantee that my husband and I, our children, and their children, along with our parents, sisters, brothers, nieces and nephews will never be a supporter of Ford again. We value our loved ones too much to place them in unnecessary danger.

In 2004,on mid-tour leave I went to North Carolina to visit my wife and I also financed a two-toned 2001 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer edition while I was there. I chose the used car dealership had two trucks. The blue truck was just average and the two tone burgundy and beigh was fully loaded with leather seats. I was getting this vehicle cause my wife needed something to get back and forth to work, so I figure I would do something nice for her.Any way the dealer told me that the vehicle needed minor repair,so after I got an extended warranty on the vehicle and full coverage insurance from progressive I purchased the truck.Anyway I drove the truck around for about a total of 5 times.

I noticed while taking my wife to work the truck had caught on fire. At that point I contacted the police and they told me to call the fire dept. And then I contacted progressive my insurance company at the time. Because of the damaged of the fire. I never would have thought the truck caught on fire. So I told the police somebody probably set the car on fire. The only mystery of the whole incident was how did they set the fire from inside of the truck when it didn't appear that the locks on the door was damage.

This even baffled the police.I then set up a meeting with progressive my insurance company after they did their assessment of the Expedition. Progressive questioned me like I started the fire(I guess it was protocal) I felt I should have said I wanted a lawyer when they asked but I felt I didn't need one cause I didn't do anything wrong. Needless to say I went back to Iraq and while I was away they denied my claim.

When asked why they said insufficient evidence. So I was out of a truck because they eventually towed it away and I had to pay back the diffence of the vehicle after the finance company took it and sold it. One day me and my wife sat down and was watching TV and seen how one man's Expedition catch on fire and set his whole house on fire. And how a few truck the same year and model as our truck had been catching on fire. I called Ford about this numerous of time but they claimed our truck VIN number was not in the recalled phase.

So I never knew if they were telling the truth or not seeing all these recalls happening. I think someone should go to jail for ripping off the consumer like this. Unless Ford do something for people I will never buy a Ford again

2000 Ford Ranger Extended Cab pickup truck was parked in front of my dialysis clinic at 5:00 a.m. At approximately 7:30 a.m., it caught on fire and burned a hole through the hood and did so much damage to the engine compartment that the insurance company totaled the vehicle. Yes, it had cruise control, and yes the cruise control stopped working the day before.

On May 18, 2007, my 2001, F-250 Super Duty Ford Crew Cab Truck spontaneously caught fire and burned up while parked in the driveway of my friend's home. The truck was unattended and had been sitting in the driveway from approximately 35 to 40 minutes. The engine was off with keys out of the ignition. The video surveillance cameras surrounding my friend's home captured smoke coming from under the hood of my truck on the driver's side near the windshield with molten white hot substances dropping on the ground under the truck near the left front wheel on the driver's side of the truck. It burst into flames and was destroyed as some substance combusted under the hood on that side of the truck engine compartment. Ford's response was not enough evidence was left to determine a cause of the fire? Their inspector came out and supported their claim. The video and pictures leave a reasonable person to believe that trucks do not spontaneously catch fire and that Ford's cruise control switch defect contributed to the cause of the fire which destroyed my truck.

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My 2002 Ford Expedition was parked out on our driveway when it caught fire. Fortunately, a neighbor saw the fire and warned my husband and 4 year old daughter so they were able to get out of the house and call the fire department over to stop the fire. This incident happened on Thursday, July 12, 2007. My husband was advised by the fire marshall who came by to call Ford and report the incident. We did just that. We received a lettr from Ford on Friday, July 20,3007 that was written on Monday, July 16, 2007 stating that Ford sent their apologies but that they were not responsible for the fire because they had sent 3 mailings out for the recall. First of all, we never received a recall notice from them.

Secondly, since Ford is well aware of the severity of the problem they should make every effort possible, regardless of cost, to ensure that everyone who has these dangerous vehicles on federal, state and local highways, should be notified of this recall. It is in their code of ethics to ensure that the customer is provided with the best quality vehicle leaving their hands. They are morally and ethically responsible for the retribution of our vehicle. We are hardworking individuals trying to make a living. My husband has been without a job for more than a year, but I have continued my obligation of paying Ford Credit on my vehicle.

They in unfortunately are turning the other cheek and not claiming responsibity stating that they made every effort to notify us of this recall. I honestly do not believe that. They could of contacted me by phone, sent a certified letter or had the local dealership call. When are payments are late, they go to extreme measures to get their money don't they. The consumer as always is the one who looses in situations such as these because of course we are not the big corporate bullies backed my billions of dollars. Well I am tired of corporate America always cashing in on hardworking Americans. I plead with all those out there who have had a loss like mine. Write to FORD and your sentators know what is going on, let them know how you feel.

THIS IS AN INJUSTICE. Together we can make a difference.

My office was recently entertained for several hours watching as a Ford Explorer belonging to a co-worker started to smoke and then burst into flames. Not only did it burn up, but the car next to it towards which the wind was blowing the flames was also destroyed. The up wind car was damaged, but not as severely. Apparently the owner missed the recall notice. And I'd be happy to share my photographs. The fire department finally arrived to put out the fire, but our security people, who had been running around with fire extinguishers, were no help at all. This being Texas, we're all talking about the car-b-que.

Cruise control switch caught on fire while I was in a parking lot. I was able to put the fire out but not before damage was also done to my master cylinder. Dealership tells me it is not part of any recall.

At 12:00am June 13, 2007 I was woken up by the a strange sound and a glow in my home. I looked out the front door to see what it was. I was no prepared for the inferno of fire that had in gulfed my 2000 Ford Expedition in my driveway. I then woke my husband by screaming that we had to get our 3 year old daughter from upstairs and get out of the house because the flames were reaching our eaves of the house. Thank god for the Flower Mound Fire Department, who after receiving a 911 call, came and put it out before it go to the house. We lost our Car that was payed off...a window that had broken because of the heat and all of our landscaping around the front of our house...and needless to say our driveway is a complete loss too. We though are very lucky because this was not in our garage like so many others have been. My daughter though is tramatized by the whole event. Ford should be sued and put out of business. I personally will never own another Ford Product especially after contacting them after this event and then reading all the people this Company has effected with their products...and they will not do a thing about it. They are truly Getting away With Murder. The Carter Family. P.S. I Bought a Tahoe

My 1995 ford f150 started on fire and nearly burnt down my garage. I came home from work and parked it approx. ten feet away. About twenty minutes later I hear the horn honking and see my truck in flames. I was home alone with my two and five year old children. I had to call 911, place my children in the woods out of danger and grab a fire extinguisher. However, the truck was totally engulfed and it was all I could do to keep my garage from catching on fire. I had the ground, tree's, and a deck all on fire by the time the fire dept. showed up. I had just bought the truck five weeks ago and hadnt even made my first payment on it. Now luckily I had full coverage but I am still stuck with a 1000.00 dollar deductible on the truck and 500.00 on the deck and tree. Until yesterday I never knew fords were prone to fires.

December 1 2006 my truck burst into flames while driving down the road, my wife and child were with me at the time my wife could exit but she could not retrieve our child due to the locks and windows not operating, we all got out without a scratch in the end and had a long walk in the snow. Much better than what could have happend with my child alone in the vehicle at Wal Mart.

The important thing to understand about this fire is that Ford had installed the fix / retrofit and it did not work due to ice and snow being under the hood. The fuse was intact after the fire it never even blew. The truck was a total loss, I removed the receiver portion of the hitch it was the only salvageable part of the truck, pretty sad for a $32,000.00 F150 Super Crew. Several of the trucks have burnt in this area and two mine and one other on the same day....This is a disaster and Ford should be made to pay the costs for delivering crap, my first Ford was a 1979 the last one I will own was the 2001. It is not worth my families life....

I am a senior mechanical engineering major at Texas A&M University. Using my best deductive reasoning and engineering judgment I am confident in saying that I was a victim of a fire caused by a faulty cruise control switch. Many of Ford Motor Company’s vehicles have this switch and have been recalled because of the many fires that the switch has caused; however, my vehicle, a 2001 Explorer XL/Sport 4WD, VIN number is 1FMYU70E81UB34529, along with many other models was left off of the recall list despite containing this same faulty switch.

I arrived at work at 8:00 AM on May 31st, 2007. At approximately 8:30 AM a co-worker informed me that my SUV was on fire in the parking lot. I was unable to open the hood to extinguish the fire because the cable that releases the hood had melted. I was forced to sit and watch my car burn until the Dow fire department arrived and used an axe and other instruments to cut through the hood and extinguish the fire. Mr. Gordon Huntington at (979) 238-9404 was taking notes as they inspected the remains. He was in charge of the fire brigade. After the fire ended, I lifted the hood and assessed the damage. All non metal components are completely melted, the battery exploded, the electrical system is fried, the paint bubbled and peeled off many areas at the front end of the car, and the hood is destroyed. As far as the engine goes, I feel it will never be reliable again because it has been exposed to the sulfuric acid from the battery. It is common knowledge that acid changes the material properties of metals. If the engine is used again it is possible that it would develop stress fractures in areas not typical of model and eventually fail.

It is my understanding that the switch causes the fires in the following manner. The switch is installed to shut off the cruise control when the brake is applied. Therefore, the switch is mounted on the master cylinder and attached to the cruise control system on the other side. For reasons unknown to me, the wire connecting the two systems is “hot� at all times, even when the car is off and the key is removed. Further, this wire runs underneath a reservoir of a flammable, corrosive liquid commonly known as break fluid. The switch is known to be faulty because inside the switch, a thin film barrier separates brake fluid from the switch's electrical components. The barrier is known to corrode over time, exposing the live wire to the flammable break fluid. The result is a fire that quickly spreads to all areas underneath the hood. Further, I have found that consumers, whose cars were on the recall list, could look for the following symptoms: Cruise control is not working properly; brake fluid is leaking around the switch; fuses are blown near the switch; or the fuse for the speed control cannot be opened.

The consumers could look for these symptoms to know if they were in immediate danger of a fire. I, however, was uninformed, because my model was left off of the recall list for an unknown reason, and therefore did not know that I was at high risk of a fire for more than 4 months. My cruise control stopped working last winter. However, I did not feel it was worth my time to get it fixed because I primarily use the vehicle for intra-city travel. Further, my brake fluid level was low on two separate occasions in the past 6 months. The levels were never significantly low and my brakes were completely re- worked in August of 2006, so I assumed this was just a gradual settling of the system. In hind site, it is obvious that the leaking brake fluid and a faulty cruise control switch were to blame for two seemingly minor car maintenance issues.

If Ford Motor Company had recalled my vehicle, I would have been notified of the potential danger, and would have used common sense to link the two as a potentially deadly hazard. After doing some research I have found that Ford Motor Company is aware of this problem, but did not recall all vehicles with the faulty $21.00 part for unknown reasons. If my car had ignited just hours earlier there is a strong possibility that 3 lives including my own could have been lost due to Ford’s negligence. My car was parked beneath the dry, wooden deck of a beach house. When ignited, the fire would have quickly engulfed the wooden house while my roommates and I were sleeping.

Further, I am currently employed as an intern at the Air Liquide hydrogen processing plant that is located on the Dow Chemical, Oyster Creek plant facility. The address is Dow Chemical, 1499, FM 523, Freeport, TX 77541. My vehicle was on fire within feet of highly pressurized hydrogen gas lines placing the safety of hundreds of employees at risk. One could argue that the vehicle is 6 years old and therefore it is not Ford’s responsibility because older cars are more subject to system failures. I find this absurd because many of the models on the recall list are far older. These consumers were all made aware of the danger that they were in. T

hese models include: Cars 1992-1993 Ford Crown Victoria 1992-1993 Lincoln Town Car 1992-1993 Mercury Grand Marquis SUVs 1994-1996 Ford Bronco 1997-2001 Ford Expedition 1998 Ford Explorer 1998 Mercury Mountaineer 1998-2001 Lincoln Navigator 2000-2001 Ford Excursion Pickup Trucks 1994-2001 Ford F-150 1994-2001 Ford F-250 1994-2001 Ford F-350 1994-2001 Ford F-450 1994-2001 Ford F-550 1994-2001 F-Super Duty 2001 F-Series Super Crew Vans 1994-1996 Ford Econoline 1996-2001 Ford E-450 In fact, most cars that were included on the recall list are far older than my 2001 Explorer XL/Sport 4WD. This renders the argument that Ford is not responsible for past warranty vehicles with potential hazards useless in a court of law.

Well my 1994 mercury grand marquis burst into flame after sitting idle for about 3 hrs. four weeks ago totaly destroying the car and damaging one next to it.the arson investigator said the fire started in the engine compartment on the drivers side around the master cylinder for the brakes. thats where the cruise control stop switch is that ford has had recalls on from what I have heard for this same reason.

After arriving at a friends house at 9:30 pm my 2002 Ford Expedition burst into flames after being parked for nearly three hours. Thank goodness I happened to be at a friends house or it would have been parked in my garage and would have burned my house down in the middle of the night. Even though I had the recall completed on the cruise control 6 months prior it still caused a fire.

2002 ford escape fire

i am adding to my prvious email, I have talked to 6 ford mechanics, that stated almost all the older escapes with over 50,000 miles on them have leaky master cylinders.

the purpose of ford recalling the abs modules is to put grease on the wires to keep from getting break fluid in the module, so they know theyre leaking. sounds like theyre putting a band aid on something that requires stitches.

my 98 ford explorer 4.0 xlt, was parked for eight or nine hours and started on fire and totalled the truck.

i only had liability insurance coverage on it, and still owe on mycredit card for the purchase of the truck

hello i reported my 2002 ford escape catching fire at the abs module about a week ago

well ford motor company is going to have an inspector go to ford to look at it, they first said they would only pay half to have it fixed, because they said there was an oil leak. which i had never known about. but if youll look at the nhtsa defect investigation in the summary it states the abs module is missing or has faulty seals that allow contaminents such as brake fluid and water to get into it. they will send their inspector. but the ford service manager here said he doesnt want me to have my guy and the ford inspector out there at the same time, because they might argue. sounds like he knows something i dont.

I had (keyword:HAD) a Ford Expedition.The morning of June 2,2007 I woke up to find my wife's 2000 Ford Expedition completely engulfed in flames,after sitting in the driveway for more than 12 hours..PARKED with the engine off!!! I am just thankful that neither my wife nor my 2 year old daughter were in it at the time.That would have been a tragedy,it's bad enough that my vehicle was completely destroyed.I was never notified in any way ( mail or letter) by FORD that there was any type of recall on this year model as an owner. What is the deal FORD???? When are you going to get with the program and take some responsibility for this problem for the consumers?

My 2000 Ford Expedition was a total loss. My mother-in-laws Lincoln TownCar was also significantly damaged(possibly totaled also)by the fire from radiant heat.

Monday 5/28 @ approximately 7:45 pm my daughter and I got into my 2002 Ford Escape to go to Wal-Mart. I noticed the yellow ABS was lite up and commented to my daughter, that reminds me I need to take this in next week when I am off on vacation from Tuesday through Friday,(6/4-6/8, to have them check on the recall noticed received in April 2007.

We continued to back out and when we were in the street I noticed a lot of smoke coming up through the hood of the vechicle. I immediately pulled back up into the driveway told my daugher to get out, jumped out of the drivers side. By the time I got around to the front of the car, smoke was bellowing out from beneath the vechicle.

I ran into the house and got my husband and son who ran outsie. My husband told my son to jump in and pop the hood while he grabbed the water hose. The smoke was so thick he could not see and started putting water where it appeared to be coming from which was on the driver side up towards the front windshield.

After getting out the fire, he did not see flames, but smoke was thick and he did not look underneath, we were just worried about it catching whole vechile on fire and even the house, he could see where the box, I guess where the braking system is was burned and melted. This was Labor Day evening and my son said he would come over on 5/29 and take up to Gwartney Ford in Edmond along with the recall letter. The vechicle now would not start. It caused some kind of damage to the battery.

My husband Jeff called Gwartney Ford in Edmond and told them of the situation and they, I think her name is Lisa, said we would have to tow it up there. My husband adivsed her he did not feel we should have to pay to have vechile towed since it was a Ford problem. He had also called Ford at the 1-800# and they did not bother to even call back and also acted like it was our issue to get car to Ford dealer. After getting home from work on 5/29 my husband jumped the vechile to see if he could get it started which it did and drove it immediately to Gwartney.

I followed him up there and it was starting to smoke again when he pulled in. They, Service Dept./Lisa I think called my husband on his c-ph and asked if Ford had given us a case # and advised they would not be able to do anything without a case number which Ford did not give us along with failing to even call back. My husband said he would call Ford back and get a case #. Second time he called Ford, he talked to a woman named Jen and she said the first person who took the call did not even report it as a fire.

She started asking questions like was it gray smoke, black smoke, did you see flames etc. My husband advised her he did not remember the color of the smoke, just it was a lot and he thought the whole vechicle was going to burn up and just started shooting water on it. He asked about a rental car while it was being fixed and to make a very long story short, they gave us nothing but the run-around, they could not give us a case #, they would have to contact you and we would get something in the mail to feel out in 7-10 days.

They told us to contact our insurance company for a rental. We contacted our insurance co. and they said we did not have rental insurance. Why are we having to get a rental car, this is their issue. Seven to ten days, what are we suppose to do walk! They will have to send investigators like we are lying. All you have to do is look at see the melted box area.

Can their dealships not tell which by the way they confirmed it appeared that was exactly the issue? They were no help and this could be weeks if not months to get our car fixed. Gwartney pulled the car out back, they did not want in their garage per them, it can still catch on fire when it is not running. I am upset and want this resolved immediatley. I could go on but you can get the frustration I am having.

Monday 5/28 @ approximately 7:45 pm my daughter and I got into my 2002 Ford Escape to go to Wal-Mart. I noticed the yellow ABS was lite up and commented to my daughter, that reminds me I need to take this in next week when I am off on vacation from Tuesday through Friday,(6/4-6/8, to have them check on the recall noticed received in April 2007.

We continued to back out and when we were in the street I noticed a lot of smoke coming up through the hood of the vechicle. I immediately pulled back up into the driveway told my daugher to get out, jumped out of the drivers side. By the time I got around to the front of the car, smoke was bellowing out from beneath the vechicle. I ran into the house and got my husband and son who ran outsie. My husband told my son to jump in and pop the hood while he grabbed the water hose. The smoke was so thick he could not see and started putting water where it appeared to be coming from which was on the driver side up towards the front windshield. After getting out the fire, he did not see flames, but smoke was thick and he did not look underneath, we were just worried about it catching whole vechile on fire and even the house, he could see where the box, I guess where the braking system is was burned and melted. This was Labor Day evening and my son said he would come over on 5/29 and take up to Gwartney Ford in Edmond along with the recall letter. The vechicle now would not start. It caused some kind of damage to the battery.

My husband Jeff called Gwartney Ford in Edmond and told them of the situation and they, I think her name is Lisa, said we would have to tow it up there. My husband adivsed her he did not feel we should have to pay to have vechile towed since it was a Ford problem. He had also called Ford at the 1-800# and they did not bother to even call back and also acted like it was our issue to get car to Ford dealer. After getting home from work on 5/29 my husband jumped the vechile to see if he could get it started which it did and drove it immediately to Gwartney.

I followed him up there and it was starting to smoke again when he pulled in. They, Service Dept./Lisa I think called my husband on his c-ph and asked if Ford had given us a case # and advised they would not be able to do anything without a case number which Ford did not give us along with failing to even call back. My husband said he would call Ford back and get a case #. Second time he called Ford, he talked to a woman named Jen and she said the first person who took the call did not even report it as a fire.

She started asking questions like was it gray smoke, black smoke, did you see flames etc. My husband advised her he did not remember the color of the smoke, just it was a lot and he thought the whole vechicle was going to burn up and just started shooting water on it.

He asked about a rental car while it was being fixed and to make a very long story short, they gave us nothing but the run-around, they could not give us a case #, they would have to contact you and we would get something in the mail to feel out in 7-10 days. They told us to contact our insurance company for a rental. We contacted our insurance co. and they said we did not have rental insurance. Why are we having to get a rental car, this is their issue. Seven to ten days, what are we suppose to do walk!

They will have to send investigators like we are lying. All you have to do is look at see the melted box area. Can their dealships not tell which by the way they confirmed it appeared that was exactly the issue? They were no help and this could be weeks if not months to get our car fixed. Gwartney pulled the car out back, they did not want in their garage per them, it can still catch on fire when it is not running. I

am upset and want this resolved immediatley. I could go on but you can get the frustration I am having. Regards, Kara Sherwood. PS: I do not trust driving this vechicle even if they do fix it! With the NON-service we received from Ford, I can do not trust their repairs at all! How long our we going to be inconveniced with Ford's issue???

While park, i went into a store , spent 30 or 45 minutes in the store shopping. I returned to my truck to find that their was smoke comming from under the hood. i decided not to open the hood , in fear that i might add fuel to the fire. i called the fire department , but by that time i had a full blaze. I'm just so happy that this truck was not where i normally park it.in my garage. i did not find out about this or any other occurence until this incident happen to me. now everybody is telling me about recall's and everything else. i truly did love my ford truck,but after this i'm not sure whether i would ever want a ford product ever again. more than me loving my truck, many days i have had my grand daughter , that ihad to pick up every day, even though i never would have left her unattended. thinds happen so quickly you really don't have time to react. at the end of the day the only thing that happen was the fofd truck , that ilove so dearly, BURNED UP. Thank you LORD!!!

On 05/28/07, I arrived home from work at 8pm. After dinner with my family and some television, I went to bed. My dog began to bark and growl around 1:30am which woke up my partner. She yelled at the dog to be quiet when we heard an extremely loud explosion from the yard. My partner's initial thought was that a transformer had blown. She got out of bed and went to the window where she saw my 2001 Ford F-150 on fire. We both ran through the house and onto the front porch where we called 911 and could only stand and watch the truck burn from the front to the rear in less than 15 minutes.

The fire department stated that the fire appears to have started from the engine compartment. I phoned my father the next morning to tell him what had happened and at that time, he informed me of the recall on the Ford vehicles related to the speed control. I began to make phone calls and was actually on the phone for over 40 minutews with the Ford Customer Relations Department. At the end of the call, I was asked, What do you expect Ford to do for you?. I explained that my main reason for the call was to receive some piece of mind because my initial thoughts about the fire was that it had been intentionally set by someone. At that point the conversation ended with me being told that the Consumer Affairs Group would be in contact with me over the next 7 to 10 days.

well it is still be looked at by ford, but someone else looked at it before that and said it was the abs module. our 2002 ford escape caught on fire, it did not burn up, my son had driven it to school, parked it and noticed it was smoking under the hood. they got the hood up and fire was underneath the master cylinder, the abs module, well the principal got the fire extinguisher and put it out, the wires were melted. I later found out there was a recall on this,but i have not yet received my recall letter. i would like to add, some of the people at ford have been friendly while others have been awful. they should have to pay for mental anguish when stuff like this happens because GOD knows they put you through enough of it.

Last year we bought a used Ford 2001 Expedition off the lot. It was totally decked out, 23 inch rims, DVD and Tv player with tv screens in the back seats...On May 16th 2007 I took the expedition about two miles to my gym. I parked the car about 8:50 a.m. By 9:34 a.m. people were running into the gym to find me and let me know that the hood of my car was on fire.

None of us could believe what we saw! Here were flames well over 12 feet in the air, so ingulfing our vehicle that nothng in the front of the car was left - burned to a crisp. In less than 10 minutes! It was gone. The fire inspector took one look and thought it to be a mechanical or engine fire. Someone else in the gym asked me to google engine fires Ford...This is the first we had heard about this.

The what if's came through our minds...what if it was in the middle of the night and parked at home, or we were driving, or the kids borrowed it. Thank you God for watching over us! I believe the uncomfortable part is now here, fighting with the insurance company about our rights and rental car insurance...The incovienence is the hardest part..along with the extra cash it will take to pull it together. Sounds like the other stories I read earlier! Ford ned to take responsiblity! Until then we consider ourselves to be blessed!

On May 14, 2007, at approximately 2200 hours, our 1997 Ford Expedition caught fire while in the driveway after sitting for approximately seven hours. We were enjoying a quiet evening at home with our three children peacefully asleep, when my husband heard the horn of our Expedition going off. Thinking that there was someone outside messing around, he went outside to check it out.

My daughter, 9-years-old, came running into my room to tell me there was a problem. I walked into the hallway and saw a orange glow illuminating from the front window. I ran to the window and discovered that my Expedition was engulfed in flames under the hood. I screamed at my husband and ran outside to find him with a hose on the flames of the car. We were scared to death as the fire was within inches of reaching our home, specifically our three childrens' bedrooms. We were completely devastated by the fact that we would be paying off our vehicle next month and here it was no longer any good.

I was crying one minute and laughing the next. My daughter was terrified to be alone after the incident. She finally went to sleep in my bed after hours of tossing and turning. We all were tormented by the events of the evening. Thankfully we had our neighbors there to help. My husband walked away with minor burns and cuts as a result of doing whatever it took to keep from having the house and boat catch on fire. We could have lost everything last night. Thankfully, our only loss is the vehicle. It can be replaced and so can a house, but we could have possibly lost a child and they can not be replaced. I

was completely shocked when I started reading all of the stories of others. We were considering buying another Ford, BUT I can tell you I have changed my mind. I will NEVER buy another Ford again. This is shocking to hear that so many people have suffered and Ford is not taking responsibility. They make tons of money and don't seem to back their product.

What is wrong with them??????

Our Expedition is a complete loss. We now have to file a claim with our insurance. We are impatiently waiting to see what is going to be done. Our Expedition was ten years old and had 156,000 miles. We are anticipating not getting much for the vehicle. We must also pay our deductible and the little bit we have left on our loan.

The loan would have been paid off next month. We were one month from owning a vehicle we have worked very hard to pay off. We are not sure how we are going to replace this vehicle without having to sell other possessions to be able to afford a vehicle that will replace our Expedition.

We both work very hard for what we make and now feel like we have to start all over again. It is such a shame to go through this and see that many others are experiencing the same. I am ashamed to have backed Ford as I have for so many years. Chrysler, Toyota, Dodge, and even Chevy are looking really good these days.

On December 13, 2006 I was driving my 1997 Ford Explorer on the highway going approximately 60mph when smoke started to fill the car from under the dashboard. I pulled over as quickly as possible and was met by a Virginia DOT truck that just happened to be there and the gentleman quickly put the fire out. The car would have been a total loss had I had to wait for the fire department.The fire appears to have originated in the cruise control switch and burned throught the master cylinder and wiring harness.

After having the Explorer towed to a CHEVY dealer where my son is a service writer, he examined it and said the fire appeared to have started in the cruise control switch and burned through the wiring harness and master cylinder. He also said that the car had no brakes because of the fire and had I not been able to reach the breakdown lane when I did I would not have been able to stop.

It only took the VDOT worker seconds from the time I pulled over until he had the fire out. The car has not been fixed yet. After contacting the Ford dealer we bought the car from, they said it wasn't their problem and referred us to Ford Motor Corp who said the same in a form letter. The most recent recall in March 2007 still did not include the 1997 Explorer but did include the 1997 Mercury Mountaineer.

I have instructed my son to give me a complete written estimate of the damages. I had dropped the full coverage on the car because I had planned to sell it because I had just bought a new car.

I never considered spontaneous fire to be normal wear and tear. I have taken very good care of this car and bought it new in 1997. The cruise control stopped working a few years ago but I didn't use it very often and didn't see the point in spending the money to have it fixed. Prior to the fire the latest quirk was the temperature and compass display above the mirror stopped working from a blown fuse.

I don't know if that's related. Until this happened to me I had no idea that this was such an extensive problem.

After having had sat unused for 2 days, my familys 1999 Eddie Bauer Ford Expedition spontaneously caught fire. It started under the hood and spead throughout the rest of the vehicle, our carport and other vehicle. The fire department was called and responded immediately. The result was the complete destruction of the Ford as well as our adjacent 2001 Cheverolet Tahoe.

The loss of two vehicles worth in excess of 50,000 dollars due to a potential manufacturer error seems to me to be both a bit irresponsible and negligent. We were the third owners and never heard anything about the potential damages therein. With a family of a wife, two infant boys and two Siberian Huskies and a cat, the damages could have been irrepairable.

To understate the degree of frustration our family feels as it relates to the loss of two vehicles at one time, we are appauled. Ford Motor Company, if ever, needs to step up to the challenge of reimbursing and amending this problem not just for us, but for the entire consumer market that has and ignorantly may purchase a Ford. Had it been known that there were any type of malfunction or hazard associated with a Ford vehicle, we would not have purchased it. Shouldn't Ford have contacted all owners over and over? Shouldn't they have obtained DMV records if you are not the original owner?

We purchased a 2005 Ford F350 Powerstroke diesel in January 2007. On March 15, 2007 the truck caught fire due to a manufacturer defect in the fuel line. Our insurance has paid all that they will pay on the truck, however our gap insurance we had on the vehicle will not pay due to a clause in the contract stating that they will not cover anything that is due to a manufacturer defect. This has left us with a balance owed of roughly $14,000 on a truck that we no longer have. We have been told that we need to go after Ford for this amount. How do we go about doing this?

Last night around 11:00 pm our 1998 2-door Ford Explorer caught fire for no apparent reason. It had been sitting in the drive way for around 8 hours. Luckily, it was not parked in the garage. However, it was parked next to the house causing extensive damage to the vinyl siding and wiring. Our neighbors came running across the street beating on our door in order to wake us up and alert us that our vehicle was on fire. By the time the fire department arrived, there was nothing left to the vehicle except for the frame. We are left with a horrible mess!! You never expect something like this to happen to you!

My 2000 Ford expedition caught on fire in the middle of the night. It was a total loss. We called Ford to let them know what happen and they just took our statement and said that there's nothing they can do to help us. We fire report states that the fire started under the hood in the engine compartment and that it was mechanical. We had no idea Ford Expeditions had fire problems, if we knew we would've never bought the truck. Our expedition was sold to us with a major defective part that could have killed us and for that somebody should pay. This was my family car where we transport our kids, they put all of us in danger. We unknowingly bought a fire hazard now we're going thru financial hardship because of it.

I was at a local audio store and the owner was explaining to me how to use my new CD changer. He asked me What's that smell? and I had no idea at the time. He double checked all of his work which was 3-4 months old and found no problems. Then he noticed that the steering column was smoking and that is where the smell was coming from. I took my Ranger to our local Forddealer and, after checking it out, they could not find any problems but felt that possible the multi switch for the lights, washers, directionals etc, COULD be the problem. The cost to repair -$250+ to change it and they would not say that that would end the problem. All this from a truck that is babyed and never has any problems. It had been running perfectly. I do not understand why this happened. With all of the fire problems Ford has had with their trucks you would think that someone would have realized that these switchs are defective.

We had a 2001 Ford truck 1 ton. On Sunday April 23rd around 1:00am our plumbing truck caught fire. The fire department came out and put the fire out but it total our truck. The fire investigator said it was a electrical fire because of the way it had started and burned.

our only son jimmy burnt to death in our ford fx4x4 2003 on july 9th 2005 . he had no broken bones hit a cement overpass sign on route 80 in illinois. the truck burst in flames. it only had 19000 miles on it.

On Friday, April 6, 2007, at around 0850 p.m., my 18 year old daughter had gotten into our 1994 Ford Explorer, cranked it up, turned on the heater, backed up in the driveway, and called my wife complaining about smoke coming out of the air conditioning vents.

My wife handed me the phone just as we had sat down in a restaurant to eat dinner. We live in Parrish, Florida and were camping in Tampa, Florida, about 45 miles away. As I went outside of the restaurant to talk with my daughter, she said just as stated above about the smoke, and I told her to shut the engine off and wait a little bit and crank it back up and turn the air conditioning on and let it blow the smoke out of the a/c vents.

I thought it might of been dust on the heater coils that were burning off. When she did this, she said something was glowing from under the right front of the car. She got out of the car while it was starting to catch fire, with me 45 miles away from home, her all alone, with the car catching of fire in our driveway.

She was histerical, and I tried calming her down, and she tried to put the fire out with the water hose, but one of my neighbors a couple of houses down, came running over to help, and she hung up with me and called the fire department, who came and put out the fire.

The 1994 Ford Explorer was a total loss, with damage to my driveway, and Ford told me in a letter when I contacted them by phone on April 9, 2007, that there was nothing that they could do beyond the warranty period.

This is not Quality Job-One. Ford should have stepped up to the plate and said, yes, we will send someone to investigate this instead of sweeping it under the rug. I have photos of the damage if needed.

I bought a 2006 F-250 in April of 2006. I also am a part of the growing number of people who had nothing but trouble since I bought it. I have always loved ford trucks and always put my money on a Ford. I began with problems only 4 months after I bought it.

I got my first set of new fuel injectors put in August of 2006. In October 2006 in the middle of the night the neighbors were pounding on my door telling me that my horn was blowing and my truck was smoking. I ran outside and disconnected the battery cables. I had to push the truck away from the house for fear that it would catch on fire. In December 2006 I was out of town in my truck.

At the hotel in the middle of the night the horn awoke me again. The truck was smoking and the horn going off one more time. I had to call Fords roadside assistance. Then April the 5th 2007 I was driving down the road and noticed smoke coming from under the dash. I had to pull off the road because in minutes the smoke was getting worse and worse.

I started to feel like it was going to imerse into a fire, so i started throwing all of the valuables into the field, unable to get hardly anything out due to the quickness of the blaze. Within minutes it was into a full blaze. The truck burned to a crisp it was a Total Burn. The fire was so hot that it even melted the front tires. I am so thankful that my three small babies were not with me on this day.

I am now in limbo between Ford and the insurance company. I will definitely get in on the class action law suit. Ford should be fully responsible for all that we have lost and the time involved. As for now I don't even have a car to drive and I am still making payments on the truck that I don't even drive until this is all settled.