Ford Cars and Trucks Reviews

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?

Driving my 2000 Ford Taurus at 35 mph when I heard a loud clang, followed by a flat tire about 1/4 mile later. Left rear coil spring broke and fractured edge pressed against tire sidewall until it reptured.

We have a 2003 Ford Escape that within about two years had to have its transmission replaced at a cost of over $3k. Then about a year later, there were more transmission problems at a cost of $1500. The car started smoking last week and we now need another transmission at a cost of approx. $3k. Apparently, Ford has lots of problems with their transmissions, and they offer no help. We took the car into AAMCO which replaced the transmission initially only to have it now need another one! We do not trust AAMCO now either as they too say, "Too bad; your first warranty ran out, so you have to pay again."

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

I was sitting in my 2001 Ford Taurus, at McDonalds having breakfast when I heard a pop and the rear of my car dropped a couple of inches. I drove 6 miles home and took off the left rear tire and found a groove in it from a broked spring. The spring has been broken for awhile as both ends were rusted. I guess it finally decided to come out of its cup/nest that it is supposed to rest in and protruded into my tire. My wife refuses to drive the car now until the situation is resolved and my son also has a broken front coil spring on his Taurus that he is trying to get replaced by Ford.

I couldn't turn the key to the ignition on my 2004 Ford Focus, and the car had to be towed to a dealership. I see I'm not the only one with this problem. This is an outrage.

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.

Ford Ranger was purchased from Yonkers Ford dealership. The accident with my Ford Ranger truck occurred on the Interstate Highway 84 coming from Hartford, Connecticut on 4/29/07. I fell asleep at the wheel, hit the Exit sign asleep head-on with failure of the driver side airbag to deploy. The truck is now totaled with severe damage to passenger and driver front and sides.

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

I 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.

I was going to work this morning when I noticed that I had a flat tire. My boyfriend tried to put air in it to no avail. AAA came out to change the tire and we found that the tire was slashed by the coil spring that was snapped in half. I immediately took it to the dealer where I bought the car. I knew that the 2001 Sables had a recall on the coil springs.

My husband and I were involved in an accident on 02/28/07 with our 2004 Ford Expedition-Eddie Bauer Edition. The accident involved an unlicensed driver who could not see what was on the other side of her so she gunned into traffic into our path. We hit her head on 45-50 miles an hour with zero time to respond. Our vehicle was a total loss and the air bag did not deploy on the passenger side causing injury to myself. I sustained bruising to my sternum, cut my right and left leg and knee. I continue to have clicking on my left knee and pain to my upper back.

2 months ago one of our front strut springs blew on our 2002 Ford Taurus. Because the strut spring blew out it also shredded our tire, damaged the sway bar link and loosened the inner tie rod. Now, two months later, one of our back strut springs blew again shredding a tire and who knows what other damage because we are waiting at this moment to have it repaired.

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

We 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.

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

2002 Ford Taurus SE has the drivers side front coil spring break, puncturing new tire, while sitting in our garage. No indication of any possible problems. I am aware of other 2002 Ford Taurus owners having the same problem, but Ford refuses to recall the 2002 model year. We have incurred high repair bills because of this happening. Thank goodness we weren't in the car when it happened.

I found both rear coil springs on my 2000 Ford Taurus are broken. I did'nt even notice until I removed my rear tires for rotation. One was cutting into the left rear tire!! Where's the recall? It seems to be a very common flaw with Ford's design!

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

Attn: Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable 2001 - 2002 Owners. I am interested in starting a class action lawsuit. I have a 2001 Mercury sable that the left rear spring broke in mid February damaging the rear tire and on 4/17/07 the left front spring broke. In both cases the struts have had to be replaced for the total of 565.74. Please contact me as ssauer@sbcglobal.net. If you are interested in a class action lawsuit, I think a lawyer will be interested if we get enough response. Please send your short story and e-mail or phone so I can contact you. I will soon be 71 years old and have put up to 200,000 miles on a car and never had to replace a spring or strut in my 55 years of driving.

My car was damaged when a coil spring broke and punctured my tire, broke the brake hose, CV boot, ABS sensor and stabilizer link. Even thought this part was recalled they would not replace all of these parts. All they would fix was the coil, stabilizer link and pay for towing.

I bought a 2003 Ford Escape from Korum Ford three years ago and purchased the extended warranty. My Escape has 74,000 miles on it. Yesterday, I learned the extended warranty doesn’t cover the faulty airbag issue I'm currently dealing with. The cost out of my pocket is almost $370. The consumer must pay that kind of money for something that’s never been used and is standard? Every vehicle like this comes with airbags, and insurance companies promote it, but they don’t work right? Thank you for any helpful information you can provide on previous Ford recalls on safety airbag problems. There's no damage yet, but the dealer said it's possible it may deploy while driving it!

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.

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

Ford Taurus 2001 broken right rear spring. Found during 100,000 mile checkup tire rotation. Ford would not cover as warranty although if it were a front spring they would.(extended warranty of 10 years or 150,000 miles) The manufacturing defect is the same front or rear but the safety issue is far less with the rear springs. Inspected both rear springs and found that left rear was very good.

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.

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

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 have a 2001 f-150 4x4 xlt pickup with 36,000 miles on it. Within the last 2 weeks I've had to replace the computer and after replacing that, the dealer tells me the transmission is going bad. I took it to an independent repair shop and they agree. I don't think I should be having any problems for a truck only having 36,000 miles on it. And reading other Ford forum websites, I see I am not the only one. Ford doesn't acknowledge any problems with their transmissions.

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

left front &left rear coil spring broke shredding the front tire. the dealership replaced both coil springs and the strut on the left side and the tire after i complained about having to buy a new tire. the problem is the right front and rear coil spring and front strut sould also be replaced at no cost to me, even though the springs are not broken yet. as the car sits right now, the car is a rolling death trap, and the dealership admits to such, and tells me ford motor company will not pay for anything that is not broken. that is my situation!

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

My 1997 Ford Explorer was parked outside a local resturant when I was alerted that the interior of my vehicle was on fire and that the fire departent had been called. Black smoke was pouring out of the slightly opened windows when I approaced the SUV. We ultimately put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. Closer examination indicated that the source of the fire came from under the drivers side seat. One of the firemen on the scene speculated that the motor that controls the power seat overheated and started the fire.

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

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

we own a 2002 ford taurus with 53,000 miles on it. it is only driven back and forth to work and on maintained roadways. in february we could hear a rubbing sound at the rear passenger side of the car while backing out of the driveway and pulling forward to drive. on march 10 we took the car into suburban ford to have new tires put on the car because of a special they were having.

In early February 2007, the front coil spring on the passenger side sheared while backing out of the garage and the remaining piece of coil tore into the front tire causing an immediate blow out. Fortunately, we were not travelling down the highway when this happened.

I own a 2002 Ford Taurus SE. In January of 2007, my passenger rear spring broke. I thought it was an isolated incident. Less than 3 months later, both my driver's side springs broke. 2 days after I got those fixed, my passenger front spring broke. 4 springs in under 3 months.

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

Both rear suspensions failed with broken springs in my 2001 Ford Taurus. My wife opened the car to get in and the rear of the car dropped. The car has 66,000 original miles on it. VIN 1FAFP53261A275986

MY 1998 Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer Special Edition, that was like new, starting smoking from under the hood while sitting parked in our driveway. Within minutes, it was a blazing inferno. 911 had been called. The flames caught onto our garage. The only thing that saved the rest of the house was our metal garage door. The flames did go up to the family room, which is over the garage, but the house was saved. Had we been in the house asleep, we would have been killed. I called Ford, because many people have now informed me about other stories the same as mine. I had no idea as I had never had a problem. When I went into FORD FIRES online, I was shocked. When I reported what happened to Ford, they said to contact them again if my insurance company says they are liable. I want to take legal action against Ford but don't know how to start the process or what type of lawyer to use. I value my 2 sons lives and my husbands and mine too much to let this go. Please direct me as to what to do. The house insurance company is doing a great job with our home, but for what I will get for our vehicle, we won't be able to get another one as good as we were driving. Hope to hear from you very soon. Gail Wagner Markham, Ontario. Canada

My 2001 Ford Escape had been parked for 2 days (Friday evening through Sunday afternoon) when in the late afternoon hours my alarm started going off. The vehicle was not locked, so the factory alarm should not have gone off at all.

Our Ford explorer, Eddie Bauer Special Edition, 1998, was running fine. My son brought it home from work, and 10 minutes later a neighbour came to our door saying it was on fire. We were barely able to get out of our house because of the thick ,black smoke blowing up our driving and into the house. I ran out with my son, and the fire was coming out of the hood and then from under the hood.

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

Parked at a local gas/service station, my wife and newborn baby were in my 2001 Ford Expedition, while my other daughter and I went inside the store. I exited the store with my daughter and put her back into the vehicle. I also got into the vehicle and prior to placing the key into and starting the vehilce, my wife yelled that smoke was coming from under the hood of the vehicle.

i was driving home, and i noticed it was driving as if it was still in 4wd even though i had switched it to 2wd hours before. all of a sudden, i heard a loud bang and noticed flames coming up the floor board. i jumped out (with my dog) and two neighbors, who had witnessed it, came out with their extinguishers and put the fames out.

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

I own a 2002 Ford Taurus SEL. As I was backing out of my driveway this morning the front, drivers side spring broke and punctured the tire, which flattened it instantly, and it broke the swaybar link.

I owned a 2001 Ford Explorer SUV Two Door. My vehicle lit on fire while it was parked over night in the parking lot of my apt. complex. The fire started from underneath the hood on the drivers side of the vehicle and totalled the SUV. The truck was not on, it was parked for over four hours in the lot, the fire department determined that the fire was not due to arson and that the vehicle had some kind of elecrical short.

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

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

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

I have had 2 specific problems with my 2006 Expedition. Two weeks (8/06)after buy the truck I had two fuel injectors go bad. The dealer had the parts and fixed it immediatly. 1/07, I had the truck in for an oil change.

I heard through a client of ours at work that the 2000 taurus had faulty springs and Ford was replacing them as the customers complained when they broke. Fortunately enough, I don't drive the car to work anymore (70) miles one way, but my wife does use the car. our vin # is 1fafp5529yg198390--what is ford going to do for us? I think is is very poor business practice to NOT send a notice of the faulty springs out to customers , but to wait for the complaints to come in.,.... we have been buying Fords for years now and will certainly think twice before buying another ford product

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

I was moving our 2002 Ford Taurus when a I heard a loud grinding noise. I thought it might have been the brakes. I took the car to the dealership the same day. March 17th 2007. I was told that a rear spring had broke and damaged the left rear tire. I had never heard of a recall and I thought a bad pothole might be to blame. I found out on the internet that this has been a problem with Ford/Mercury cars for quite some time. I was upset that I was not informed of this problem. I am scared to think what might have happened if the spring had blown the tire with my wife and daughter in the car. Ford is clearly at fault for not extending the warrenty.

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

I own a 2002 FORD Taurus SEL. Both rear springs broke at the same time. I contacted FORD Customer Service on Friday, March 9, 2007 to put in a complaint on this matter. They told me that the 02 Taurus does not have a recall for this type of problem.

My girlfriend’s daughter was using my 2003 F150 SuperCrew Lariat. She was driving approx. 25 miles an hour in a neighborhood when a dog ran out. She attempted to hit the brake but her foot slipped and she hit the accelerator. She accelerated through the curve, went over a curb (that blew out the tire). She then impacted a tree going 35-45mph. The truck hit so hard the whole truck was lifted up, and the rear of the truck was moved to the left approx. 3 ft.

I was driving down the road when the 1991 Ford Explorer I was driving caught fire. The door locked and I had to climb out the rear window. It burned and cracked the windshield the heat was so intense.

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

199 ford 350 heavy duty truck,diesel was parked for 3 days and burnt to the ground,ford is denying all claims.app. loss is 16,000.00..

After stopping for a take-out pizza I parked my 1998 Ford Explorer in the driveway, about 45 minutes later I heard a dull pop outside and asked my wife if she had heard the noise outside. A minute later she was in my sons room a yelled, your car is on Fire. I ran outside to move the other car, while she called 911. My car was a Total Loss.

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

Arrived at work. About a half hr. later the bldg. fire alarms went off. P.A. system said to ignore the alarm. Then security called me and said my car was on fire. I didn't believe them at first. Went to look at my 1997 Expedition and the engine area was all burnt up.

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

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

We were driving home from Florida when I fell asleep at the wheel. My car slammed straight into the guardrail at 60 mph, spun around, and the driver’s side directly struck the guardrail. Neither the front nor side airbags on my 2003 Mercury Sable went off. My wife broke 3 ribs from hitting the door (side airbags would have prevented), and I was on a walker for a month due to pain in my back and hip.

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

I have a 2002 Ford Windstar. In Oct/Nov of 2006 I took the car in for repair due to a transmission seal leak. I was told the problem was fixed and returned home. 2-3 weeks later I returned to to have the SAME PROBLEM repaired again. Now 3 months later my car is again leaking transmission fluid by the bucket full (much worse than before).

I have had 3 of the 4 coil springs break on my 2001 Mercury Sable. It has less than 90,000 miles on it. Ford replaced the front two springs in a recall after one of them broke. one rear spring has been broken for a while, with no apparent extra damage. The other one broke yesterday, sitting in my driveway, and when I moved the car, it damaged the tire.

My daughter was driving my 2001 Ford Ranger pickup truck. For whatever the reason, she has no memory due to the severity of the accident. The truck went out of control and hit the center wall on the freeway. The airbags deployed after almost head on collision with the center wall on the freeway. She was found by other commuters on the freeway and was seatbelted completely in and properly. The seatbelt did not tighten or hold her. She hit the center dashboard, impacted the dashboard and broke it with the left side of her face. How we know this for fact? The dashboard has her make up on it that she was wearing. The airbags deployed after the initial impact. This is noted by the pictures we have and the CHP telling us that she did not hit the airbags. From their opinion, the airbags deployed after the fact. By the small amounts of blood on them and the amount of blood on the seat, we can tell this. We have photos of the vehicle that can document this.

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

Well I have a 2001 SE many things are going wrong with only 60,000 miles on it: My passenger door won't open from the outside, both windows on the right side of the car won't work, the air conditioning doesn't work, I've had to change the windshield wipers plenty of times.

Went to see if my daughter was at her grandmothers house, parked my 2000 expedition outside. When walking toward my truck saw smoke coming from under the hood, it was on fire. Went to dealer found out about the recall and determined that was wher the fire started, but Ford does not want to pay for my damage to my vehicule even after it knows it was a defected cruise control switch that started.

Eboney of Tullahoma TN (02/27/07)

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

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

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

We drove about 5 miles to a Home Depot store. Our 1997 Ford Expedition was parked for approximately 5-10 minutes when we heard over the intercom at the store a car was on fire. Unfortunately it was our car but fortunately no one was hurt.

My 2002 Ford Tauras began making an intermittent popping sound. A mechanic checked and said he couldn't see anything wrong with it. As I was driving back to work, it caught fire and burned on the side of the road. The fire department was able to save only the trunk area of the car.

2005 Ford 500 caught on fire while driving down I-95 to Florida. Fire started in rear of car. Flames first noticed on back deck behind passenger seat. 4 occupants got out safetly, however car burned quickly and completely.

Our 2002 Ford Taurus was parked in our driveway. I went to go get an oil change and as I started to back out of the drive, I felt some resistance. I figured it was a small mound of snow, so I gave a little more gas.

i own a 2001 ford escape and when i got up to go to work this morning and went to the garage to leave my car was on fire. i popped the hood and it was coming from the abs brake control box. i had a friend quikly put it out and the wires to the antilock brake system had all been burned and melted. when i did some investigating online i seen that there had been other reports of this happening to the same make and year as my escape. this seems to be a big concern as besides being extremely dangerous...it is also quite costly to fix.

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

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

Poor paint and blistering of the hood of my 2001 Expedition. At the request of Ford motor Company it has been taken to two dealers, both stated it was a bad priming job that cause the problem. Both dealers refused to repair, because Ford Motor Company said it was only covered for 3 years and 36,000 miles, even though I had a extended warrenty on the car for 7 years and 75,000 miles, which cost me another $1800.

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

1999 ford 350 motorhome burnt cant find attorney to take case fire started in engine compartment

I parked my 1994 ford expoler in my drive way at 4pm and 7pm my neighbor came over to tell me that my truck was on fire. It was a snow storm out side and it was 11 degrees .The truck ran fine all day but some how , under the dash caught on fine .

Three days ago, my '98 For Explorer caught on fire during the night approx 6 hours after I had parked it. It's completely destroyed plus it started a fire in the adjoing vehicle which was also destroyed completely. I had maintained this vehicle in new condition & the body work was perfect..no rust, no dents or chips.I not only did regular maintenance but also did expensive repairs that last year cost me over $3,000.

I parked my truck in a friends driveway and went inside to visit. Within 10-15 minutes someone was loudly knocking at the door yelling your truck is on fire The truck was consumed in fire, and burn to the ground in a matter of minutes.

On Jan 29, 2000, I was in a low speed impact of 25-26 miles per hour. The front impact accident was caused by an uninsured driver. The driver drove across my land when I was traveling forward, he turned left, and I hit the side of his 87 Ford Bronco with my 98 Ford Escort. The air bag deployed and caused multiple injuries to my head, face, neck and spine. Two years later, I lost vision in my right eye, and then within 6 months my left eye, from center and side cataracts at the same time. My nose was broken, teeth loosened and one broken, forehead and scalp tenderness since the accident with electrical surge feelings on top of my forehead when startled or turn too quickly as if startled. My spine is jammed to the right and down from c3 through c7, and have constant pain and headaches if my neck is tipped off the spinal column. No one believes that all this was caused by the air bag and would not even talk to me about the faulty air bag that wasn't to deploy under 30 miles per hour.

I own a 2000 Ford Taurus. So far the front springs have broken and punctured tires. Now the rear left spring broke. No wonder Americans are buying Hondas and Toyotas! Thats probably what I will do this year. I always try to stick with the big 3 but I dont think I will anymore.

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

It was about two and a half years ago when I was driving my Ford Explorer down a back road in Massachusetts. I am a diabetic and I suffer from dazing out or even blacking out if I don't eat enough. That day was pretty hectic and I must have forgotten to eat that day. While driving, I really don't remember what happened but I must have blacked out and I hit a telephone pole going about 30-35 mph. Which was the speed limit. Anyway my head hit the steering wheel column and made a very big and deep gash in my forehead. This happened because the airbags in my Ford Explorer did not deploy. I was rushed to the hospital and received over 400 stitches in my head. This was not very pleasing. All of this could have been avoided if the airbags had deployed. They did not.

I purchased a 2006 F-350 Supercab diesel 4x4 at the end of Aug. 2006. I took delivery on a Thursday. That weekend, I had the truck on the highway for the first time when I felt a vibration at 65 mph. That Monday, I proceeded to report this to the service manager. They brought the truck in a week or two later. They kept the truck for a few days as they changed the two back tires. They returned the truck telling me it was all set. The next time I took the truck on the highway, the vibration was still there. I returned it for service again with the dealer keeping the truck for 1 1/2 weeks as they tried several sets of tires. Finally, they returned the truck stating again that it had been road tested and was all set. Upon driving it on the highway again, I still had the vibration at 65 mph.

We are the 2nd owners of a 2000 Ford Expedition, On 31 Jan 2007, my son drove the expedition to work that day, parked it in his work parking lot around 4:15pm. I was on my way home from work and passed by my sons work around 4:30, I seen the truck parked, every thing was fine. Around 5:30pm my son calls me on my cell saying the expedition was on fire.

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

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

My car was parked at the airport for a week while I travelled. When I returned the front driver's side tire was flat. Upon removing it, we noticed a gash around the inside in a circular shape.

7/14/02 we were coming home from the zoo when a truck ran a red light. We were going about 30-35 miles an hour. We hit the truck. Passenger front side took the impact. The airbags did not deploy. Everyone at the scene were shocked because the fire department had to pry the door open. I have neck and back problems, have had over 8 surgeries and disabled since then. I will never be pain free again.

On oct 23rd 2006 (Monday) i bought a 1998 ford explorer. It had 82,000 miles on it and was fully loaded. The explorer was in very good condition inside and out.I used the car for the next 5 days just doing everyday routine things. I believe i had drove it a total of 200 miles in those 5 days. On the night of the 5th day oct 28th 2006(Friday),i parked the exploper in the garage at 10:30pm.4 1/2 hours later (3:00am) i was woken up and told the garage was on fire and that the fire was coming from the explorer.

I had an auto accident on 1/20/2007 in a 2003 Ford Windstar. The airbags did not work. I never knew that Ford had so many problems with airbags not working until after my accident. I began looking on the internet and found multitudes of complaints about Ford's problems with their airbags. I thought that I had purchased a safe vehicle, but I was wrong! I have sustained multiple injuries, including a severely sprained right ankle, right knee injury, left wrist injury, left shoulder injury, and whiplash. Also, my head hit the windshield, and I have been having headaches since my wreck. I have been out of work, and I am expected to be out for three weeks and will lose some pay for the time that I am out. I am having to use up the remainder of my vacation time and sick time that I had built up. My husband had whiplash and sternum pain from hitting the steering wheel. My son had a broken tooth and had to have some dental repair done. We do not yet know all of the medical and dental costs that we have incurred. We have had numerous xrays, and I have had a visit to the Orthopedic Surgeon and will have to go back for further tests.

My 2001 Ford Expedition burnt beyond repair 11months after having Fords recall on the cruise control sys.i exited the vehicle at 10:50pm and recieved a report of a vehicle on fire in the parking lot where I work at 11:20pm.When i walked out all the windows were out and fire raged from front to back of the vehicle.

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

I was traveling down the highway at about 60-70 mph when a truck came off the on ramp over 2 lanes in front of me. It was raining. I swerved to miss them, went into a spin and hit a concrete barrier multiple times. The framework is bent and broke on the driver side and the front end is cocked toward the passenger side. The bed on the driver side is pushed half way up the bed, neither air bags deployed. The floor board on the driver side is wrinkled and bowed up. People looked at the truck and asked who got killed. The truck is totaled. None of the body parts is usable.

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

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

I have replaced the front struts on my 2002 tauras twice. I have replaced tires twice. The car was and still is unstable and makes noises as you are driving. It goes clunk clunck.. It is very nerve racking!

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

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

The spark plug blew out from the third cylinder head

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

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

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

My wife was driving our 2002 Ford Taurus to work in mid Dec. 2006. The left spring broke into 3 pieces on a smooth State Route, fortunately she is not a fast driver and was not hurt. One of the pieces punctured the axil boot and damaged the bearings and bent the axil making the vehicle unmanuverable. None of the repairs or tow was covered since the car has 39,900 miles. This is bad, we purchased the extended warranty on the power train which should have covered the axil repair and the tow. But since the spring did the damage and the spring is not covered, Ford would not cover any of the expense. I called the complaint number and reviewed the coverage with the extended warranty service. They all said, they agree with the dealer.

My wife parked our 2004 explorer at work. The truck had been parked for about 3 hours when someone told her the factory alarm was going off. She went out to turn it off to find the truck filled with smoke. Somehow by playing around she got the problem to stop and we were able to drive the truck to a dealership but everything electrical was completely dead.

My wife parked our 2004 explorer at work. The truck had been parked for about 3 hours when someone told her the factory alarm was going off. She went out to turn it off to find the truck filled with smoke. Somehow by playing around she got the problem to stop and we were able to drive the truck to a dealership but everything electrical was completely dead.

I came upon this website while looking for information about why my 1996 Ford Explorer would go up in flames for no apparent reason. I thought my case was an isolated one and was suprised to see that so many other Ford owners experienced the same problem. I parked my car in the driveway at approx. 12:30am after returning from the evening shift at work.

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

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

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

A fire started in our garage around 5:10 in the afternoon after the Ford F150 had been parked inside. There were no other vehicles in the garage and I had been in the garage myself at 4:15 when I left for work. My husband returned home in the truck at 4:45, parked it and went inside. Shortly after 5:00, my son smelled smoke and discovered the fire in the garage.

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

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

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

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

Car was parked for 2 hours then caught fire. Then heavy white smoke started comming out of drivers side engin compartment. A fire extenguiser was used to put out fire. Then the battery was disconnected.

I own a 1999 Ford F150 with the 5.4 Triton V8. I have had it for two years now and have not had any problems until earlier this year when a spark plug blew out on the drivers side. Luckily it had managed to keep the threads and I managed to put a new plug in it. I thought it was from when I had changed plugs out 3-4 months ago. About 3 weeks later it did it again and broke the power pack. So I went and bought a new plug and pack , but when I tried to put it back in, it wouldnt tighten. THE THREADS WERE STIPPED!!! I was shocked when I looked online and found that there was 100s of cases of this. I called Ford and they denied knowing anything and said the only thing would be a new head, expensive one at that.

Like the other folks, I have drive about four Fords and awhile back a spark plug blew out of the aluminum head and Ford says it is my truck and for $2,500 they will take care of it. I told them where to put it and went out and bought a Dodge. If Ford does not care enough to take care of its customers on what is apparently a nationwide problem then we can see why they are losing money and will continue to lose money. Do not support their products.

I have a 2002 taurus with the coil spring issue. ford will not stand behimd there cars. my car has had 2 snap each time taking out the tire! one front one rear. I called them for a week and they arent going to do anything. so now I'm going to the net. anyone with this please go to the highway safty recall website http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/ and fill out the forms!

Was just driving my 99 ford f-150 at 40 mph and all of a sudden made such racket under the hood I cringed. Had to drive truck another 5 miles at less then 10mph and started to troubleshoot the problem after I finally got home. It was almost zero outside and was not going to wait for a tow truck for me and my two small children. Found that the number 4 cylinder had destroyed the threads within the cylinder head.

I bought a ford escape from my family who bought the vehicle new in 2003...I have owned the car for five monthes and the engine blew up as I was driving down the road without any warning....I am diligent about changing the oil and take good care of my car....I called Ford because there is only 75,000 miles on the car and this should not be happening...they were rude...mind you my mother has owned a ford explorer for almost 10 years... the sad part is I am a young hard working female stuck in montana, trying to find a engine and still get back to idaho to work (I have already missed 2 days)...and here's the kicker it's 3600 for a used engine or 6000 for a new...what do you do! I hate ford and looking on the internet it appears that I am not the only one that this has happened too...

I am a US citizen living in the Republic of Panama. In 2000 I ordered a F-150 truck from the Ford motor company and had it shipped to Panama. The only problem the truck had in the following years was the AC. On Dec 04, 2006 at 2:45pm I drove the truck to work and parked it. 45 minutes later , it caught fire and the front end of the truck was totally burned and destroyed. The fire department got there in under 10 minutes but it was to late. I have contacted ford and they told me to contact the local dealer who has nothing to do with it since I ordered the truck directly from the factory. I am now dealing with the insurance company. It is amazing that Ford in this day and age can manufactor death traps and get away with it. This could have been much worse had it caught fire at my house.

cruise control caught fire and consumed the truck,two weeks before the recall.

1999 Mercury Grand Marquis. 4.6 L engine. Spark plug blow out #8 cylinder. This is not an isolated incident from what I have been reading. Ford needs to step up and take responsibility for their engineering mistake before people start getting killed. Apparently there is no mileage consideration or specific time when it happens. The plug just blows out and your car loses power and makes all kinds of noise. If this happened in a bad neighborhood I guarentee they would return fire thinking it was a drive by shooting.

99 F150 number 4 spark plug blow out .Went to pick up kids at school, shut truck off to wait in line,went to start up and pow sound like a shot went off. Pop up hood and saw coil moving. Pulled coil off and found plug . Looks like I can join the club now .1999 f150 120,000 miles

While on vacation driving in south Florida ,the 4th pass. side spark plug blew out and caused flames under the hood of my 1999 F350 Ford. resulting in a repair bill of more than $1000.00. reported to NHTSA ,with no results , I thought a FIRE under the hood was important, Guess NOT ! Ford company was no help either. Still waiting to here of someone Burnt from flames.

On March 31st 2006 I went to my girlfriends house to visit. I parked in front of there house and was in side for at least half an hour to an hour when her dad looks out the window and yells that my 2001 ford f-150 is on fire. It caught fire after i had turned my engine off. I ran outside and the entire front of my truck was up in flames. The fire was so intense that it melted all the glass and hood right off. It came from under the hood. The truck was totalled. The fire department had to come and barely put it out before it exploaded. I lost everything. To this day, I still havent recovered my losses.

I have a Ford F150 and was doing about 40 down the street and heard a loud noise. I paid 175.00 to have my truck towed to the dealer. The dealer has told me it is the number 3 spark plug that blew and it will cost 2400.00 to fix it. it has been 2 days since the breakdown and the warranty company says it will take 48 hours more to determine whether they will cover the repairs. We don't hold much hope of that as the sparks plugs are not covered under the warranty.

On the night of Nov.16,2006 I got off work at 6:00pm,and went straight to the gym which was approx.1 mile away.I left the gym and went home at 7:00pm. I arrived home at 7:15pm,and locked the truck up for the night.I watched TV with the family until 8:30pm,which was when we all went to bed.My wife & I woke up at 11:30pm from a bright light coming through the bed room window.We got up looked out the window to see the engine compartment fully engulfed in flames.We immediately called 911 to have the fire dept. dispatched.I the had to go out & move the wifes car which was parked in front of the truck.

On July 24 my 2000 Ford Explorer 4WD caught on fire in my garage and burned down the garage and everything in it. Of course the car was a total loss. I contacted Ford and they have never respoded. Fire investigator stated the fire started under the hood of the car.

I had a 1999 Ford F150 Tand on February 27, 2005 my truck caught fire in the middle of the night. The fire company had to come put ot the fire. It had been sitting in the driveway for a least six hours. Ford will noit do anything even after my truck came to be in the recall.

On Oct. 9, 2006 our 2000 Ford Expedition caught fire in our driveway.The fire totaled our Expedition, heat damaged our Ford Explorer sitting next to it, burned our garage on our new house, and smoke damaged our new fence that was less than 3 months old. The fortunate side of this story is a neighbor saw the back of our house and car was on fire and alerted us in time to get out before our house burned down and possibly killed us.

I pulled into the parking lot of my office, 30 minutes later my 2000 ford f-150 Lariat was on fire. the fire started in the motor compartment. the truck was destroyed within 5 minutes.

On or about Februry 2005 my neighbor rang my doorbell and managed to get out 4 words, fire, truck, backyard, Flames! upon going out the backdoor of the house, I found my 1995 F-350 Diesel Truck fully involved in a fire. The truck had been parked for three days. The fire dept arrived and extinguished the fire. Upon opening the hood, the entire drivers side of the engine compartment was destroyed. To this day, Ford says there is no problem with diesel trucks and the cruise control. Who is lying to who

My 1998 Ford Expedition XLT caught fire when parked in the parking lot of Georgio's restaurant after driving for about 20 minutes. Fire started in the engine compartment and remained localized there. Entire engine compartment flamed up, burned a hole through the hood, and damaged everything forward of the vehicles firewall. Flame was contained and extinguished using industrial fire extinguishers available at the restaurant Georgio's where my wife, daughter, and I were meeting my parents for dinner. The vehicle has a good service record and has been service at the local Ford dealer a few times, so this was a huge surprise.