2000 Ford Expedition Electrical System

MY EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER DRIVING IT. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND A WATER HOSE, BUT THE PLASTIC PARTS WERE WERE MELTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED AND I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT IT WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL RELAY.

I BEGAN NOTICING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF, DASH GAUGES GOING ON AND OFF, RADIO GOING ON AND OFF, HEATER GOING ON AND OFF, DOOR ALARM STAYING ON WHEN DRIVER'S DOOR IS OPEN, BUT NO KEY IN IGNITION OR LIGHTS ON, DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, 4WD ENGAGING AUTOMATICALLY, CD PLAYER GOING OFF AND ON, WINDSHIELD WIPERS GOING ON AND OFF, AND WATER ON DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR AFTER RAINS. IT HAS BECOME MORE OF A PROBLEM. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS UNTIL I BEGAN REPLACING PARTS AND FOUND ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE EXPEDITION AND FORD BEING AWARE OF THE PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS. I JUST WROTE THE FORD COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT SUCH PROBLEMS!!! REFERENCE NUMBER IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE SITTING IN DRIVEWAY AFTER 2 DAYS OF RAIN. WENT TO START UP VEHICLE AND BATTERY DEAD. TOOK BATTERY OUT TO BE TESTED AND TESTED FINE. SPENT $165 ON ALTERNATOR REPLACEMENT. VEHICLE DEAD AGAIN NEXT MORNING. CHARGED BATTERY STARTED VEHICLE UP. NOTICED WATER IN FLOORBOARDS AND HEADLINER. WHEN KEY WAS REMOVED FROM IGNITION, RADIO WAS STILL ON AND DOOR WOULD STILL DING AS IF KEY IN IGNITION. BATTERY DEAD AGAIN SEVERAL HOURS LATER. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, WAS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED TO LEARN THE ISSUE IS VERY WELL DOCUMENTED WITH IMPROPERLY SEALED WINDSHIELDS. RATHER THAN FORD PAYING TO RESEAL OR INFORM CONSUMERS TO FIX OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS, THEY ALLOWED CONSUMERS TO EXPERIENCE DREADFUL ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH VEHICLE. WITHOUT GOING TO MECHANIC, I REMOVED BOTH THE GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX. PUT FAX IN VEHICLE TO SPEED UP THE DRYING PROCESS. ALLOWED FUSE BOX TO SIT INSIDE FOR A WEEK AND ORDERED A GEM MODULE OFF THE INTERNET. CLEANED CORROSION FROM FUSE BOX/GEM CONNECTORS AND REPLACED GEM MODULE. VEHICLE PERFORMS MUCH BETTER. THINGS THAT HAVEN'T WORKED IN YEARS (AUTO LOCKS) NOW WORK. HOWEVER, RADIO LOSES POWER INTERMITTENTLY WHICH IS FRUSTRATING. I OWN 2 FORDS AND AM A VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED CONSUMER THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED FOR $100 HAVE COST LOYAL CONSUMERS THOUSANDS. *TR

WHILE VEHICLE IS OFF THE HEATER BLOWERS WILL TURN ON AND RUN BATTERY DOWN. WHILE DRIVING 4X4, WASHER LIGHTS, POWER WINDOWS, RADIO, INTERIOR LIGHTS ALL TURN OFF AND ON. RADIO WORKS WHILE IN PARK BUT, POWERS DOWN WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN GEAR. HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH WATER GETTING IN AND RUNNING DOWN DRIVERS SIDE. APPEARS ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2001 JUST STARTED HAVING THESE ISSUES WITHIN THE PAST YEAR STARTED OUT SLOW BUT ARE GETTING WORST AND MORE FREQUENT. *TR

AFTER A MODERATE RAIN, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE WIPERS, DEFROSTER AND WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING AND THE RADIO BEGAN BLINKING IN AND OUT. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, IT SEEMS THAT AFTER ANY RAIN, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GOES CRAZY, I HEAR RELAYS CLICKING UNDER THE DASH, THINGS DON'T WORK WHEN TURNED ON, OR DO WORK WITH THEM TURNED OFF. SEVERAL TIMES THE BLOWER FOR THE HEAT WOULD KEEP OR TURN ON AFTER I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF. ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED IF THIS IS THAT COMMON A PROBLEM. > ALSO MY MECHANIC SAID IT WILL COST UPWARDS OF $1000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND NOT GUARANTEED NOT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION XLT. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE VENTS AND NEAR THE ACCELERATOR. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER IN A NEARBY PARKING LOT AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN BURST INTO FLAMES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHILE PICKING UP SPEED FROM A STOP LIGHT MY TRUCK WENT INTO 4X4 BY ITSELF AND LOCKED UP MY TIRES. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED TRIPLE A FOR A TOW. WE UNHOOKED THE BATTERY AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING NOW. ALSO HAVE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AS WELL. MY ODOMETER SOMETIMES WORKS SOMETIMES DOESN'T, MY RADIO VOLUME GOES UP WHEN YOU TURN IT DOWN. *TR

THE 2000 EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER WAS PURCHASED WITH 117,208 MILES FROM RON MARHAUFER AUTOMALL INC IN THE YEAR 2011. IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS I HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE SPENT OVER $1000.00 DOLLARS REPLACING NUMEROUS PARTS EX: TWO ELECTRICAL COILS AND A ALTERNATOR. THE VEHICLE WILL RUN OK, I NOTICED THAT IF I DRIVE AND STOP AND PARK TWO TOO THREE TIMES, THE AUTO WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY. I HAVE TO CONTINUALLY TAKE THE CAR OUT OF GEAR AND RETURN THE GEAR SHIFTER TO PARK. THE AUTO WILL THEN START. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DASH LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE TO BRIGHT ON THEIR OWN WHILE DRIVING. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS AWARE OF THESE ISSUES AND HAVE FAILED TO RECALL ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FRO THE SAME REASON. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WOULD UNLOCK INDEPENDENTLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. IN ADDITION, THE INTERIOR AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE AT ANY TIME WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000. UPDATED 11/25/11 *BF UPDATED 11/30/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH DURING RAINY WEATHER, ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON. THE FAILURE USUALLY OCCURRED IN RAINY AND SNOWY WEATHER; THE DOORS WOULD LOCK AND THE PASSENGER WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTENING BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WEATHER LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AND HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED. A FRIEND CHANGED THE SOLENOID AND THE VEHICLE STARTED WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000.

I WENT APPROX. 3 MILES WHEN SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE HEATING VENTS IN MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. A FEW SEC. AFTER THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SMOKE FLAMES WERE STARTING TO COME OUT OF THE AREA BY THE DRIVERS SIDE FEET. UNDER THE DASH. MY HUSBAND PUT OUT THE FIRE AND SUSTAINED SEVERE 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FORE ARM HAND WRIST AND CHIN. HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE FIRE STARTED BY CORRODED WIRES UNDER THE KICK PLATE. ALL THE WIRES HAVE MELTED AND NOW 4X4 ISN'T WORKING WINDOWS ARE NOT WORKING LIGHTS INSIDE OF TRUCK STAY ON HEADLIGHTS STAY ON NO TAIL LIGHTS NO DASH LIGHTS POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS NO LONGER WORK, SPEAKER ON DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT WORK. HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT BLINK THEY JUST STAY ON. TEMP IN THE TRUCK READS 140 DEG. F. WE HAVE NOT YET HAD THIS LOOKED AT. I HAVE AN APPT WITH A FORD GARAGE ON MONDAY TO SEE IF THIS WAS A RECALL ISSUE. *TR

WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2010 IT RAN PERFECTLY UNTIL WE GOT THE FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE STARTED HAVING MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. IT STARTED OUT JUST THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD BLINK, THEN THE RADIO WOULD SHUT OFF IN DRIVE BUT COME BACK ON IN PARK. THEN THE WIPERS WOULD NO LONGER WORK OR THE HEADLIGHTS! SO WE PARKED IT FOR ABOUT A MONTH, THE SECOND DAY THE RADIO AND HEATER CAME ON WITHOUT THE KEYS EVEN BEING IN THE VEHICLE SO WE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY! WE LET IT SIT WITH THE BATTERY DISCONNECTED FOR AWHILE THEN TRIED IT AGAIN. THE SUV RAN GREAT FOR ABOUT 8 WEEKS THEN IT SNOWED AGAIN AND IT SUDDENLY STARTED TRYING TO START ITSELF AND WE DO NOT HAVE REMOTE START!!! NOW IT DOES IT EVERY TIME YOU SHIFT, START IT, OR WHENEVER IT IS PARKED IT JUST STARTS CRANKING AWAY!! I NOW HAVE SMOKE COMING FROM SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE FUSE BOX! THE FUSES ARE ALL GOOD AND I CAN'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE WIRING... I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THESE EXACT SAME ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL OF EXPEDITION AND NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS EVEN AFTER SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS... AND FORD IS REFUSING TO ISSUE A RECALL... SO WHAT ARE WE TO DO AS CONSUMERS WHEN WE ARE ASSURED THE VEHICLES WE BUY ARE SAFE AND THEY TURN OUT TO BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE!!!!

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, DASH LIGHTS, 4X4, DOOR LOCKS, INTERIOR LIGHTS, SOUND SYSTEM, ALL OPERATE INTERMITANLY AFTER RAIN OR SNOW. HEATER FAN COMES ON AFTER TAKING KEY OUT. MECHANIC ESTIMATES $1000 TO REMOVE FUSE PANEL AND REPLACE. SAID WINDSHIELD HAS LEAKED AND CAUSED WATER DAMAGE IN FUSE BOX.

SYMPTOM WAS A DEAD BATTERY. COURTESY LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OFF. HARD FAILURE. ROOT CAUSE WAS LEAKING WINDSHIELD SEAL WHICH CORRODED ELECTRONICS. ACCORDING TO THE FORD SERVICE BULLETIN THIS WAS FIRST DISCOVERED WELL WITHIN THE FACTORY WARRANTY PERIOD OF THE VEHICLE. AN ONLINE SEARCH FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ALONG WITH A FORD SERVICE BULLETIN FORD SPECIAL MESSAGE #15773. REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE INCLUDED REMOVING AND REPLACING GEM AND CJB ALONG WITH RESEALING THE WINDSHIELD. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN APRIL 2000 AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. REPAIR COST WAS OVER $1400 FOR A LATENT DEFECT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS BUILT. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. THERE ARE MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS DUE TO WATER AND MOISTURE GETTING INTO THE GEM. THE BIGGEST ISSUE FROM THIS IS THE CHILD SAFETY DOOR LOCKS DO NOT ENGAGE SOMETIMES. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN THAT RIDE IN THE BACK AND THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE A SERIOUS (OR EVEN FATAL) ACCIDENT OCCURS. THE GEM CAN BE REPLACED BUT THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AS LONG AS THE MOISTURE CAN DRAIN INTO IT. WE HAVE BEEN BATTLING THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS WITH NO RESULTS. *TR

SERIOUS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS CONSISTING OF FAN BLOWING WITHOUT VEHICLE BEING STARTED, RADIO GOING ON AND OFF, 4X4 LIGHT BLINKING, CLICKING NOISES, STARTER TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE WHILE ALREADY STARTED, POPPING NOISES, WINDOWS WORKING AND NOT WORKING. BATTERY BEING DRAINED. ALL THIS AFTER SNOWSTORM. *TR

I OWN A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. I AM HAVE CONTINUING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. INITIALLY, ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER PURCHASING MY VEHICLE, WHENEVER IT RAINED MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD GO HAYWIRE. THE 4X4 LIGHTS WOULD BLINK ON AND SEVERAL OTHER WARNINGS LIGHTS INCLUDING A CLICKING NOISE. I WOULD TAKE MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE BLOWER MOTOR WOULD CONTINUE TO BLOW WITHOUT THE KEY IN. WHEN DRIVING THE RADIO, ODOMETER AND CLOCK WOULD GO ON AND OFF AT RANDOM TIMES. I WAS TOLD THE WINDSHIELD WAS LEAKING INTO THE GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX AND I HAD TO HAVE A NEW WINDSHIELD PUT IN AS WELL AS THE GEM MODULE REPLACED. I DID THIS AND THE TRUCK WAS OKAY FOR A FEW MONTHS. MORE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH, THE 4X4 LIGHT, THE BATTERY LIGHT AS WELL AS THE BATTERY CONTROL SHOWING LOW. THE BLOWER CONTINUES TO TURN ON WHEN THE KEY IS REMOVED AS WELL AS THE RUNNING BOARD LIGHTS REMAINING ON. I HAVE HAD TO DISCONNECT AND REPLACE THE BATTERY SEVERAL TIMES. I AM CONCERNED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE OF THE ABS LIGHT AS WELL AS FIRE HAZARD. FORD HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THESE CONTINUAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. WHENEVER IT RAINED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE OFF AND ON. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN THE KEY WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WOULD CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AND COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF UNLESS THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 180,000.

ON 1/1/2010 - MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION BURST INTO FLAMES. THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING WELL WITH NO MAJOR PROBLEMS. I HAD JUST PARKED THE CAR AND MY SON AND I WENT INSIDE TO A STORE. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER THE STORE MANAGER REMARKED THAT THERE WAS A CAR ON FIRE. IT WAS MY CAR. THE SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER SIDE CLOSER TO THE WINDSHIELD. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. WEATHER WAS NOT AN ISSUE AS IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE, AROUND 20 DEGREES. I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH FORD SUVS BURSTING INTO FLAMES DUE TO FAULTY SWITCH-RELATED FIRES. I TOOK MY CAR IN WHEN I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE AND GOT THE FIX. SO I AM REALLY PERPLEXED AND ANGRY THAT THIS HAPPENED AND EVEN MORE SO SINCE MY 9 YEAR OLD WAS WITH ME! MY FAMILY AND I COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY HURT! THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE HAVE RULED OUT ANY FOULPLAY BASED ON THEIR REPORT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD AND 90% OF THE VEHICLE WAS BURNED. THE WINDSHIELD EXPLODED AND THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OBSERVATION REPORT STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNDER THE HOOD AND IT WAS ELECTRICAL. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR HIM. THE FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT HIM AFTER SEPTEMBER 4, 2010. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 196,000.

I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION XLT AND WENT TO UNLOCK IT THIS MORNING WITH THE KEYLESS ENTRY REMOTE, THE RADIO CAME ON ALONG WITH THE ABS, AIRBAG, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHTS CAME ON AND WOULDN'T GO OFF. THE RADIO IS STILL ON RIGHT NOW. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ANYONE HAD THE SAME EPISODE AND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE 98' - 02' MODEL EXPEDITIONS. WE RECENTLY HAD ALOT OF RAIN AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM. I'M JUST GLAD I HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE TO DRIVE TODAY. *TR

WATER LEAKING INTO FUSE BOX AFTER HEAVY RAIN STORM. SIZZLING NOISE AND SMOKE EMINATING FROM FUSE BOX. *TR

SUDDEN ELECTRICAL ISSUES RESULTING AFTER RAIN. RADIO PLAYED WITHOUT KEY OR IGNITION TURNED ON IN MORNING. VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO CRANK WITH KEY OUT OF IGNITION WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL BATTERY TERMINAL REMOVED. RADIO WOULD SHUT DOWN WHEN ENGAGED IN DRIVE, RETURNED WHEN GEAR SHIFT MOVED TO PARK OR REVERSE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN OVER WHEN IGNITION INITIALLY TURNED. *TR

WHILE AT WORK I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL TELLING ME OUR 2000 FORD EXPEDITION WAS ON FIRE AND ALMOST IGNITING OUR HOME. NO ONE HAD DRIVEN THE TRUCK FOR 3 DAYS BUT APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL THE FIRE WAS STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, MOST LIKELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO A FAULTY SWITCH ASSOCIATED WITH CRUISE CONTROL BRAKING. *TR

PARKED MY TRUCK AROUND 8 PM ON THE 27TH WOKE UP AROUND 5 AM ON THE 28TH TO A LARGE BANG LOOKED OUTSIDE TO SEE MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION FULLY IN VOLVED IN FLAMES. TIRES EXPLODED SENDING MOLTEN RUBBER ALL OVER THE SIDE OF MY GARAGE DOOR THREW A SMALL CRACK UNDERNEATH THE GARAGE INTO MY BRAND NEW HARD WOOD FLOORS YET TO BE INSTALLED BURNING AND RUINING ALL OF THEM ALSO MELTED MY DAUGHTERS CAR SEAT INSIDE THE CAR, HER BASKETBALL HOOP BY THE CAR A TREE NEXT TO IT AND ALL MY BELONGINGS INSIDE THE CAR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE WERE CALLED. WE HAD TO EVACUATE OUR HOUSE BECAUSE OF SMOKE AND POSSIBILITY THAT FIRE WAS IN THE ATTIC MY CHILDREN WERE TRAUMATIZED BY THE INCIDENT. *TR