1995 Ford F-150 Electrical System

MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED SINCE 7.30 AM IN MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY UNTIL 4.15 WHEN IT JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE AND COMPLETELY BURNT. DESTROYING A MAJOR PORTION OF MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY PAVEMENT. IT APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED AT THE FIREWALL OF THE TRUCK AS I SAID IT WAS PARKED AND THE IGNITION WAS OFF. I HAVE MY TRUCK KEYS WITH ME SO I CAN SHOW PROOF POSITIVE THE VEHICLE IGNITION WAS OFF. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE IN JAN. 2005 I DID NOT THEN NOR HAVE I EVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD OR ANYONE. MY CONCERN IS WHO IS GOING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO MY PARENTS DRIVE WAY AND SINCE IT IS A RECALL ISSUE DO I NOT DESERVE TO HAVE MY VEHICLE REPLACED WITH VEHICLE OF MY CHOICE? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1995 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE, IT CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT NOTICE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FLAMES ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE ERUPTED UNDERNEATH THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS INSURANCE COMPANY DOES NOT COVER FIRES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY HIM BY MAIL TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

WHILE ATTACHING OUR BOAT TO OUR 1995 F-150 FORD 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BURNING THE ENTIRE LEFT UNDERHOOD AREA BEFORE WE COULD PUT IT OUT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. WHENEVER THE CONTACT TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL, THE HORN DOES NOT WORK. THE FAILURE WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 129,000. UPDATED 3/11/08 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE HORNS WORKS BUT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND BLOW THE HORN AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE BECOMES INOPERABLE. UPDATED 03/11/08 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY. SHE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS BURNED. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 212,233. UPDATE 04-02-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED FORD BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK. UUPDATED

1995 FORD F150 SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED SPREADING SPARKS AND FIRE TO HOUSE, SURROUNDING AREA PROPERTY, AND LIFT VAN CAUSING EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE TO HOUSE, SURROUNDING AREA PROPERTY, AND LIFT VAN. *NM

AT 6:30 ON SUNDAY MORNING A NEIGHBOR AWOKE US ABOUT OUR TRUCK BEING ON FIRE. SHE HAD ALREADY CALLED THE FIRE DEPT BUT I MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WITH OUR WATER HOSE. THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS IN PRISTINE CONDITION, WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, MELTED THE DASH AND WAS STARTING TO BURN INTO THE INTERIOR. THE NEIGHBOR STATED SHE HEARD ONE OR TWO 'POPS' PRIOR TO DISCOVERING THE FIRE. DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BURNED. A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FIRE THE CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING. WE DID NOT HAVE COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE ON IT SO IT WAS A TOTAL WRITE-OFF FOR US. I CANNOT HELP BUT BELIEVE THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM FORD FINALLY ADMITTED TO FOR THE RECENT RECALL ON LATER MODEL TRUCKS. THE TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 14 HOURS. I STILL HAVE POSSESSION OF THE TRUCK.*JB WILL E-MAIL PICTURES TO BRUCE YORK. THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED IN AUGUST OF 2004. NO AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT. THE FIRE DID NOT SPREAD TO A STRUCTURE.

I HAVE DRIVEN MY FORD F-150 HOME FROM WORK ON A FRIDAY IN OCT. 04 I WAS AWAKENED ON SUNDAY ABOUT 8:00 A.M BY THE MAILMAN DROPPING OFF MAIL FOR THE NEXT DAY HE SAID YOUR TRUCK IS ON FIRE. THERE WAS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING. I HAVE A FIRE MARSHALL REPORT STATING THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD TWICE AND HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING BUT THE RUN AROUND. *JB

DT: MY TRUCK JUST WENT UP IN FLAMES AND LITERALLY MELTED. CONSUMER PARKED IT SATURDAY NIGHT AND DROVE IT HOME THE NEXT DAY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTED KNOCKING ON DOOR TRYING TO WAKE CONSUMER UP BECAUSE THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY . *AK

I HAD A FORD F150 SET FIRE WHILE PARKED IN HOTEL PARKING LOT. WAS TOTALED. *JB

WENT TO WORK TRUCK WAS PARKED 1 HOUR FIRE UNDER HOOD PUT OUT FIRE IT BURNED UP WIRING HARNESS,MASTER CYLINDER, POWER BOOSTER. TOOK DAMAGED PARTS OFF. TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. OLD PARTS AVAILABLE. *JB

MY SON WAS STOPPED AT AN ATM MACHINE. HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HE RAISED THE HOOD TO FIND THE WIRE HARNESS ON FIRE. HE IMMEDIATELY RAN INTO A LOCAL STORE, GRABBED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. WE CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY A PROBLEM WITH F-150 TRUCKS DATED YEARS 1999-2001. OUR PRIVATE MECHANIC CALLED FORD TO SEE ABOUT GETTING A WIRE HARNESS FOR THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PART FOR A VEHICLE OLDER THAN 7 YEARS. WE HAD TO USE A USED HARNESS TO FIX THE TRUCK. WE STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL HARNESS. THE MASTER CYLINDER, BRAKE LINES, INSIDE FENDER WELL AND WIRE HARNESS INCLUDING FUSE BOX HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM

WHILE WARMING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE DASH. THE CONSUMER TURNED IT OFF AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY, TO DISCOVER A LOT OF THE WIRES HAD BURNED. *JB

THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE PARKED VEHICLE. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A SHORTAGE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO CATCH ON FIRE UNEXPECTEDLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BY THE CONSUMER. *AK *SC

1995 F-150 TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY.

WIFE WAS OUT SIDETAKING TRASH TO CANS AND RAN BACK IN THE HOUSE SCREAMING MY 1995 FORD F-150 WAS SOMKING AND BURNING. I GRABED A EXTINGUISHER AND RAN OUT. I HAD JUST RETUURNED FROM OUR CABIN UP NORTH, 3 HOUR DRIVE. I HAD BEEN HOME ABOUT 1 HOUR WHEN THIS HAPPENED,I LOOKED FIRST AT WHAT WAS GOING ON, THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD I OPENED THE HOOD VERY SLOWLY, ONCE I POPED IT II LOOKED IN THE SMOKE WAS COMMING FROM THEFRONT OF THR MASTER CYLNDER. IN JUST A SECOND, THE SMOKE TURNED INTO A FLAME AND THEN II HIT IT WITH THE EXTINGUISHER. TO NIGHT II SAW A SHOW ON CNN ABOUT THIS. I AM VERY UNHAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!

VEHICLE PARKED FOR 45 MINUTES WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *AK

MY ONE OWNER L995 FORD PICKUP HAD ELECTRICAL FAILURE AFTER BEING PARKED AT MY HOME FOR 2/3 HOURS AND BURNED AND WAS TOTALED. WE WERE LUCKY TO BE HOME TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TO STOP OTHER DAMAGES FROM OCCURRING. DURING A REGULAR INSPECTION IN FEB. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING AND THE SHOP ORDER THE NEEDED PART AND IT IS STILL ON BACK ORDER. SINCE FORD HAS A RECALL ON CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEMS THAT CAN CAUSE FIRES, I SENT A COMPLAINT TO THEM AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE, AND WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCES THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED. THEY SUGGESTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE RIGHT TO FILE SUBROGATION AGAINST FORD BUT IS THERE ANY THING WE CAN DO? AT THE LEAST FORD SHOULD RECALL ALL CRUISE CONTROL'S NOT JUST THE 2000 AND NEWER. I WANTED TO NOTIFY YOU THAT IT IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ON RECALL AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I SENT PICTURES TO TRI COUNTY FORD WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASES NEW AND HAVE PICTURES THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND ON REQUEST THROUGH E-MAIL. THANK YOU, THOMAS (EDDIE)EDMUNDS

WHILE ON VACATION OUT OF TOWN, TRUCKS ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE AND BLEW UP WHILE PARKED UNDER HOUSE CARPORT, CAUSING SERIOUS HOUSE AND COMPLETE TRUCK DAMAGE

WHILE PARKED OVER NIGHT IN THE DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE FLAMES OUT, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK *BF *NM

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR EIGHT HOURS WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE ON ITS OWN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUTMECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN STARTED APPOX.15 HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENT, AT ABOUT 5AM ON MARCH 10, 2004 I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND I SAW A FLAME ON THE HOOD OF MY TRUCK, BY THE TIME I HAD WOKE MY HUSBAND AND WE GOT OUTSIDE ( ABOUT 5-10 SECONDS)THE WHOLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE I CALLED 911 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME. MY TRUCK IS A LOSS I HAVE NO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THIS. PLUS I OWED THE FIRE DEPT.*JB

WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. *AK UNSPECIFIED SHORT CIRCUIT ARC CONTRIBUTED TO THE IGNITION OF THE FIRE PER INSPECTION. *SC *JB

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN CONSUMER HEARD SOMETHING. CONSUMER WENT TO THE DOOR AND DISCOVERED THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. *AK