1995 Ford F-150 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT STAND STILL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE GARAGE, WHEN HE NOTICED FIRE EXITING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WATER HOSE AND WAS TRYING TO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BUT WAS UNABLE TO. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HIS VIN WAS ASSOCIATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE CONTACT STATED NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND STATED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DEEMED THE VEHICLE TOTALED. THE CONTACT CALLED LOCAL DEALER FAHRNEY FORD (3105 HIGHLAND AVE, SELMA, CA 93662), WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 189,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1995 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, IT CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED MOST OF THE FIRE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE DAMAGED EXCEEDED THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 308,000.

ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2009 I WAS TRAVELING ON ROUTE 113 TOWARDS PORTLAND, ME. AFTER I WENT BY A GAS STATION IN BROWNFIELD, ME I STARTED TO PASS A VEHICLE. I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL AND SHORTLY AFTER I UNDERSTOOD THAT I CANNOT CONTROL MY CAR. THE GAS PEDAL STUCK AND BRAKES WERE WORKING ONLY FOR A SHORT WHILE. I GOT TO AROUND 30 MPH FROM 65 MPH. THE WHITE SMOKE STARTED TO RISE FROM THE SIDES OF MY TRACK. IN A SHORT DISTANCE, BRAKES FAIL COMPLETELY AND CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE EVEN MORE. WHEN I REALIZED THE I WAS COMING TO THE BRIDGE IN HIRAM, ME, I DECIDED TO CRASH INTO SOMETHING IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. NEXT THING I REMEMBERED I WAS TAKING OUT OF THE CAR AND WAS GOING IN AMBULANCE TO MAINE MEDICAL CENTER. MY HUSBAND NOTIFIED FORD SHORTLY AFTER ACCIDENT. WE FILE A COMPLAINT WITH FORD, BUT THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO IT SO FAR. *TR

95 FORD 150 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED. TRUCK WAS DAMAGED AND IT IS A LOSS. FIRE DEPARTMENT AND INSPECTOR FOUND THAT IT WAS DUE TO A RECALL FROM FORD MOTORS OF CRUISE CONTROL. *TR

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED INFRONT OF THE HOUSE. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED. *TR

1995 FORD F150 STARTED ON FIRE PARKED ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. *TR

REFERENCE TO RECALL #05V388000. APPROX 7 YEARS AGO THE HARNESS SHORTED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WHEN STARTING UP SAW SMOKE AND SMELLED ELECTRICAL SHORT. OBSERVE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT SHORTENING OUT OF THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRE HARNESS. THIS CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL (I.E. HORN, SPEED SETTINGS) NOT TO WORK. I CONTACT FORD WHO ADVISED THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS. A YEAR OR TWO LATER I SAW A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. AT THAT TIME REFUSED TO FIX THE WIRE HARNESS AND JUST UNPLUGGED THE ASSEMBLY. I CONTACTED NHTSA WHO ADVISED TO TRY AGAIN AND IF THEY DON'T FIX FILE A COMPLAINT. I TOOK TO FORD DEALER AGAIN WHO ADVISED THEY WILL NOT FIX EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE ITEM THAT SHORTED OUT. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP. *TR

1995 FORD F-150 PARKED IN MY GARAGE ERUPTED IN FLAMES CAUSING THE HOUSE TO BURN DOWN. FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOK FOR THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN MOVED OR STARTED FOR APPROX. 2 WEEKS. *TR

I HAVE A 1995 FORD F150 AND WAS NOT TAGGED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF GAS IT USED AND TAG WAS REMOVED AND COULD NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE ROAD. SO I COULD NOT TAKE TO DEALER TO HAVE RECALL DONE DUE TO NO TAG OR INSURANCE. I PUT NEW BATTERY IN IT AND DROVE AROUND MY PROPERTY AND PARKED IT AND WENT INSIDE MY HOUSE. AFTER I HEARD MY NEIGHBOR YELLING FOR ME. I OPENED THE DOOR AND HE SAID MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. I WENT OUT AND THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. I THEN PUT IT OUT AND THE TRUCK IS TOTALED. *TR

1995 FORD F-150 PICKUP CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR A FULL DAY AND A HALF AND THE ENGINE WAS COLD. THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN WE FOUND IT ABOUT 6:45 PM. FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE AND A SATURN SEDAN PARKED NEXT TO IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. MY HUSBAND COLLAPSED AND SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK WHILE TRYING TO PUT OUT FLAMES. MY SON IN LAW HELPED SAVE THE HOUSE FROM BURNING DOWN UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE AND EMT'S ARRIVED. *TR

TRUCK BURNED BECAUSE OF FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WHICH I WAS UNAWARE OF. I AM A CAR DEALER AND PURCHASED THIS TRUCK OVER A YEAR AGO AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT BUT WAS UNAWARE THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS SWITCH. I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THIS WAS A RECALL PROBLEM. THE CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKED, THE BATTERY WOULD GO DEAD QUIT OFTEN, THE ABS LIGHT WOULD FLASH AND THE FUSE IN THE SYSTEM WOULD BLOW AND HAD TO BE REPLACED OFTEN, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK ONCE THE TRUCK WAS STARTED, THE REAR BRAKE LAMPS WOULD NOT WORK. WE WENT TO VARIOUS PLACES AND ASKED PEOPLE ABOUT THIS BUT NO ONE WAS ABLE TO HELP US AND NEVER TOLD ABOUT A RECALL. MY HUSBAND AND FATHER WOULD WORK ON THE TRUCK QUIT OFTEN BUT WE COULD NEVER GET IT FIXED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER A TREE. THE FIRE CHIEF STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE NEAR THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONTACT COULD NOT GET UNDER THE HOOD TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL); HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. FORD STATED THAT THE CONTACT DENIED RECEIVING ANY NOTICES BECAUSE THEY SENT THEM TO HER RESIDENCE. FORD STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY COVERED BY LIABILITY INSURANCE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 147,000.

MY 1995 FORD F 150 CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE MASTER CYLINDER AREA UNDER THE HOOD. (PUT IT OUT MYSELF). *TR

I HAD A FORD F150 AND ONE MORNING WE WERE WOKE UP TO THE HORN BLOWING. WE LOOKED OUT TO SEE THE TRUCK GO UP IN FLAMES. WE DON`T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE TRUCK SAT IN THE DRIVE ALL NIGHT. WE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY RECALLS THAT CAUSE FIRES. BUT WE DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WAS IT. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THE TRUCK AND THE INSURANCE CO. HAULED IT AWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AFTER HE PARKED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. AS OF JANUARY 2, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. IN ADDITION, THE FIRE DESTROYED THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #07V336000). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY SENT FOUR RECALL NOTICES HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NEVER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 169,000. UPDATED 01/23/08 *BF UPDATED 01/23/08 *TR

1995 FORD F-150 CAUGHT FIRE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HE RECEIVED FOUR NOTICES OF THE RECALL. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE OF A RECALL. HE ALSO STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING. *JB

THERE WAS AN UNDER HOOD FIRE IN THE 1995 FORD F-150. I DROVE IT THE NIGHT BEFORE AND GOT HOME ABOUT 11:00 PM. I WOKE UP TO SEE THE TRUCK IN FLAMES ABOUT 8:00 AM THE NEXT DAY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE FIRE OUT, AND SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT STARTED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS SOUNDED LI,K KE THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH PROBLEM. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT AND NO OTHER PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE AND IS NOT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL LETTER; HOWEVER, FORD STATED THAT HER VEHICLE IS A PART OF THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL RECALL. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 284,000.

1995 F150 BURNT TO GROUND AT 930PM AFTER SITTING IN DRIVEWAY ALL DAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. AFTER BEING PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE OR SIX HOURS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT RECENTLY BEEN REPAIRED AND WAS RUNNING FINE. HE BELIEVES THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE GARAGE WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE TIME WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 164,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE HAD A SAFETY RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL MODULE REGARDING LEAKING FLUID. THE SAFETY RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED TWO YEARS AGO, BUT WAS REPLACED AGAIN ON APRIL 16, 2007 FOR LEAKING FLUID THAT CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE LEAKING FLUID IS THE CAUSE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THE SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 71,094.

PARKED TRUCK AT 5:30PM IN CARPORT. AT 1:30 AM TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED AND TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE. CARPORT AND SIDE OF HOUSE BURNED ALSO. FILED COMPLAINT AND LIABILITY WITH FORD INC IN DETROIT MICHIGAN. *NM

DROVE MY TRUCK TO WORK AND PARKED IT AROUND 8AM. AROUND 2-3 HOURS LATER SECRETARY NOTICED BLACK SMOKE AND WENT OUTSIDE TO CHECK. MY TRUCK HAD BURST INTO FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE SHORTLY BEFORE IT REACHED THE FUEL TANK. ENTIRE CAB OF TRUCK DESTROYED; ALL THAT IS LEFT IS THE BED AND HITCH. ADDITIONALLY, THE TRUCK PARKED NEXT TO MINE INCURRED DAMAGE INCLUDING MELTED TIRES, PASSENGER WINDOW IMPLODED AND PAINT BADLY DAMAGED. POSSIBLE OTHER CARS SUFFERED PAINT DAMAGE AS WELL. FIRE OFFICIALS SAID THEY THOUGHT FIRE WAS CAUSED BY CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. NEVER RECEIVED ANY LETTERS FROM FORD REGARDING RECALL. PICTURES TAKEN BY INSURANCE COMPANY OF VEHICLE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE DONE TO OTHER VEHICLE AS WELL. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

DT: VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND PUT OUT THE FIRE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. HE BURNED HIS HAND IN THE PROCESS. THE CONSUMER STILL HAS THE VEHICLE AND PICTURES OF IT. THE CONSUMER ONLY HAD LIABILITY INSURANCE ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS PAID OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CLAIMED IT WAS ELECTRICAL WIRING, IT MELTED EVERYTHING, IT WAS MOSTLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND SOMEONE AND NEVER DID. WHEN FIRST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THEY FIXED THE CRUISE CONTROL THEN TWO DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE, THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. *AK *NM