1995 FORD F-150 Complaints

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

CRUISE CONTROL THAT HAS BEEN CAUSING FIRES IS DOING THE SAME THING TO MY 1995 F-150. I WAS HAVING THE SENSOR REPLACED WHEN THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL SMOKED AND BURNED UP. IT HAD BRAKE FLUID IN IT JUST LIKE THE SENSOR DID. IT BLEW A FUSE AND ALSO SMOKED FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE ALSO NEAR THE INTAKE. THE SENSOR THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED, BRAKE FLUID WAS INSDE IT AND CAUSE THE CONNECTOR THAT LEADS TO THE FUSE BOX TO CATCH ON FIRE, WE WERE REPLACING THAT WHEN THE CONNECTOR FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE CRUISE CONTROL UNIT SMOKED, BUT DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE. THE SENSOR ON THE MASTER CYLINDER CAUGHT ON FIRE ON 05-27-05.

THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BURN. ALSO, IT BURNED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARKED RIGHT NEXT TO IT. A NEIGHBOR CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS DEFECT, BUT THEY WERE UNWILLING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. *AK *BF THE DAYTIME TELEPHONE NUMBER GIVEN WAS THE CONSUMERS MOTHER'S. *SC *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START THE IGNITION. THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, AND SAW WIRES MELTED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH CAUSED THE MELTING OF THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE. THE WIRING HARNESS WAS BURNED COMPLETELY FROM THE ENGINE TO THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONSUMER WAS AWARE THAT LATER MODEL FORD 150'S WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO HORN OR CRUISE CONTROL AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHED. *SC

CONSUMER STATES: CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACE TWICE DUE TO THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKING THROUGH TO THE SWITCH. *NM

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

OWNER WAS SITTING INSIDE OF THE TRUCK. WHILE PARKED THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE HOOD. CRUISE CONTROL WAS HOOKED TO THE MASTER CYLINDER AND SOME PLASTIC PARTS MELTED ALONG WITH THE TOP WHICH CONTAINED THE FIRE. FLAME BEGAN SHOOTING UPWARD. OWNER PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO E-MAIL PICTURE TO NHTSA/ODI.*AK *SB CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS BEFORE WITH THE TRUCK LOCKING.*SB

TRIED TO USE CRUISE CONTROLIT DID NOT WORK WITHIN AN HOUR THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. *AK

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

1995 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE.*MR THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE THREE YEARS AGO. THE CONSUMER READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT 1995-1999 FORD F150 WHICH HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO FAULTY SWITCHES. *NM