1995 FORD F-150 Complaints

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF THE GARAGE AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. NO INJURIES REPOTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED . *AK

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.

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

OUR 1995 FORD F-150 BURST INTO FLAMES IN OUR GARAGE AFTER BEING PARKED AND NOT RUNNING FOR ONE HOUR. IT WAS FINE JUST TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED. THE FIRE IN THE GARAGE CAUGHT THE ENTIRE HOUSE ON FIRE - WE LOST EVERYTHING, ALTHOUGH NO PERSONAL INJURY. STATE FARM FORENSIC REPORT SHOWS ORIGIN TO BE DRIVER SIDE, ON THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE FIRE WALL, AND HAVING SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKE MECHANISM (I'M STILL WAITING FOR A COPY OF THE REPORT). CAN YOU COMPARE MY COMPLAINT TO OTHERS AND MAYBE TELL ME WHAT MIGHT HAVE STARTED THIS FIRE? WE HAVE SUFFERED A TERRIBLE LOSS, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT STARTED THE FIRE IF POSSIBLE. THERE WAS BRAKE WORK ON THIS TRUCK ONLY SIX DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE. *JB

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE OFF AND PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS SITTING OUTSIDE WHEN THE FIRE ERUPTED AND WAS ABLE TO UNPLUG THE WIRE GOING TO THE SENSOR ON THE FRONT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER. *NM

1995 FORD F-150 WITH 302 ENGINE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING ON 7-09-04. ON 8-2-04 THE TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE IN FRONT OF MY OFFICE 3 HOURS AFTER IT WAS SHUT DOWN. A PASSERBY SHOUTED IN THE DOOR THAT MY TRUCK WAS SMOKING. WHEN I POPPED THE HOOD OPEN, THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM THE CONNECTOR IN FRONT OF THE BRAKE FLUID RESEVOIR. I PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, BUT IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED AGAIN. I PULLED THE POSITIVE CABLE OFF THE BATTERY AND USED THE EXTINGUISHER AGAIN. THAT PUT THE FIRE OUT FOR GOOD. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO CAPITAL FORD IN RALEIGH, NC. CAPITAL FORD REPLACED THE CRUISE DEACTIVATION SWITCH ON 8-9-04 ALONG WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER DAMAGED BY THE FIRE. TOTAL COST NOT INCLUDING TOW $ 489.62 UNFORTUNATELY I HAD THE DAMAGED PART DISCARDED. IT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.*AK

THE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE AT WORK WHEN SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT AROUND THE HOOD. I RAISED THE HOOD TO FIND THE SPEED DE-ACTIVATION SWITCH ON FIRE.I PUT OUT THE FIRE. AND PURCHASED A NEW SWITCH FROM 32 FORD IN BATAVIA OHIO, AND INSTALLED IT.32 FORD ADVISED ME TO CALL FORD AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE OLDER TRUCKS , WHICH I DID TO NO AVAIL,AS THEY JUST PASSED ME BACK AND FORTH , AND NO ONE WOULD LISTEN TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY. ALL I WANT IS TO WARN THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN THE OLDER MODEL TRUCKS. THEY HAVE FIRE HAZARD. WE WERE JUST LUCKY THAT WE WERE AT WORK WHEN IT HAPPENED OR IT WOULD HAVE BURNED OUR CO. HIGHWAY GARAGE DOWN. THANK YOU NEIL MORRISON GARAGE SUPERINTENDENT ADAMS CO. HIGHWAY DEPT.*AK

I DROVE MY 1995 FORD F-150 TO A PARK-N-RIDE LOT IN KATY, TEXAS LAST NOVEMBER, 2003. APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS LATER I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE WEST I-10 FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAD EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE FROM MY VEHICLE. MY TRUCK WAS A TOTAL LOSS. ALL THE RUBBER AND PLASTIC IN THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FRONT TIRES WERE MELTED. THE BACK OF THE DASH WAS MELTED. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENT AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. DRIVER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. TWO CITY WORKERS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED.*AK