1995 FORD F-150 Complaints

SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH ON THE FRONT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER CAUGHT FIRE. MINIMAL DAMAGE BUT LOTS OF SMOKE. IT WAS CAUGHT VERY EARLY. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL AND AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. THIS INCIDENT JUST OCCURRED AND I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD HELP THE INVESTIGATION OR NOT. *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

TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY APPROX. 20-30 MINUTES WHEN IT BURST INTO FLAMES. IT MELTED THE SIDING ON THE GARAGE. TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND THERE WAS APPROX. $4000.00 DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND DRIVEWAY. FORD WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT RECALLS ON THIS TRUCK AND THAT THEY WERE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES. SINCE THEN A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM FORD FOR THIS TRUCK. *NM

DT: THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS LEADING UP TO THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE AT 8:00 AM AND AT 2:30 PM THE 1995 FORD F150 HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLED ON 7/28/05. THE FIRE SPREAD FROM THE ENGINE TO THE FIREWALL AND THEN TO THE CAB. THE FIRE ALSO CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE: BROKE SOME OF THE WINDOWS AND BURNED SOME OF THE BUSHES. THE BRICK HOUSE DID NOT BURN.*AK *MR

I OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE UNDERHOOD AREA OF MY PARKED 1995 FORD F150 PICK UP. UPON OPENING THE HOOD I OBSERVED THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR AND CRUISE CONTROL PRESSURE SWITCH TO BE ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS SO INTENSE IT MELTED THE PAINT OFF THE HOOD AND I HAD TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT IT OUT. *NM

ON SATURDAY AUGUST 26, 2005 THIS 1995 FORD F150 WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES AND PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. ON THE WAY TO THE BUSINESS I ATTEMPTED TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH FAILED TO WORK. I WAS IN THE BUSINESS FOR 1 1/2 HOURS AND RETURNED TO THE TRUCK. WHEN I GOT INTO THE TRUCK I NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO START THE TRUCK AND IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT. I THEN TRIED TO OPEN THE HOOD WHICH FAILED TO RELEASE. I LOOKED THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE HOOD AND FENDER AND NOTICED FLAMES. I IMMEDIATELY HAD SOMEONE CALL 911. THE TROY FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP IN APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES AND AFTER PRYING THE HOOD OPEN EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE AND RECOMMENDED DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY TO PREVENT FURTHER FIRE WHICH WAS DONE. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS EXCEPT FOR THE FAILURE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND IS AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION IF NECESSARY. *JB

DURING LABOR DAY SEPT 2004, MY WIFE AND I WERE VACTIONING IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN. WE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A SHORT ERRAND AND WAS SITTING AT OUR PICNIC TABLE, OUR TRUCK WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF, MY WIFE NOTICED SMOKE BOILING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I REMOVED THE WIRED RUNNING TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND IT STOPPED THE SWITCH FROM SMOKING. THE UNIT WAS MELTED BEYOND REPAIR AND RENDERED THE TRUCK UNABLE TO BE MOVED FROM THE PARKED POSITION. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK GOING AGAIN BUT IT HAS NOT RUN CORRECTLY SINCE. HAD WE NOT BEEN SITTING RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE TRUCK IT WOULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE. DOES FORD HAVE ANY INTENTIONS OF RECALLING THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE WATCHED A FEW NEWS REPORTS ON IT AND SEE THAT IT IS NOT A FLUKE OR ISOLATED INCIDENT.

DRIVING DOWN ROAD WHEN TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH HOOD. WHILE TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE, I SUFFERED A BURN ON MY LEFT ARM AND ON A FINGER. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO HAVE MY TRUCK REPAIRED WHEN I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL AND TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR MY TRUCK TO BE REPAIRED AND BECAUSE IT IS MY WORK TRUCK AND I AM SELF-EMPLOYED, I HAVE LOST WAGES. *NM

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

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