1995 Ford Bronco: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Sep 9, 2015 · Acceleration · VA · fire

Letter from congressman griffith on behalf of constituent re 1995 ford bronco recall. *smd the consumer stated on june 16, 2015, his vehicle exploded and caught on fire in his driveway. The consumer was informed about a recall. However, ford customer service claim to know nothing about it.

Filed Jun 2, 2011 · Electrical · 125,000 miles · LA · fire

The incident occurred on may 28, 2011 when my wife having thought what she heard was thunder looked out of the kitchen window into the backyard, and saw smoke coming out from under the hood of the vehicle a 1995 ford bronco xlt. She then notified me and I proceeded outside to find that the vehicle was indeed on fire. The fire started underneath the hood on the drivers side of the engine compartment directly over the drivers side tire. I attempted to extinguish the fire using a water hose, but was unable to do so. At the same time my wife then called the local fire department around 9:30 a.m. And they arrived shortly thereafter. By the time the firemen where able to extinguish the fire the entire engine compartment as well as the interior of the vehicle was destroyed. The windshield along with the passenger side door window had shattered. The passenger side tire was damaged, and the drivers side tire was completely destroyed. Prior to the incident the ignition was not on, the engine was not running, and the vehicle had not ran for approximately one week. After describing to the fire marshal the events that lead to the fire he stated that he had encountered similar problems with vehicles of the same make and year model which was determined to be a result of a speed deactivation switch. I then called ford and using the VIN number discovered that the this vehicle did indeed have a recall for such a switch. I have contacted ford and am currently waiting for a reply on the matter.

Filed Jun 1, 2011 · Acceleration · 125,000 miles · LA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1995 ford bronco. The contact stated that after hearing a loud thunder sound he looked out of his window and noticed flames coming from his vehicle. The fire department advised him that this was an occurring failure with that model vehicle and there was recall, the federal safety agency campaign id number, 05v388000, vehicle speed control. The dealer was contacted and referred him to the manufacturer. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.

Filed May 2, 2011 · Acceleration · 220,000 miles · WA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1995 ford bronco. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked for three days and then caught fire. The fire department stated that the failure was caused by the cruise control modules. The federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v388000 (vehicle speed control) was related to the cruise control deactivation switch potentially catching fire. The contact does not know if the vehicle was included in the recall. The failure and current mileages were 220,000.

Filed Oct 5, 2010 · Acceleration · 200,058 miles · FL · fire

Tl*the contact owned a 1995 ford bronco. While the vehicle was parked, a neighbor advised him that the vehicle was on fire. The contact stated that the cruise control switch caused the fire. The fire department was called and a report was filed. A police report was also filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was 200,058.

Filed Mar 11, 2008 · Acceleration · 90,000 miles · NJ · crash · fire · 1 injury

My 1995 bronco caught on fire and totally burned up on november 21 2007 on pinewald keswick road in berkeley township.

Filed Aug 19, 2005 · Acceleration · NC · fire

Dt: last week ford bronco caught on fire. The vehicle was idling in front of the consumer's house for just a few minutes. The consumer was in the vehicle. The vehicle had not been driven for about a day. The last time it was drvien was the day before for about an hour and a half. The consumer saw a whisp of smoke coming from hood. Vehicle wouldn't go into gear. Theconsumer popped the hood, the front end of the brake master cylinder was melting and smoking. The top of the master cylinder was burned. There were no flames, just a smoking and melting. The location of this is directly to the left of the driver under the hood in the engine compartment. After the owner noticed the smoking and melting, there wasn't really a fire, owner just had it towed to a mechanic. The mechanic repaired the entire brake master cylinder and a sensor. The repair costed $300. The mechanic said he had seen this kind of fire before. The consumer contacted ford, who advised him to contact the insurance company. They offered no further assistance. The front end and the engine were the same as the ford f 150. The mechanics report noted that 1l1z-9f924-aa was the number of the part that the mechanic replaced.

Filed Jul 15, 2005 · Acceleration · 127,000 miles · ID · fire

Dt: the consumer states that t 1995 ford bronco caught on fire and burnt on july 14, 2005. The vehicle had been driven to work. The vehicle was parked and turned off. The vehicle had been parked for about one hour and a half. The driver heard a loud popping sound and saw smoke, the smoke had filled the inter compartment of the vehicle. The driver opened the hood, and the truck had flames coming out of the left hand portion of the engine compartment. The fire was extinguished by the driver. The week before the owners were on a trip and the cruise control did not work in the vehicle. They only discovered that the cruise control did not work last week. Prior to this, the vehicle had not had any problems. The vehicle was kept regularly maintained. There is a fire department report. There were no injuries. There are no pictures from after the fire at the location, but the owner is going to take pictures today. The truck has already been moved from the original location. The information provided is all the consumer has provided.

Filed Apr 25, 2005 · Electrical · 160,000 miles · TN · fire

The vehicle was parked when all of a sudden the engine compartment caught on fire. Results showed that there was an electrical shortage in the engine. *jb

Filed Jun 28, 2002 · Electrical, Seats · AR · fire

Drivers lumbar seat shorted out and caught fire while parked, engine off. Interior was completly burned. Damage unknown at this time.*ak

Filed Jul 12, 2001 · Electrical · FL · fire

This vehicle caught fire in my driveway during the night after sitting for over 8 hours. By the time the fire department and police came and woke me up it was totally destroyed as well as the boat sitting next to it and part of my brand new house. The fire destroyed the interier of the garage and contents as well as damadging a mustang set up for racing filled with racing fuel that could have ignited. I am still in schock over the loss and extremely angry after learning that ford has had this type of problems before as reported on tv.

Filed Oct 21, 2000 · Electrical · NY · fire

Vehicle caught on fire while parked in parking lot with engine off. Local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. Fire department believed that fire was due to an electrical shortage under hood. Manufacturer notified, and informed that vehicle was out of its warranty, and nothing would be done.