1993 Ford Econoline: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Nov 5, 2007 · Acceleration · 103,000 miles · MI

Tl*the contact owns a 1993 ford econoline. The contact received a recall notice in august of 2007 for the vehicle speed control switch. She scheduled an appointment to have the vehicle repaired, but it caught fire before the appointment day. The vehicle was completely destroyed. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer. The powertrain and recall number were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 103,000.

Filed Aug 31, 2007 · Acceleration, Lights · 80,000 miles · MO · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1993 ford econoline. While driving uphill at 10 MPH, the contact noticed smoke rising from the hood. The federal safety agency recall number 94v128000 (interior lighting) was referenced. The vehicle erupted into flames and melted the siding of a house. The fire department extinguished the flames and a police report was filed. The contact has not spoken to the dealer. There was no current mileage because the vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was 80,000. Updated 08/13/08 *bf the consumer stated a week prior, the cruise control stopped working. The consumer replaced the fuse, but the cruise control still didn't work. Updated 08/13/08.

Filed Aug 29, 2007 · Engine · IL · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1993 ford econoline. While driving 35 MPH, the contact noticed smoke coming from the hood. When he raised the hood, the vehicle ignited. The dealer inspected the vehicle and stated that the deactivation switch malfunctioned and caused the vehicle to catch fire. The contact received ford recall notice number 05s28 on august 29, 2007. The VIN, engine size, number of cylinders, dealer information, and mileages were unavailable.

Filed Mar 19, 2007 · Electrical · 128,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl*- the contact stated that the 1993 ford econoline van caught on fire while sitting in the driveway. While in his vehicle sleeping about 4:00 am the neighbors knock on the van to inform the contact that the vehicle was on fire under the hood. He stated that the entire van was destroyed by the fire. The contact stated that the fire department came and put out the fire. The contact drove the vehicle home, and there was no indication that the vehicle had any type of problems. The current and failure mileage were both 128000 .

Filed Oct 26, 2005 · Lights · OH

A few days ago I was driving my vehicle and noticed a burning smell I checked all of the fuses first and there was no problem. Finally I drove the van again and notice smoke coming from the dome light at that point I removed the light itself and now I have problems with the lighting. I did look up recall defects for 93 vehicles which stated that the interior lighting was a defect. I called ford and they seem to have no knowledge of recall. This recall is on your site as id # 94v128000 and the defect is 6088 interior lighting.

Filed Jun 16, 2005 · Acceleration · 22,000 miles · FL · fire

Dt: ford, econline 150 conversion van 1993, vehicle caught on fire. Consumer believed it was due to the cruse control, consumer was driving and saw smoke coming from under the hood, consumer dialed 911. When fire deptpartment came they had to cut around the lift lever of the hood, when the hood was removed there were flames coming from the motor, the whole vehcile burst into flames, the whole engine dashboard melted.

Filed Jun 15, 2005 · Acceleration · FL · fire

I own a ford ecoline 150 family van (custom made). Well just last week it caught on fire while my husband was driving on he highway. He had the cruise control, a.c. And the radio on. I has never happened to us before. I don't know if it did to the prior owners. Needless to say that when help arrived it was to late the van was totaled.