Owner received a recall notice for her wiring harness, she took vehicle to dealer to have vehicle repaired. When owner got vehicle back it caught fire. Owner was told that the work had never been done.mfg recall 94b55.
1991 Ford Escort electrical complaints
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When trying to turn the car off the cycle come apart from the car, sometimes the key would get stuck in the ignition .
The ignition pin falls out of the ignition switch. Took vehicle to dealer and they said that the recall was not on my vehicle, but this vehicle is having the same problem that the recall states regarding ignition anti-theft controller.
Motorized shoulder straps tightened too much and too quickly almost strangling driver's wife; also, starter , situated in a "heat sink" beneath manifold/next to firewall, overheated and burned itself out.
Driving down highway the vehicle filled up with smoke and just shut down. Took to it to dealer , removed dash steering column and all heater accessories and found melted wires in steering column and main ground lug at fuse box.
While driving vehicle, it would stall or shut down, was informed it was electrical or fuel pump.
Electrical short in the ignition switch, the vehicle was in the off position and the vehiicle was running, consumer had to disconnect the battery cable to turn the vehiicle off, consumer took the vehicle to the dealer replaced the ignition .
The vehicle hesitates when turning the ignition on and when driving between 35 to 40 MPH; also, it smells like something burning. *ak consumer states when she turns on ignition the vehicle hesitates for a few seconds, then she has to wait for 15 minutes before she can drive the vehicle, it also stall when at a stop sign or a light, consumer also states lights flicker when she turns on the ignition.
Starter kept engaging with engine running, wires underhood burned out, fuse still intact, no safety device to cut off switch. *ak consumer states the starter solenoid was stuck in the closed position, even though the vehicle engine was running, this caused a strange sound under the hood, consumer shut off the ignition and removed the key, the starter continued to turn the engine, this happened three times in cold engine starts twice the starter disengaged after 3 or 4 mintues after the fourth time it then returned to normal as consumer kept driving to the stop, the next morning mechanic started it up and the wires were burned and charred and other damage occured including the tachometer.
While noticing burning smell, next day light on dash panel went haywire, then noticed smoke coming from steering column, sparks came from under dash, resulting in a fire.
While driving vehicle smoke came from under the dashboard which resulted in the owner being afraid to drive vehicle in fear of having a collision.
Electrical short in the ignition switch, causing the vehicle to catch on fire.
When starting up the vehicle it overheated and it would not shut off even when key was not in the ignition . The ignition switch burned up.
Electrical short in the ignition switch, causing the steering column to catch on fire.
The vehicle was turned off and the starter was smoking and the engine cooling fan was running and the vehicle turned on without a key in the ignition.
Ignition switch failure.
An electrical short in the ignition switch, caused the vehicle to catch fire in the dash area while vehicle was parked.
Electrical short in the ignition, causing the wiring harness to melt, resulting in a fire. *ak consumer states he turned ignition off and removed key, engine still continued to run, key was placed back in ignition in an attempt to turn it off, vehicle made a grinding noise and smoke began to pour out of the hood, ignition switch malfunctioned.
The igniton will not turn off when the key is removed and the signal bell still rings after the key is removed.*ak
The vehicle caught on fire due to a short in the ignition switch.
Wires leading to the descending unit inside the gas tank burned.
Keys are stuck in the ingnition . Please describe.
The wires melted behind the instrument cluster and could have started a fire. Please describe.
Smoke came from under ignition switch, traceed down shorted out ignition and mlp switches, replaced ignition/neutral switch, no fire.
Key sticks inside ignition.
Wiring to fuel pump shorted, causing fuel pump to leak/engine to stall.
Ignition switch burnt.
Ignition switch fire.
An electrical short in the igntion switch, caused the vehicle to catch on fire under the dash. Please describe.
Entire wiring harness burned in auto, no injuries.
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