Driving vehicle home, vehicle quit on the road, could not restart, had it towed, ignition & steering burned out, & tie rod broke.
1991 Ford Escort electrical complaints
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While driving the auto consumer smelled smoke, returned home and looked under the hood clipped the wires that had burned.
Ignittion wiring shorted out, causing alternator/belts to fail.
Upon starting, noticed smoke coming from beneath steering column, and burning smell, no fire.
A short in the ingition switch which caused the starter to burn out. *ak consumer was driving and smoke started coming out from under the dash and from underneath the hood, pulled over to side of the road and tried to turn off the vehcile, turned ignition switch off and pulled out key, vehicle kept running for at lest 3-4 minutes before sstoppingcalled local repair shop and had vehicle towed, ignition switch was replaced.
Ignition switch stopped and vehicle continued to run, over heated, due a electrical short in wiring.
Electrical short, vehicle was parked, when started when smell of smoke under the hood, replaced ignition switch and started.
The vehicle caught on fire from the ignition switch when the vehicle was being driven. Please describe.
Something came loose in the ignition switch causing it to lock up.
Number of wires coming from main body to the tailgate/tail light shorted out.
The car started smoking from under the hood and then the starter and the ignition switch burned up .please describe.
Ignition switch shorted, causing fire.
Starter engaged itself, burning starter/igniton switch/wiring harness.
The ignition switch burned and smoke came out of the steering column. Please describe.
Driver tried to start vehicle, switch got stuck, could not turn it off, the switch suddenly caught on fire
Electrical short in the ignition switch caused the switch to burn.
Experienced electrical system fire when alternator and front wiring harness burned and extinquished it's self.
Experienced electrical system fire, when alternator and front wiring harness burned and extinquished itself.
Vehile caught on fire caused by short in the wiring harnes.please describe.
Ignition fire.
The brake light melt. Please describe .
Electrical short, wiring burned while driving, smell of smoke.
Electrical short or shock in the ignition switch, causing the wiring harness to burn.
Interior vehicle fire around the ignition switch.
Vehicle was parked, ignition switch failure, took the battery out, panel light stayed on.
The car starts all by itself while sitting in the car without the key into the ignition. *ak consumer states engine and starter could not be stopped with the keys, consumer had to go to nearest dealer to ull the battery cable to stop the engine, ignition switch had to be replaced,the starter was burned out, relay switch had to be replaced and starter coil.
Consumer was driving and car caught on fire fronm the ignition switch. Please describe .
Vehicle undercarriage fire was caused by the fuel pump shorting out the wiring harness.
Wiring harness corroded; shorted out; caused electrical fire. Tt
Horn functions intermittently.
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