Smoke and flames from all AC vents while driving, fire consumed entire vehicle. Fire report, pictures & insurance report available. Reported to ford motor company. No positive results.
1991 Ford Explorer visibility complaints
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Upon starting vehicle and driving approximantly one mile I turned on the heater and started smelling a burning smell and cab filled with smoke. I stopped the vehical and turned it off. Smoke was so thick I had to exit the vehical. Upon investigation under the hood I could find no source of fire or damage to the truck.I used the heater the following day and have had no further problem. This seems to match up with the feb,23 1999 newspaper artical I read. I am intrested to know what might have caused this.
Continue to get smoke/burning smell thru ventilation sys. Even after repair to blower
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Design flaw of the ventillation system allows for leaves to enter the plenum chamber causing burning and potential fire, damage to the blower motor due to burning,
Heater motor fan was blowing smoke into vehicle which was caused by an electrical short in motor. Dealer notified, and they infomed vehicle was not under a recall.
While driving the sunroof went flying off the car, no indication the roof was coming off. It was not in use. After sunroof was off, looking at the roof, it had been closed, the hinges were broken in half. Dealer states the hinges failed and broke, and the roof came off from the front, instead of the rear.
Pop-up sunroof fell off and shattered in roadway. Ford denied responsibility.
Ea97011, the defective sun roof shattered unexpectedly which might have caused unnecessary injuries or accident.
Electronic controls for mirrors failed, emitting smoke.
The sun roof was opened and it flew off . Vehicle has been reapired . The owner did not inform the dealer because the vehicle was out of warranty.
While driving the sun roof flew open without warning. Please describe details.investigation #97-011.
Sunroof flew off.
Consumer was traveling and the sun roof shattered without a cause, ea97-011. Consumer has yet to contact the dealer. Consumer has contacted the manufacutrer to see if vehicle is listed under recall, vehicle not included in recall .
When driving vehicle on highway the sunroof fell off. Has not been to dealer.
Sun roof fell off.
While driving with sun roof closed, the sun roof glass shattered. Cause unknown.
While driving 45 MPH the glass in the sun roof frame blew off the top of the vehicle which caused glass to shatter unto the road, cause unknown. Please give any further details.
Electrical fire due to faulty mirrorswitch/wiring.
Sunroof exploded while parked in the garage unoccupied. Tt
Vehicle shakes/vibrates while driving.
A/c system; the connection in system are faulty due to design. Joints weaken causing full load of freon dumped in air. This occured (3) times since ownership.
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