Battery leaked acid on to evaporation valve and caused corrosion.
1996 Ford Explorer electrical complaints
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The vehicle was parked and a fire started under the hood, near the engine.
Fire burned center of console, when battery was disconnected fire went out.
Electrical short, consumer was driving on the interstate and noticed smoke coming from the center of the dashboard and above the windshield and the vehicle caught on fire in the dash.
While driving experienced engine shut down at 40mph while accelerating onto hwy, dlr just prior replaced engine with mfr's new engine.
Headlights will not go off unless consumer pulls the plug on the mirror, thinks it is an electrical short, but no one will help.
813‑972‑7100 x7271: idle drops below zero; engine shimmies, then stalls in traffic; intermittent problem, mostly in bumper to bumper traffic. Tt
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