1999 Ford Explorer: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Mar 29, 2022 · Transmission · PR

The transmission stopped going in reverse for no apparent reason. All other gears work fine. There’s no lagging when driving and no other signs. I went to put it in reverse to back out of my driveway and when I pushed the gas it just reved the engine up and floated backwards causing me to apply the brakes quickly so I wouldn’t hit my house. There was smoke coming up from the transmission fluid container.The smoke continues to this day and there’s the proper amount/ plenty of transmission fluid in the transmission container.

Filed Sep 27, 2015 · Electrical · 65,247 miles · TX

Started driving down the street and noticed heavy smoke coming from hazord switch, stopped to check once truck was turned off smoke stopped started truck up again and went on my way sevrel miles from home smoke started again, could not lose any more time so I kept on going watching for any fire or sparks. Made it to work, at end of day got home with no issues, my wife drove the truck ( explorer ) later that evning and she also notice smoke, with in a few days after this happend I noticed it agian and some of the dash lights started flikering, the issue of smoke has been an on going thing but have not seen any fire so I keep driving it and let my wife drive the new car for her safty, my conserns are, the windshield washer fluid for fron window stopped working from the first smokeing issue and then dash lights started shotly after and now I do not know if the air bag is still working and that seems to be a safty issue to me, I never had any issues with this truck until after the smoke from the steering colum, after that I am have nuthing but elictical issues.

Filed May 20, 2014 · Acceleration, Body · 118,600 miles · SC · fire

I was at work on friday afternoon, 5/16 and received a voicemail at 3:50pm from the fire marshall stating my 1999 ford explorer xlt burned in my driveway and was totaled. I had not driven the explorer since approximately 7pm the night before and had taken my other car to work. The explorer was just sitting in the driveway, outside the garage and started burning. A neighbor 2 houses over smelled the smoke and saw the flames and called the fire department. The fire marshall stated he had seen this type of fire before due to the ford cruise control recall problems, based on the burn pattern. I was not the original owner and bought it about 8 years ago and have never received any kind of recall notice. I am extremely upset that this kind of thing could happen and did happen - the more I read about the amount of people it's happened to the more upset I get, I've had nightmares since friday since my house would have burned if I had parked it 1 foot closer to the garage -- which I usually do, I had planned to give it to my stepson on saturday who was coming to visit from ny and it would have been his first car -- my fiance' is stressed out and upset beyond words I can write here. No excuse ford...shame on you!!!!!!

Filed Mar 6, 2012 · Engine · FL · fire

My vehicle was parked in the parking lot at 8:30 a.m. On february 7, 2012. Approximately 2:30 p.m., the entire front end of the vehicle was totally engulfed in flames the parking lot, just sitting there burning, without any prior warning.

Filed Jan 10, 2012 · Engine · 212,000 miles · KY · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford explorer. The contact stated that the vehicle caught on fire while in the contact's driveway with the engine turned off. The fire department was called and advised that the fire originated from the battery compartment. A fire report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure and the current mileage was 212,000.

Filed Aug 2, 2010 · Acceleration · 140,000 miles · VA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford explorer. The contact stated the he was pulling into a parking space when the vehicle caught on fire. The vehicle was investigated through the contact's insurance company and it was discovered that the fire originated from the cruise control wiring. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure and current mileage was 140,000.

Filed Jul 21, 2010 · Electrical · 156,000 miles · CA · fire

I was driving on a city street when I began to smell something electrical was burning. I pulled over into a store parking lot and turned the engine off. I opened the hood and black smoke was pouring out. I also saw a small red flam so I ran into a dentist office that was located in the parking lot to get a fire extinguisher. When I reopened the hood the entire engine was on fire. The fire was under the car and flames were about 2 feet high. I used the fire extinguisher until an officer came and then the fire department arrived. They then ran there hose on the engine a to ensure the fire was out.

Filed Nov 13, 2009 · Acceleration · 173,000 miles · TX · fire

My dad gave me his 1999 ford explorer last year and it was running fine until we were awaken because the truck was on fire. We called 911 and the police and fire came out and the fire was put out before anything but the truck was damaged and according to the insurance company the truck is totaled. We never got a recall notice and I wanted to find out if ford is liable in any way? *tr thanks

Filed Sep 11, 2008 · Acceleration · 115,933 miles · CA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford explorer. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle began smoking and then burst into flames. The engine caught fire. The contact exited the vehicle and the fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the police station. The failure mileage was 115,933.

Filed Apr 2, 2008 · Electrical · 89,999 miles · AZ · fire

Tl*- the contact owns a 1999 ford explorer. When arriving home from the store the vehicle was parked and minutes later the vehicle went up in flames. The fire came from under the hood of the vehicle. Two explosions occurred before the fire department came to put out the fire. The fire marshal advised that an electrical issue was the source of the fire. The failure mileage was 89,999, and the current mileage was 90,000.

Filed Jan 3, 2008 · Acceleration, Engine · NC · fire

1999 ford explorer caught fire. Consumer states that his vehicle was in the shop for about 5 to 6 weeks getting a new engine transmission and radiator, and recall repair done. The vehicle caught fire a month after the repairs were made.

Filed Aug 28, 2007 · Acceleration · 120,000 miles · TN · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford explorer. On august 17, 2007, while the vehicle was parked, it caught fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact received the federal safety agency recall notice number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control) on august 27, 2007. The insurance company has an incident report. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 120,000.