Have a 1996 ford f-150 w/cruise control. It was parked in the yard and started on fire. Vehicle a total loss. I was out of state at the time.
1996 Ford F-150 electrical complaints
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On aug. 30th at 9:00 a.m. My 1996 f150 truck caught fire. I was not in the truck I had not driven the truck for two hrs. It was parked in my driveway and self ignited, the fire started in the engine. It was a really hot fire I had to call our local fire department to put it out.
Dt: the contact owned a 1996 ford f150 xlt. A fire occurred in the engine compartment. The fire was first noticed coming up through the hood. The vehicle was not operating any differently than before the fire occurred. The consumer's husband is a mechanic and said it had burned the wiring harness, and was starting in the brake pressure switch. The federal safety agency investigation ea05005. *ak
At about 4 a.m. On july 16, 2005; my 1996 ford f150 started to burn after having been parked in my driveway for several hours. The fire department was dispatched and extinguished the fire, but the truck was a total loss. The fire chief indicated that it looked like an electrical fire that started on the driver's side of the engine compartment. I was aware of the cruise switch recall on the 2000-2001 ford trucks, but did not realize that my truck could also be affected by this because it had the same cruise control deactivation switch.
2nd incident check engine light on, horn not working cruise control moduel not working, steering column caught fire. Removeed shorted power feed to cruise control. 1st incident-ABS light and check engine light on. Shifter will not come out of park. Needed to tow vehicle, and repair blown fuse on cruise control
On september 2, 2004, the 1996 ford f150 was parked in front of the house and caught fire under the hood. The tulsa fire deparment came and put out the fire. They reported it appeared to be electrical and under the hood
While I was checking the oil in my truck the cruise control deactivation switch burst into flames. I never use the cruise control so I never really thought about it until I noticed there were some recalls for this issue but not for my model year. Luckily I had the hood up looking at something else when it happened so only the plastic electrical connector was destroyed. To remedy the problem I replaced the switch and just left it disconnected. I no longer have the switch that malfunctioned. I cannot be sure about the incident date or purchase date, but I have given an approximate estimate for each.
The truck caught on fire while sitting in the driveway for an hour and 45 minutes. The fire department extinguished the fire. The fire started under the hood which was caused by an electrical switch failure. The truck was totaled. *ak *sc
Dt:04/10/05. Vehicle caught on fire in driveway of residence. Contact does not know what caused the fire or where it began. Mostly burnt on the left side, blew left front tire. Contact is not sure if it was electrical or fuel fire.*ak regularly serviced with service records available.
While vehicle was parked for 3 hours a fire started under the hood. The vehicle was totaled. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak *sc
1996 ford f150 pickup exploded into a ball of fire with ignition off. Truck had not been driven for approximately one month.
Our truck caught on fire in the engine compartment at 4:00 in the morning. There was no after market wiring done on the truck. We bought the truck new, and have never had any trouble with it. This was not an insurance job. We took our full coverage off of it when we bought our car. The truck is available for an investigation.
After vehicle was parked for one day a fire started under the hood. The fire was put out. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
My 1996 ford f-150 caught on fire and burned, totaling out the pickup and causing extentsive damage to our house and driveway.
The truck caught on fire while parked. Driver called the fire department to extinguish the fire. No injuries reported. The vehicle was towed and totaled.
I saw on the news the recall for 2000-2001 model ford 150 truck, the trucks are catching on fire while sitting for hours. My husband had a 1996 ford 150- that did the same thing sitting in the driveway. The truck sit there for 8 hours then caught on fire at 1:00 am. That morning while we were in bed. A friend that was getting off work stopped and wake us up out of bed. Was is there not a recall on this year of truck. We have a fire marshall come out and look at it. It was started along the firewall. We had to have the fire dept come and put out the fire. We contacted for and they said more less sorry about your luck.
While being parked vehicle caught on fire. The cause of this was still undetermined.
Neighbor woke me up about 11:30 pm telling me that my truck was on fire. It had been parked for about 5 hours. The fire was under the hood on drivers side. Vehicle is a total loss. Ford refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem. They said that they are not responsible and it's my problem.
My wife came home from work, was talking on the phone and notice smoke drifing by the sliding glass windows. She went out onto the back deck and saw that the 1996 ford f-150 (4-wheel drive) was on fire under the hood. (august 9, 2004) the truck was parked at the basement level on our house. She heard the truck repeatly trying to start as if someone was in side, she thought that I had come home and saw the fire and was trying to move it away from our house. She call 911. The front of the hood was completely engulfed in flames. She went to the bedroom window to see if I had pulled up but I had not arrived home yet. She went back out of the deck and the truck was still trying to start. The fire had broke the front windshield and had melted the tires. Our sons truck was parked beside it. He had damage to the headlamps, front hood and rear view mirror of his truck. The vinyl siding which was on the second level of our house had melted.we had driven the truck on sunday august 8th to get grocery. The truck had not been driven since then.the vehicle had previously been parked in my mother-in-laws carport. She is 79 years old and is widowed, has slight dementia and lives alone and is no longer able to drive. If this had occurred in her carport, her house would have caught fire, with her inside.we live next to her and she wanted to keep the truck at house because she lives on the highway.the truck had recently been paid off and insurance was dropped to liability, since it was seldom ever driven. The truck is a total loss. Luckily no one was hurt. I am very interested in finding out what cause this fire. We have two other ford vehicles. A 1996 ford explorer and 1994 ford thunderbird. I am concerned about the safety of driving these vehicles.
1996 ford f-150 truck , electrical system failure.
The consumer noticed the truck started burning late at night. The fire department put out the fire. The insurance investigator stated that the fire was computer related. The vehicle was totaled. *ak the fire was caused by a faulty computer box. *scc
Vehicle had been parked for approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes, vehicle caught on fire under hood. Burned wiring, all plastic under hood on drivers side, hood and drivers side front fender. Called fire dept. Put out with fire extinguisher.
Our ford f150 caught on fire in our driveway for no apparent reason. Thank god it did not start our neighbor's house on fire. Also thank god that it was not in our garage at the time.
The horn buttons on my 1996 ford f-150 are almost impossible to press without taking your eyes off the road and scanning the steering wheel to locate them. Numerous times I have not been able to find them in emergency situations. In every emergency situation I have experienced, my hands end up pressing on the air bag cover and then on the cruise control buttons. Only after I have narrowly avoided a crash due to not having time to look down at the steering wheel to discover where the horn buttons are. The horn button layout could not possibly have proceeded through the design and testing process without numerous warnings and complaints by the test engineers and other analyst's. Ford appears to have left this design flaw in place to avoid an expensive redesign of the 1996 model f-150. It was only in production from september 1995 through december 1995 then ford introduced the redesigned 1997 model in january 1996. It appears that they opted to sacrifice operator safety in their rush to migrate to the new truck design.
Due to placement of driver airbag the horn buttons are difficult to use when trying to warn other drivers that suddenly veer into my lane. Several coworker that drive similar vehicles have had the same problem. The horn buttons are at 3 oclock and 9 oclock, their size is about 1 inch by 5/8 inch. With the size and placement of the horn buttons in a hurry most times the airbag is hit rather than the horn.
Vehicle caught on fire due to backup lights staying on. Bulbs would lean onto plastic and plastic would catch on fire. Dealer contacted.
Hazard lights had a dead spot when shuting off flashers. Also, brake light went out. Stopped by highway patrol to inform brake lights were not working. Please add VIN.
While driving ABS and brake warning light came on stopped to check problem and saw fire. Had to replace master cylander and some wiring. 3 other people, including mother in laws van have had problem.
There are two horn buttons on side of wheel about size of postal stamp. When driver really needs to get to horn right away it's hard to find the buttons.*ak it was difficult to use a horn especially while turning the wheel because of poor design of the wheel.
Vehicle inconsistently stalls for at low speeds / traffic conditions.
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