My 2000 ford f150 truck suddenly burst into flames while parked in the driveway. The fire was located under the hood on the drivers side. It burned and melted the brake fluid reservoir and several wires in the area. There was also major damage done to all of the plastic parts on top of and around the motor.
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Ford motor company is not contacting current vehicle owners of serious recall notices. I surrendered my 2000 ford f150 pickup to barber ford of ventura, california when I traded it in for a newer model. Since then, I have received numerous notices on safety recall #05s28 for this vehicle. I have contacted ford motor company numerous times and asked them to contact the current owner with no resolution. I have now received another notice dated july 2007. Today I called the federal safety agency to file a complaint that ford is not contacting the current owner of the vehicle of a serious safety recall per federal regulation. I was told by your staff that she would not take a complaint, that I needed to contact ford, or the ca attorney general's office, or the federal trade commission. I have already contacted ford numerous times with no resolution, was referred back to the federal safety agency by the ca attorney general's office, and referred to the federal safety agency by the federal trade commission. So, here I am, back to you, the federal safety agency. Ford motor company is not complying with federal regulation and nobody is willing to enforce the regulation, not even the federal safety agency. Any suggestions????? Thank you.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford f150. After being parked for a couple of hours, the vehicle caught fire under the hood. The vehicle was destroyed, but the bed was the only part that remained. A police report was filed. The VIN, purchase date, engine size, powertrain, and dealer information were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 150,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford f-150. The contact stated that the vehicle caught fire while parked in the driveway. The fire department stated that the fire started either in or near the fuse box. The current and failure mileage was unavailable. The consumer provided a lexington fire dept. Incident report and history of the vehicle by the online application. Updated 08/31/07
Approximately 10:30 am on 3/10/07, ford f150 2000 model spontaneously erupted in flame somewhere in the engine compartment. Vehicle had not been used since approximately 5:30 pm the previous day. Was able to extinguish the fire after approximately 5 minutes. Most of the engine compartment appears to be destroyed.
My 2000 ford f-150 burned to a crisp last night. I had driven the vehicle and parked it in my driveway and was inside putting the groceries away when I heard a "boom" outside and when I ran out I observed a fired from the engine compartment. It appears to me that the vehicle is totaled. There was some minor damage to my residence and I now have a really cool looking garbage can from the heat of the fire. Friends informed me today that there have been numerous recalls, and similar incidents, but I have not heard about any recalls. What can I do about this besides contacting my insurance company(s)?
Tl* - the contact's engine caught on fire earlier this week on his ford f-150. The arson inspector informed the contact that the fire was caused by a failure of his cruise control switch. The contact states that the weather was bright and sunny on the day of the failure.
I got off work at 6:00 pm and went straight to the gym (approx. 1 mi.). I left the gym at 7:00 pm, and drove home (approx 1 mi.). I got home about 7:15 pm and went inside and watched television with my family until 8:30 pm, which is when I went to bed. My wife and I woke up at 11:30 pm from a bright light coming through our bedroom window. When we looked out the window the light we had seen was the whole front end of my 2000 ford f-150 engulfed in flames. We called 911 and the fire dept. Responded. My wife's car a 2002 hyundai accent was parked in front of the truck and had the rear bumper and tail lights melted on it before I could get it moved. About 1 year ago I had to have the mass flow air sensor replaced on the truck and the dealership supposedly took care of the cruise control recall that was placed on that model.
My uncle's f-150 2000 ford was sitting outside my business for 1-1 1/2 hours when a kid rode up on a bike and told them there was a truck out front on fire. They tried to put it out but failed. It went up the front wall of my building and completely burned my business down.
Intermittent electrical failures in wet conditions. Most severe was when windshield wipers quit working while driving in the rain. Less severe, radio will stop, odometer will turn blank, accessories will remain on with truck turned off.
Woke up at 3:55 a.m. And my 2000 ford f150 was fully involved in flames. It also caught a vehicle in front of it 1999 dodge durango in flames. It then proceeded to catch my house on fire.
2000 f-150 truck ignited and burned master cylinder and wiring.
We have fallen victim to ford's compartment fire issue. From everything we have just researched, it appears our f150 caught on fire around 5 am sunday july 30. It had been parked since 10:30 pm. In trying to research this bizaare incident, I discovered their recall which I never received. I have owned the vehicle since 2001. I have not had any prior problems with the vehicle, which is why I found this so bizaare to wake up at 5 am to my wife yelling "your truck is on fire!". Luckily, I have never been motivated to clean our garage so we could park inside. However, our home did suffer damage to the siding. Ford is not being aggressive in ensuring this is being handled.
We have fallen victim to ford's compartment fire issue. From everything we have just researched, it appears our f150 caught on fire around 5 am sunday july 30. It had been parked since 10:30 pm. In trying to research this bizaare incident, I discovered their recall which I never received. I have owned the vehicle since 2001. I have not had any prior problems with the vehicle, which is why I found this so bizaare to wake up at 5 am to my wife yelling "your truck is on fire!". Luckily, I have never been motivated to clean our garage so we could park inside. However, our home did suffer damage to the siding. Ford is not being aggressive in ensuring this is being handled.
Truck caught on fire parked and shut off in drive way of home. Looks to be electrical fire.
The vehicle started however, I was unable to shift it into gear. After three calls to a ford dealership, I was advised to shift it into neutral, start it then shift it into drive. I was able to drive it home however, the power windows & windshield wipers were not working. I heard "clicking" noises coming from the fuse box. After placing it into drive, the radio would not work. When I placed it in park, the radio started working. When using the panel/floor defrost, I heard an electrical shorting noise coming from under the hood. On 1/23/05, it would not start; only the lights on the dashboard came on; I was unable to shift it into neutral; the engine did not turn over. The vehicle was towed to krieger ford. Initially, I was told that it needed a new starter. After further testing, I was advised that the fuse box and gem were water-logged due to water leaking into them as the result of a faulty seal in the windshield which is the original factory installed windshield. I found an article ironically titled "quality is the prime imperative with ford". The 1st paragraph states "installing windshields in vehicles has always been a pain. Fixing water leaks is the last thing you want to do in a vehicle assembly plant". The 2nd paragraph states "...has brought the number of windshield leaks significantly under 1 per 20 hours of production..." the 3rd paragraph references the word "defects". I wrote a lengthy letter dated 2/5/05 to the ceo of ford with attachments of the article, online complaints stating the same problems & questioned the september 2004 tie rod inspection procedure mailed to me from ford with regard to premature wearing and separation. I had also spoken to individuals in ford's customer service center on several occasions. I paid krieger ford over $1,000 to replace the starter (their "quick" fix), replace the gem & fuse box & remove & re-seal the windshield. Ford responded to my letter by placing me on their promotional mailing list. Documentation available.
Odometer light keeps fading on/off and at times will not turn on when you start the engine or go off while driving. This has been an on-going problem since we purchased the vehicle in 09/2000. The dealership looked into it and found it was inconclusive.
Dt*: the contact stated on saturday june 17th smoke was noticed coming from the hood area and flames were present. The fire occurred in the electrical housing unit for the master cylinder which holds the brake fluid. The unit and brake fluid container melted. The contact disconnected the battery immediately after the fire was noticed. This was an electrical fire. The vehicle was sitting at the contact's residence for about 45 minutes prior to the fire. The vehicle was not driving unusual. The vehicle was towed to the local dealership to perform an investigation to determine the cause of the failure.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle erupted into flames after being parked for an hour. There were no problems with the vehicle prior to the incident. The vehicle was totaled. The service dealer removed the cruise control one year ago because of the potential of fire. The fire department extinguished the fire and determined the fire started in the front engine compartment under the hood. The fire department also determined all of the wire harnesses were intact.
Shortly after my recall the switch shorted out, I took my vehicle to velde ford in vero beach florida, they claim they replaced the parts required for the recall and my cruise control still wasn't back to being operational (which it was prior to the fire) and charged me 246.78 plus tax to do the repair. They claim it was unrelated.
There are no events that indicate anything is wrong until the engine has no power and runs rough. A coil pack failure on # 8 cylinder on 11/14/05. A coil pack failure on # 6 cylinder on 12/05/05. A coil pack failure on # 1 cylinder on 12/15/05. All incidents show a misfire on a particular cylinder. Correction to the problem is to have a coil pack installed along with a spark plug. Dealer suggests replacement of all coil packs.
Engine fire.
2000 ford f-150 caught fire and burned completely. Truck was not running at the time amd had not been run for over 24 hours. Fire started at the front of the vehicle according to fire department. I was not home at the time of the fire.
The harley davidson f150 was parked in the driveway for approx. 4 hours, when a neighbor informed me my truck was on fire. The truck was destroyed from the front bumper to the dash. The fire department report stated the fire started around the wiring harness around the mater cylinder.
Dt: the vehicle caught on fire on september 17, 2005. This occurred without previous warning. The consumer stated that it started in the steering column area because the most of the heat was coming from there. Had no problems with the vehicle before. He was unsure if the cruise control was on.
2000 ford f150 shut down in the middle of a turn.***no answer required***. *mr the vehicle has been taken to the dealer three times. Each time the repair/replace a component but the problem recurs. The last time the vehicle was at the dealer they rewired certain electrical components.
At approximately 10:45 pm edt we were notified by neighbors that our 2000 ford f-150 was on fire in our driveway. The fire destroyed the truck and caused heat damage to the house due to the close proximity. The house did not burn.
My 2000 ford f-150 xlt caught on fire at approximately 10:40 pm sunday, august 7, 2005. The fire and smoke was pouring out from under the hood.
Driving down smooth road,engine quit with no warning but the theft light flashed and the speedometer flashed. I was able to restart engine without a problem. Then after shutting engine off later it would crank but would not start. After towing to shop for repair it starts ok but speedometer shows dashes after the turn on light test. If this had happened when I had pulled out in traffic I would be dead.
2000 ford f150 caught on fire after start up.*mr it was later determined that an electric module on the master cylinder was the cause.
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