Fire in ford f-150 parked in garage - fire origin at left rear of engine compartment - cruise control quit working about a year ago but owner never had it fixed because he never used it - ccds located - x-rays showed splatter and destruction of internal contacts from arcing - 20 a fuse to circuit # 13 was blown.
2001 Ford F-150 electrical complaints
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Our 2001 ford f-150 caught on fire in our driveway & was a complete loss. Damage to driveway & lawn. Fire marshall filed complaint.
Consumer was awakened by a horn going off, and went to see what it was. Then suddenly there was a boom, then another boom. After arriving in his garage he saw flames coming from the vehicle. Consumer proceeded to remove his family, and tried to put the fire out. There was a substantial amount of damage to the home, and the vehicle was totaled.
After sitting unused for six hours in a locked garage, my 2001 ford f-150 burst into flames. The fire inspector determined the fire started in the area where wires connect to the brake master cylander. My insurance co. (st. Farm) paid apximately $6,000 for repairs. Luckily, I was able to put the fire out quickly. My wife and kids were asleep in bed. Fire occurred apximately 10:30 pm, truck had been parked since 4:30pm.
2001 ford f150 lariat with 68,000 miles. Was parked in my driveway and had not beein driven for at least 10 days. Garage door is open as is door to house. My wife smells something and looks outside and sees flames coming from hood. Calls 911. Fire department puts out truck within 5 or so minutes but it is a total loss. Insurance company is investigating. They are aware of several fires like this. Article in newspaper in november 2004 states "feds" are looking into fires like this in f150s due to the cruise control deactivation switch. Cruise control did have problems prior to this.
2001 ford f-150 - parked in garage for about 30 min. - fire in left rear corner of engine compartment - cruise control had not worked for about a year - cruise control deactivation switch recovered, and exraid internal contacts show splatter from arcing - additional arcing evidence on wire harness in vicinity of brake vacuum booster.
Jim left me a message on 12/7/04 about a ford fire. Truck was sitting for 6 hours and caught on fire in the engine compartment. The fire occurred in the middle of the night. My wife said she had heard a thud. When they found the truck it was fully involved. No problems with truck. No after market equipment. Vehicle had cruise control. Never used it, did not know if it worked. Used a year before fire. Vehicle for local trips only. Vehicle was insured. Insurance company did a fire inspection. This fire involved a structure fire.
2nd spark plug from the front on passenger side blew out of the cylinder head on 20001 ford f-150 lightning while stopped in traffic. Truck has 39550 miles on it. Plug stripped threads out of cylinder head. This is 2nd occurrence. On june 19 2003 plug was ejected from #2 cylinder head. Truck was still under warranty and head was replaced by fox lake ford mercury. Dealership did not say which plug blew. A coil assembly also blew and was replaced by sessler ford on january 7th 2004.
Spark plug blown out-blown head.
While driving consumer smelled smoke. Consumer's heard the dome inside light make a popping noise. After hearing that popping noise vehicle caught on fire, burning the inside of the entire truck. Grand-daughter's hair caught on fire. However, she was not injured.
1) while driving kids to school, electric sun roof was placed in the full open position, after deciding the morning air was too cool for the children an attempt was made to close sun roof. 2) the unit would not close, it had fialed in the full open position. Driver had to pull to the side of the road due to the distraction of the roof not closing. After determining the roof was not going to close, the driver took the vehicle home. With rain emanate in the area from hurricane bonnie and charley. The truck was taken to a ford dealer. The service department found the motor assembly had failed. 3) a new motor assembly was ordered, this is when the dealer found out due to failures and a design flaw the motor assemble was redesigned.
Fire investigation, date of loss: 7/9/04 2001 ford f-150 [xxx] right side ofthe engine compartment fire, cause: lifting strap broke and fell onto the alterntor power terminal, long term contact wore through plastic , energizing strap. Total loss updated 07/30/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Came home from work. Left in another vehicle. Received phone call from landlord that truck was on fire and had caught house on fire. Family forced to move after having only moved to this home 2 weeks prior. Truck destoyed as well as home and furnishings and personal belongings. Extensive expense and emotional trauma. *ak vehicle parked
Vehicle had approx. 60k miles. Was parked in driveway for about one half hour. Neighbor saw fire on the ground under the drivers side of the engine compartment toward the rear(firewall). Cruise control quit working about 2 weeks prior to the fire. Fire origin is in vicinity of brake master cylinder. Typical of cruise control deactivation switch failure. Parts were recovered but aluminum band on hexport body was melted away therefore do not have date code.
While driving 20 MPH consumer heard a loud noise coming from the front. Consumer pulled over, and had the vehicle towed to a dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the cylinder head needed to be replaced due to a spark plug blowout. *ak
2001 ford f150 32,000 miles. Blew #3 spark plug on the drivers side. Ford motor corp had to replace the cylinder head.
I had some warrant issues with ford motor corporation. Trim around windshield,faded grill and base not working on radio. The biggest problem has something to do with the AC and emissions. I turned on the AC and the truck started to run bad jerking and sputtering. Took it too ford and they replaced a sensor. This summer the first time I turn on my AC and the same problem this time its not covered by warranty. I haven't put 14k miles on the truck. Does emissions have some type of expectations set by the epa or dot. It cost $400. To get sensor replaced. I cant afford to replace a sensor ever summer I turn on my AC.
Noticed cruise control went out did not think much about it. Smelled burning drove into my drive way went in house started dinner my husband went out to run to the corner store and my truck was on fire. Burnt inside of engine yes old parts are there nothing has been repaired as of yet. Very dangerous situation could of been hurt or my child could of been hurt. Could of been property damage if I had not caught the fire when I did could of burned my house down and others around me.
1. Driving along normally when a spark plug blew out of passenger side head on my 2001 ford lightning. 2. Had to pull to the side of the road in heavy traffic & wait ~2 hours for a tow truck & another day to hear anything from the dealership.*ak 3. Vehicle was still under warranty, dealer replaced passenger side cylinder head.
Spark plugs blew out while driving because only 4 tread was screwed in. Manufacturer was aware of this issue, and changed the newer model spark plug. Newer model spark plugs have 10 tread screwed in.
While the vehicle was under warranty it experienced problems with the turn signal. The technician stated that they replaced the wiring harness but it was too short. Currently without warranty the vehicle experienced the same problem. The vehicle had been taken to the same dealer who stated that the wiring harness was too short. *ak the wiring harness was too short when the tilt wheel was down and the turn signals did not work. *sc
A fire started at windshield wiper circuit board while the vehicle was being started. The manufacturer and dealer were notified.
While driving 50 MPH consumer heard a popping sound and started smelling fuel odor. Consumer pulled over to the shoulder, found out that a spark plug ejected outwards and cracked one of the engine heads.
Water gatting to the spark plug cavity from small puddle causing fouling
Starter on f-150 sometimes "grinds" as if engine is running when first starting engine. Happens speratically. Once every two to three months. More often during colder weather.
Battery meltdown and battery cable burnout.
2001 ford f-150 crank no start condition.between june and august of 2003 my ford f-150 has been towed in three times and not started at least two dozen times. The first dealer replaced the main fuel relay. The second time it was towed to another dealer and after five days could not reproduce the problem, and I picked the truck up. Two days later the same thing, this time I had the truck towed to my house. A few hours later it started. At this point I'm getting very irritated. After going back thru this whole thing I started thinking it had to be this main fuel relay and decided to do some testing on my own. I work in electronics and so I got a couple tyco relays and a can of freeze spray. The next time this happened I pulled the ford relay and replaced it with a new one - the truck started right up. The next time I get the can of freeze spray out and cool the relay and the truck starts up. Im finding this to be warm weather related and every time it get hot outside I can plan on the truck not starting after driving a short time and then shutting off. If the truck sits by itself long enough for the relay to cool down it will start I think ford should come up will a long term fix for this problem instead of replacing relays.
Front and rear brakes were out of round. Front were 1.022 after cut .994 using a lathe. Rear were .471 before cut. 452 after cut. Sales rep told me it was due to corrosion. Replaced ignition switch on sept.12 2002 I lost power on my power door locks windshield wipers .
There was a fire in the dash. Mr scc
Sparkplug blown out of engine head
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