2002 Ford F-150: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Aug 21, 2023 · Engine · 200,000 miles · NE · fire

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that she observed smoke emanating from under the vehicle near the engine compartment. The contact stated that she opened the hood and flames erupted from the engine compartment near the battery. The contact threw dirt on the engine to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a complaint was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

Filed Sep 4, 2022 · Electrical, Fuel system · CA · fire

Unknown cause of incident. Vehicle is available for inspection. Vehicle spontaneously burst into flames. No reproduction due to incident happening on 09/02/2022. Vehicle inspected by Fire Department and California Highway Patrol. No warnings or symptoms leading up to incident. On 09/02/2022 I attempted to help my wife that was stranded out State Route Highway 36 in her 2009 BMW 750 LI at the Van Duzen Grange. I had been hooked up to her car for approximately 10 to 15 minutes with my truck idling when she screamed, " Your truck's on FIRE!" I barely got myself out of the cab when a ball of flames shot through the dashboard. 3/4ths of the truck was consumed in fire in less than 5 minutes. Fire Department arrived approximately 10 minutes later and doused the fire. Everything in my truck was destroyed. My wife's BMW suffered severe damage to the front end.

Filed Oct 22, 2019 · Acceleration · 238,500 miles · TX

I was driving and the speed would go up to 90 MPH, the truck was not going the speed in reality. Then the RPM's would go up really high, I stopped the truck put it in park and back in drive tried to drive off. The truck then would not go over 30 MPH and the gas peddle was all the way down trying to go, the engine started smoking and when I pulled over opened the hood it was smoking from the driver side upper corner of the truck. After having a mechanic look at it, he said the break pressure switch needed to be replaced because it's a hot wire and it's leaking. After checking the ford VIN check it didn't say my truck was apart of the recall but they year and make and model is. I'm confused and at this point don't want to put my children in a fire ball like that if it catches on fire...

Filed Apr 8, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 204,000 miles · MO · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford f-150. The contact stated that an explosion occurred under the hood and the vehicle caught fire while parked in the driveway. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. The vehicle only had liability coverage; therefore, the failure was not covered by the insurance company. The vehicle was taken to metro ford inc (2860 s noland rd, independence, mo 64055, (816) 254-9800), but they could not assist. The dealer suggested having an independent mechanic diagnose the vehicle. The manufacturer was not contacted. The contact stated that the vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v017000 (vehicle speed control), which could have caused the fire. The failure mileage was 204,000. *bf

Filed Jan 22, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 175,000 miles · TN · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2002 ford f-150. After the contact turned off and exited the vehicle, he was alerted by a passerby that there were flames under the hood. The flames were near the driver's side of the engine compartment near the brake system. A fire inspector extinguished the flames. The vehicle was destroyed by the fire. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was uncertain if the failure was related to the federal safety agency action numbers: ea05005 (electrical system, vehicle speed control) and dp05005 (engine and engine cooling) and the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 06e056000 (fuel system, gasoline) and 05v388000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle remained at the scene. The cause of the failure was not determined. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 175,000.

Filed Jan 3, 2019 · Acceleration · 150,000 miles · AL · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2002 ford f-150. While the vehicle was parked in front of the contact's house, it caught fire without warning. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was not filed. There were no injuries. The fire was not heat related. The vehicle was totaled. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v017000 (vehicle speed control). The failure mileage was 150,000.

Filed Aug 6, 2018 · 240,000 miles · UT · fire

Stationary caught fire in storage garage, damaging, equipment lawn mowers,motorhome,structure.

Filed Apr 1, 2018 · Electrical · 190,000 miles · MI · crash · fire

Woke up at 1am one 4-1-2018 to my ford f 150 on fire drivers side front under the hood. Unknow to us our local sheriff had spotted the fire and already called the fire department. Total loss. Bought the truck a few months back without any knowledge of a recall on the speed control switch. The vehicle was sitting in our drive next to our other cars for 3 hour with keys out of the ignition.

Filed Mar 8, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · 141,000 miles · LA · fire

The recall ie an inline fuse on speed control deactivation switch did not work it just caught on fire and ruined my master cylinder and brake system.it wont hold brake fluid now because the switch melted into it.ford says oh well recalls been done

Filed Nov 14, 2017 · Acceleration · 190,000 miles · CA · fire

Got home from work parked my vehicle in my carport available space in my apartment. Turn off the truck completely, nothing left on or anything suspicious to cause a incident. When to my apartment unit took a shower and not more than 20-30mins was alarmed that my vehicle was caught on fire. I immediately ran outside to the carport saw the engine on fire, tried to stop it with anything that I could find (water holes) or extinguisher. My neighbors called 911 as I saw the flames getting higher and stronger the fire moved into my daughters vehicle which was parked next to our other carport space and caught on fire as well. Overall, there are two vehicles completely destroyed. There was also two other vehicles involved that have some burning damages. As well as property damages into our available parking spaces. Some windows from the lower apartments were cracked. My vehicle was parked into my parking port, not in motion but turned off completely.

Filed Jan 17, 2017 · Electrical · 200,000 miles · WI · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford f-150. The contact stated that the vehicle caught on fire while parked. The contact extinguished the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v017000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure the approximate failure mileage was 200,000. Updated 03/03/17*lj

Filed Apr 13, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · TX · fire

Vehicle caught fire after being parked for 5 hours. Almost burnt my building down.