2004 Ford F-150: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jan 30, 2024 · FL · fire

The contact owns a 2004 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the vehicle caught on fire inside the cab. The contact stated that she attempted to put the fire out with a water hose. The fire department was called and was able to put out the fire. No injuries were reported. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a local mechanic or dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage is unknown.

Filed Aug 14, 2017 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · GA · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2004 ford f-150. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, a neighbor alerted the contact that the vehicle was on fire. There were no warning indicators illuminated prior to the fire. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. A fire report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was totaled. The dealer and the manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

Filed Jul 18, 2016 · Brakes, Fuel system · 90,300 miles · CO · fire

I was pulling a trailer over the continental divide with my family and stopped to get gas in leadville, colorado. As I was pumping gas I saw smoke coming from under my truck bed. I looked under the truck and saw flames near my spare tire. I stopped pumping gas and ran to get a fire extinguisher. After the fire was out I observed that my tail-pipe had broken away from my muffler. The heat from my exhaust had melted the rubber coating on my rear right brake cable. The heat had also melted some plastic near my spare tire. The mechanic in leadville who welded my tail pipe back to the muffler told me the melted plastic came from an evaporative fuel emissions system mounted near my spare tire. (bad place to put it if you ask me) my truck bed-liner also started to melt from the heat. I called ford to notify them of the safety problem and they only recommended that I take it to a ford dealer and have it looked at. I doubt I will ever hear from them again. I'm not going to pay out of my pocket to have this problem officially diagnosed. I guess I'm just lucky to be alive and that the whole gas station didn't blow up.

Filed Feb 3, 2014 · Acceleration · 97,000 miles · MI · fire

I was on the expressway and set my cruise control at 74 MPH. When I pressed my brake pedal, the cruise control wouldn't disengage and the brake pedal became hard like a rock. I then pressed the off button to turn the cruise control off but it remained engaged. I pressed harder on the brake and was able to slow down to 65 MPH but as soon as I released the brake the vehicle gradually sped up to 74 MPH. I exited the freeway and had to put the truck in neutral to stop. When I did this the engine raced to 4500 RPM. I then put the vehicle in park and turned it off. When traffic cleared, I restarted the engine and it raced to 4500 RPM. I put the truck in drive and made a left turn into the center left turn lane and had to put the truck back in neutral while I waited for traffic to clear so I could merge. The engine raced to 4500 RPM. When traffic cleared, I put the truck back in drive and the cruise control finally disengaged. However, at this time I smelled smoke coming from the engine compartment. Since the cruise control was disengaged at this time I decided to re-enter the freeway and return home. I haven't tried the cruise control since then but I smelled smoke again this morning when I took it into the dealership. I should note that my vehicle is a 2004 f-150 heritage edition which in essence is identical to the 2003 f-150. The 2003 f-150 was recalled for a problem with the cruise control but according to ford motor the 2004 f-150 heritage wasn't. Both the dealership and ford customer service have told me that I must pay for the repair since the vehicle is out of warranty. I think it was just an oversight that the 2004 f-150 heritage wasn't recalled along with the 2003 f-150. This incident could have been much worse than it was.

Filed Sep 18, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 140,000 miles · TN · fire

The engine blew a spark plug out my grandfather bought this truck new it never had them removed before it did not come lose it blew threads and all out do your god dam job make ford fix this before someone gets killed from a fire over this when the plug pops out it blows fuel out on the coil pack with it with it shooting lighting bolts if I had been a person with no mechanical knowledge it would have got bad I popped the hood and flames were popping out around the coil pack that is beating the crap out of the fuel rail if I had drove the truck or had been on the freeway that fuel rail would have been busted then a fire ball I can send u picks or make a video of the coil pack smacking the fuel rail.

Filed Sep 12, 2013 · Engine · 149,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, there was a loud popping noise coming from the engine without warning. There was also smoke coming from the engine. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who stated that the engine coils needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 149,000.

Filed Jun 17, 2012 · Engine · 64,000 miles · AL · fire

Vehicle had been driven earlier that morning. While parked in the rear of the home the vehicle caught on fire in the motor area. It started about 20 min after being parked. There was also damage to the house. Not sure the cause and thankful for no injuries.

Filed Dec 18, 2011 · Electrical · FL · fire

Truck was parked in the parking lot at 5:45 am on 12/17/2011 at my place of employment. At approximately 4 pm several employees and I heard what we thought was someone's alarm going off. They went to parking lot to see what was going on and saw flames inside my truck around the dashboard on the drivers side. The noise was actually the horn blowing. We did not attempt to open the door, we called the fire department. Upon arrival they put the fire out. The truck had been parked all day & I never entered it after I arrived at work. The truck is destroyed.

Filed Jul 6, 2011 · Airbags, Seat belts · 135,000 miles · LA · crash · fire · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact was driving 50 MPH when he crashed into another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy and the seat belts failed to restrain the contact. The contact was thrown into the steering wheel and sustained a fractured disc in his back. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was towed but caught on fire while in tow. The manufacturer was contacted in regards to the failure but advised that they were unable to assist. A police report was available. The failure mileage was 135,000.

Filed May 31, 2011 · Engine · 214,000 miles · OK · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked outside of his residence when he was informed that the vehicle was on fire. The police and fire department were called and a report was filed. The manufacturer was not contacted nor was the vehicle inspected by a dealer for the cause of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 214,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Mar 23, 2011 · Engine · 79,000 miles · AR

My ford f-150 truck blew the #5 spark plug. Broke the coil on the spark plug. Had to have the truck towed and the repairs cost me about $90. On march 21st, the truck blew the #3 plug. This time it stripped the threads in the block and had to be retapped and repaired. This repair cost over $200. I contacted ford and they claim they were not aware of this issue. However, both the mechanics that worked on this truck told me that they had repaired a lot of these ford trucks. This could be a very dangerous situation since unburned fuel is pumped out of the crater left by the blown plug and onto the hot motor. I have been lucky that my truck hasn't caught fire. If my wife had been driving I don't know that she would have known what to do. If you google "blown spark plugs on ford f150 trucks" online, you will see that there have been thousands of these issues reported to ford, and various other agencies that are supposed to take care of these things. Ford motor company is ignoring the problems because they don't want to have to recall all the defective vehicles. Will everyone just sit around and wait until a few people are killed because of these defects. Please do something!!

Filed Sep 9, 2010 · Fuel system · 66,703 miles · CA · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2004 ford f150. The contact stated that while parked in the driveway the vehicle caught fire and destroyed the vehicle. The garage on the house caught on fire as well as her commuter car. The fire department responded and put out the fire. Ford motor company was contacted and they filed a claim 1496812899. There was a recall the federal safety agency campaign id number: 06e056000 fuel system, gasoline but her VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 77,603.