2010 Ford F-150: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jan 10, 2022 · Brakes · TN

Front Left Brake stuck while driving in 2011. Stopped at a stop light and it looked like it was on fire. Pulled to the left and would not get over 50 miles an hour all the way home. 40 mile distance. I took it to an ASE certified mechanic and was told the brake line had collapsed . Had motorcraft brake line and brake pads installed. Later 2012 the right side done the same thing, it was so bad the rotor had to be changed out. 2014 Left side it happened again, this time I bought NAPA Auto parts, break line, brake pads, caliper and rotor. 2015 it happened again on the right side again. I got parts from Rock Auto. Brake pads, rotor, break line and caliper.. 2020 Left side it happened again , same process as before same parts bought again installed . now 1/10/2022 here Iam having to do it again. There is absolutely a problem with the 2010 F-150s, IM not the only person that has had this problem. My question is this,does someone have to die in an accident of brake failure, or die from a fire caused by the brakes heating before this public safety issue is fixed. Ford do a recall and inspect and repair if needed the problem before a death or injury happens. 2 years in to ownership and less that 60,000 miles I started have trouble ,and the mechanic had all ready been advised about the brake line problem is very telling. I want to file a legal complaint against Ford should something happen in the future to me or anyone else out there with a 2010 to 2014 F-150.

Filed Jan 18, 2021 · Electrical · 200,000 miles · IL · fire

I was traveling with my wife and 3 children in my 2010 ford f150 platinum. It had snowed the night before so I had cleaned the windows and turned on the defroster, including the rear defroster. I was running the truck for about 15 min when the rear window started to smoke and a small fire, burning occurred before the glass in the rubber seal (outside). I threw water on it while my wife and kids (11, 9, and 3) evacuated the truck. I was able to contain it, but the window cracked during the burn/fire due to the heat. My wife was taking my daughter out of her car seat as this happened. We turned the truck off and contacted the local ford dealer who said the service department was closed until monday but to bring it in as there was a recall and they were aware of similar issues. I took the truck in today monday january 18th and the service department said there was no recall or anything they could do. Not one did anyone ask for the welfare of my family nor did they pretend to care about the situation of one of their parts/vehicles causing a fire and potentially injuring or worse causing death to one of there customers. I was informed to contact customer service who gave me the same response. That my VIN had no recall listed and that would not cover any repairs. I did some research and read on numerous ford forums about this issue with 2009-2012 ford trucks. All with the same exact burn/fire location and exact rear window (far right) cracking. This is concerning that ford is clearly aware of this issue but takes no responsibility to attempt to correct and look out for the welfare of its customers. I would understand a mechanical issue and a part breaking down but I should not fear that my vehicle will catch on fire and cause harm to my family. Thankfully nothing worse happened to my family and I but it should not take the worst case scenario for ford to assist with this.

Filed Oct 21, 2019 · Electrical, Visibility · 159,800 miles · FL

As I was driving to work this morning with my rear defrost on - monday 10-21-2019 around 7:30 am on the same hwy I take everyday, I notice smoke coming from the passenger side back windshield, as think in my mind what the hell I need to pull over to check it out, all of a sudden a loud boom goes off and my back passenger side windshield explodes..after collecting myself I stop to check it out and notice where the smoke is coming from, as I'm looking at my back glass I notice the smoke is coming from the outside of the windshield around the rubber gasket, it was literally melting. I also have a video where you can hear the cracking/ melting of the back windshield

Filed May 27, 2019 · Visibility · 123,000 miles · KS

At 6:00am on 5-26-2019 I started vehicle with both defrosters on. It was parked in driveway. I let vehicle run about 15 minutes to remove fog from windows. Upon re-entry I noticed a burning smell like when you start your furnace for the first time in the winter. I tried to locate the odor, I noticed the odor was strongest in rear seat on passenger side of vehicle. I noticed that the back glass was now shattered but intact. A police report and investigation was performed. The officer concluded that there was no impact. I placed packing tape on window to secure glass until it can be replaced.

Filed Oct 3, 2018 · Acceleration · 178,000 miles · TX · fire

While on my regular commute to work as I drove onto the highway frontage road I slowly began to accelerate when suddenly my truck started accelerating on its own. So much so that I was no longer controlling its speed. Realizing this I had to apply both feet simultaneously on the brakes in order to slow the vehicle enough to put it in neutral then finally I was able put it in park. Unbelievably the engine was still running at high rpms even though it was in park. It wasn't until after I turned the engine off that the RPM's stopped. Immediately after this I saw smoke coming from both of the front wheel wells. As I got out of the truck I realized that both sets of brakes were on fire. This caused irreparable damage to the braking system as the components had become extremely overheated. The instance of the engine running high rpms also occurred the night before. However this time my wife was driving. We were in a parked position after fueling up the truck and were getting ready to leave the gas station. My wife just applied the brakes and put the truck back in park then the RPM's calmed down. We just kind of dismissed it until less than 12 hours later the above mentioned incident occurred. Coincidence I think not.

Filed Apr 18, 2018 · Electrical, Fuel system · 186,200 miles · MO

Ive had the same problem now twice in a row with the fuel pump 20a fuel in the fuse box under the hood getting hot and melting then blowing the fuse. This fuse if it hadn't blown would have caught the fuse box on fire. Ford makes a kit to bypass the tiny fuse to relicate it to a larger fuse in an open spot. There are multiple others in numerous forums who state they have had the same problem. Ford has never issued a recall for this issue that can turn bad if the fuse does not pop.

Filed Jul 23, 2016 · Fuel system · 160,000 miles · TX · fire · 1 injury

Our 2010 ford f-150 platinum truck caught fire while my husband was driving he had to jump out of the car to survive. It looks like the gas tank caught on fire and the entire truck was engulfed in flames and completely burned up in a few seconds. I have pictures of the burned out truck and a video of the last part of the fire.

Filed May 13, 2016 · Electrical · 140,000 miles · IA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. The contact stated the inside of the passenger door caught fire due to wires melting locking module. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the door lock wiring needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.

Filed Feb 17, 2016 · Electrical · 82,000 miles · MS · fire

Turned on the rear defrost on the vehicle this morning as it was sitting still warming up. Temp=40f. Came outside with the back glass smoking and on fire, melting the plastic trim on the passenger side of the back glass. Minutes later the glass broke, spidering the entire panel on the passenger side.

Filed Jan 29, 2016 · Visibility · 111,000 miles · MO · fire

I was driving this morning with the temperture around 30degrees. I turned on my rear defrost to thaw my mirrors and rear glass of frost. Within 10 minutes of leaving my driveway, while driving I heard a large pop that resembled a gun shot, my daughter started screaming and stated my back window had broken. There are burn marks on the defrost contacts, shards of safety glass off of my window that shot out when exploded with my 5 year old daughter in the rear seat and her car seat. Vehicle was in motion approx 55 MPH. The sound alone caused me to lock up my brakes out of instinct to investigate the loud noise that sounded like a gun shot and to examine the vehicle. This is a serious safety issue and needs to be addressed! There was a burning smell of what smelt like electrical wire burning present when this happened and minimal smoke in the back of the vehicle.

Filed Dec 29, 2015 · Visibility · 58,986 miles · VA

While driving my ford f150 on a state highway I turned on the defrost switch for the rear window. Within a few minutes time the rear window panel shattered with a loud pop expelling glass shardes over the rear seating area. A smell of burning plastic accompanied this incident causing me and my family to pull off the road and evacuate the vehicle. This truck has 58000 miles on it and ford says its not there problem although after researching this many people have had this same experience.

Filed Nov 26, 2014 · Visibility · 19,482 miles · MO · fire

Started the truck with auto start to let it warm up (out temp approx. 38* plus wind chill), turned on defroster in both front and rear. With in 60 seconds there was a loud bang like a gun shot and smoke coming from rear right passenger side back window. When I got out of truck to check it out there was a small flame at base of passenger side back glass and plastic was melting. The inside back seat was warm to touch, I was unable to get seat forward to see if there is any inside damage. There is melted plastic down outside cab of truck. I went on line to (http://www.carproblemzoo.com/ford/f-150/rear-window-defogger-problems.php) and found that this site had others that experienced this same thing. Even after the truck was off, the back glass remained hot for about 15 minutes. The glass is shattered and is held in place by the after market window tinting.