2014 Ford F-150: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jul 25, 2026 · Electrical · CO · fire

Battery alarm came on twice while running errands less than a mile from home. Parked vehicle in driveway and checked battery connections - everything perfectly tight. 3 hours later had to extinguish flames at front base of engine. DL3Z-14300-D caused electrical fire and see now the part has been discontinued.

Filed Jun 25, 2025 · Electrical · WI · fire

This 2014 pickup was started at about 8:00 AM and the manager went inside the building for a few minutes, (less than 5). A vender that was delivered petroleum product saw that the truck was smoking and on fire in the cab and he told the technicians in the shop who ran out with fire extinguishers to put the fire out. The doors had locked automatically with the keys inside the vehicle. A spare set of keys were acquired shortly and the vehicle was opened with the key. The vehicle was turned off and the hood was popped. a fire extinguisher was deployed while another technician disconnected the battery which then extinguished the fire. The heater motor had melted out of the dash and the dash had started on fire. The dealer was notified and we were told to call Ford and report to our insurance. We are self insured so there is no one to report to. There were no symptoms, problems leading up to this thermal event. The vehicle has 78,000 miles on it and is in great mechanical shape. I have reported it to Ford Motor Company and they gave me a case number [XXX] Pictures INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Mar 16, 2022 · Seats · MN · fire

March 13th. I was driving on County Road 6, south of Park Rapids, Minnesota, and noticed smoke coming from my coat laying on the passenger seat, I removed the coat and found smoke/flames coming out of the passenger seat. I stopped the truck, ran around to the door of the passenger seat, turned off the seat warmer, and put the fire out. The seat warmer failed and is available for inspection. I have disconnected the seat warmer. March 15th. I brought the vehicle to North Country Ford service Manager and they did not know how to report it, didn't seem to think it was serious, and wanted me to pay $144 for them to look at it. March 16th called Ford Corporate. They started a case #CAS35878378 with Chelse David.

Filed Jul 7, 2021 · Electrical, Lights · VA · fire

Vehicle was on & operating for 20 minutes and after traveling 1-2 miles all of the sudden smoke came from engine compartment. Pulled over immediately, and turned vehicle off when a full fledged fire began in the engine block on passenger side. Ran into gas station and used a fire extinguisher to get fire under control. 911/Fire Dept was contacted and hosed down hood, engine compartment. Analysis showed the source of the fire was from the passenger side hood accent light (factory installed) short circuited and was the origin of the fire.

Filed Feb 10, 2020 · Electrical · 92,000 miles · TN

I was driving down the highway with my rear defrost operating. I smelled something burning that had an "electrical burn" smell. I thenheard a loud "pop". I looked in my rear view mirror and saw that my rear driver side back glass panel (sliding glass window) was shattered. This was especially concerning because my daughter was seated directly in front of the shattered glass in her car seat. I researched this problem and saw numerous issues with the rear window defroster in this model of truck. That explains the electrical burning smell.

Filed Jan 24, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 110,000 miles · OR · fire · 3 injuries

I drove my f-150 eccoboost truck to the snow, same area I have been hundreds of times and suddenly smoke burst from the engine, then flames shot out around the hood, popped the hood and fought the fire for half an hour, it kept restating. It stranded myself and children, and we had a harrowing experience that was pretty dicey. Ford had just put in a new engine, at my cost, +14,000.00, after the timing chain failed. They would not repair it at their cost, even though I have copies of the fault codes from before the failure of the timing chain that destroyed the old engine. The new one had under 10,000 miles on the new engine, probably about 5,000 miles on it. We had driven on the relatively flat grade mainline road, and drove up about 0.8 miles, climbing maybe 400 ft elevation over that distance. I was in the process of turning the vehicle around when the engine burst into flames. It was on a gravel road. We had traveled from home, 35.2 miles.

Filed Oct 14, 2019 · Body, Engine · 73,000 miles · TX · fire

While traveling on the highway we saw looked out the rearview mirror and saw white/gray smoke coming up from between the truck bed and the cab of the truck. We exited the freeway. While exiting the white/gray smoke turned to black then flames shot up. We pulled over and got out as the flames continued to grow. We attempted to put out the fire but it grew very fast. The back glass exploded and the entire cab and front of the vehicle was engulfed. 911 was called. Firefighters arrived and put out the fire. The vehicle and contents were a total loss. The fire department reports states that the fire was caused by a mechanical failure in the engine compartment or under the passenger compartment causing flames to show from the back of the vehicle and causing heavy damage to the front of the vehicle and passenger compartment.

Filed Oct 2, 2019 · Electrical · 49,000 miles · MN · fire

Vehicle fire. I started the vehicle up in my driveway and heard a small pop/explosion and smoke came out from under the hood. I immediately shut off the truck, popped the hood and could not identify the source of the issue. I started the truck again and noticed where the fie/smoke was, shut off the truck, and proceeded to rush into the house to grab the kitchen fire extinguisher and put the fire out. Thankfully I was not driving and my house didn't catch fire. I called my mechanic and had the tow truck deliver the vehicle to him and they confirmed that it was the oem alternator that was the cause of the fire. I contacted the dealership wanting to report the issue and the dealership in their words said "not sure what you want us to do?" not are you ok, this is serious let us help, etc. Just a simple passing the buck to a 1800 number to ford. I filed a case with ford motor company, but that too was a joke. They didn't care either. I was told they'll file it as negative feedback and since I was so upset, I was directed to create a complaint with the federal safety agency. I found this very disturbing as ford appears to not have cared one bit about their manufactured vehicle catching fire or the possibility of someone getting hurt or killed. I hope this complaint finds the right people and prevents a real accident or tragedy from happening. At this time I don't have the repair invoices as the fire did a decent amount of damage even though I did put it out within 60 seconds of it starting. The mechanics are still assessing all the damage done. Since the fire was in the engine bay area on the bottom, there isn't much visible burn damage (and it is currently covered in dry chem from the fire extinguisher). I did file a case with ford as mentioned and if you need the case number I'd be glad to provide it.

Filed May 7, 2019 · Electrical · 99,000 miles · FL

The connector that plugs into the blower motor resistor is loose and gets hot causing the connection to be lost is there a recall on this connector. From what I have read and heard that there has been trucks catching on fire and burn to the ground. If you could please contact me at (xxxx) parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)

Filed Apr 29, 2019 · Body, Electrical · 125,000 miles · TX

Left for work this morning (april 29th 2019). Temp was 48, left the hotel and turned on rear defrost, smelled a burning electronics smell within about 2 minutes after turning on the rear defrost and heard a loud pop as I was traveling at 35mph. I looked back to see my driverside rear window completely shattered. Called ford and asked them if they new of anything, they just brushed me off. Im concerned greatly more for the electrical smell even though im highly upset about the window. I dont want a vehicle fire. This is a factory defect, not a wear and tear item or a consumable. I am thoroughly convinced ford needs to fix this, both my window and the electrical burning smell. I worked at a dealer as a technician, if my truck catches fire, I will hire a lawyer.

Filed Jan 15, 2019 · Visibility · 76,000 miles · KS

I was driving to work around 6:30 am 1/15/2019. I had turned on rear defrost while I was warming up my truck. I heard a loud sound and a burning smell. I didn't notice any damage when I got to work, however it was still prior to sunrise when I got to work. I left work around 510 pm and notice my rear sliding window was cracked entirely, but the glass was still being held in by the window tint. I have researched online and have seen that this is reoccurring problem with this vehicle. It seems that this would warrant a recall campaign. I am making an insurance claim and currently dont have any documentation to submit.

Filed Dec 24, 2018 · Electrical · 85,000 miles · NY · fire

On december 5, 2018, my 2014 ford f-150 fx4 caught fire at the bottom of my driveway. I went out to start my truck to take the garbage to the road for pickup. I put the truck in park and began to unload the garbage from the back of truck. After unloading the last bag, I noticed smoke coming from under the hood, by the time I went to pop the hood smoke and already taken over the cab and a fire had started underneath the passager side dashboard. I rushed to call 911, by the time the fire department arrived the truck was a total loss. The heater stopped working moments before the fire and the fire department ruled it an electrical fire, likely from the heat source.