Tl*the contact owns a 1994 lincoln mark viii. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the cruise control activated itself. The contact could not deactivate the vehicle speed control. She placed the vehicle into park and the engine revved before bursting into flames. There were no injuries. The contact extinguished the fire, but the fuel rail and fuel pump were damaged. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic center. The dealer informed her to notify the manufacturer of the fire. She received a recall notice after the fire occurred. The federal safety agency campaign id number was unavailable. The failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 3/3/09 *cn updated 03/04/09.
1994 Lincoln Mark Viii: fire, smoke or burning smell
5 of the 167 complaints about the 1994 Lincoln Mark Viii describe fire, smoke or burning smell.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 5 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year
- 19982
- 19971
- 19961
- 19951
- 19945
- 19937
What owners say
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 lincoln mark viii. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle began smoking and caught fire without warning. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The contact received the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control) at the end of august of 2007. The current and failure mileages were 220,000. Eq-10203937-4200. Date received 12/12/07
1)walked into garage in evening and found white, acrid smoke. Upon pulling car out of garage, heard whooshing sound. 2 )upon removing the rt front fender well, found the speed control deactivator switch had caught fire and melted and had melted the rt front air line to suspension routed above it. Lucky it didn't set fire to my garage. 3) I will need new air line (ordered for $15.00), will need speed control deactivator switch and connector/ wiring replaced, cost unknown-if I can even find the parts. Of note, this switch has a previous history of failure and fires, but ford has failed to issue a recall on this make or model year. Switch was located under hood and ford relocated it to rt front fender well. This may have cut down on fires as intense, but did not fix the problem of a defective design. Their failure to notify consumers concerns me.
Fuel line failed while driving, vehicle caught on fire.
Ea-96-019; while driving at night the headlights went on and off wildly then smoke came from the dashboard which could of cause a fire.
Service bulletins that may apply
- Remote keyless entry (RKE) - service tips
- Subject on a wire harness terminal repair kit available for repairing electrical wiring harnesses
- Ford motor company has released a new electrical grease ( F8AZ - 19G208-AA ) to reduce the possibility of...
- Exhibiting a customer concern of MIL on and dtcs of 214 or P0340
- Vehicles exhibiting a "squeaking" or "chirping" from the blower motor at low blower motor speeds
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1994 Lincoln Mark Viii fire or smoke
Is fire, smoke or burning smell a common problem on the 1994 Lincoln Mark Viii?
5 of 167 owner complaints about the 1994 Lincoln Mark Viii (3%) mention fire, smoke or burning smell. The model year with the most reports is 1993.
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There are 0 recalls and 5 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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