Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1988 Ford Bronco submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, AND FROM THE VENTS. CONSUMER PULLED OVER. THEN, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK
THE VEHICLES ALTERNATOR BURNED UP, CONSUMER REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND COMPLETED WORK THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, HOWEVER THE SECOND TIME THE DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING FORD TO HELP IN THIS DEFECT. NLM
96 V 071 00/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A UNDERHOOD FIRE WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY; DEALER/MFR;S NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:
THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR REPLACED DUE TO OVERCHARGING. SECOND ALTERNATOR WAS INSTALLED AND THEN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SHORTLY AFTER, THE SECOND ALTERNATOR AND ITS WIRES HEATED UP AND CAUGHT FIRE, WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.
ALTERNATOR FIRE.
WAS DRIVING AND THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED TRUCK OVER, OPENED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND IT WAS ON FIRE, TOOK TO DEALER AND HE INDICATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL ALTERNATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
GROUND WIRE FIRE.
WIRING HARNESS FIRE.
WHILE DRIVING THE BRONCO STARTED TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD AND THAN CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE EXPLAIN MORE. *AK
GAS TANK LEAKS.
ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK
UPON PULLING TRUCK FROM DRIVEWAY TO STREET MINUTES LATER TRUCK WAS IN FLAMES. OWNER RECEIVED RECALL LATER THAT AFTERNOON 96V071000. *AK
DROVE VEHICLE TO HOTEL, WENT UP TO ROOM, NOTICED NO SMELL OR SMOKE, HOTEL ATTENDANT NOTICE VEHICLE ON FIRE AND INFORMED RESIDENT ABOUT IT. *AK *JB
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT CUTS OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *AK
IGNITION FIRE. *SD
AROUND 5:40PM STARTED VEHICLE WENT INTO HOUSE, UPON RETURNING, OPENED DOOR, SMOKE COMING OUT OF VEHICLE AND FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASH AND . *AK
IGNITION FIRE. *AK TIRES ALSO WERE BURNED BEYOND RECONIGITION.*JB
INTERIOR VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK
WHILE EXISTING CAR, DETECTED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN;30 SECONDS LATER, FIRE STARTED COMING FROM AREA OF STEERING COLUMN;IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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