Driver assistance
Filed May 19, 2008
FORD F 150 PICK-UP CAUGHT ON FIRE AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 A.M., AFTER HAVING BEEN PARKED SINCE 4:30 P.M. THE EVENING BEFORE. IT BURNED COMPLETELY UP BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EVEN ARRIVED. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10228249
- Incident
- Mar 14, 2004
- Mileage
- 140,000 mi
Driver assistance
Filed Apr 16, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. FORD STATED THAT THE CONTACT WAS SENT A RECALL NOTICE FOR CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTION. HOWEVER, THE CONTACT NEVER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE. AS A RESULT, THE SIDING OF THE HOUSE WAS BURNED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 160,000.AK
- NHTSA ID
- 10188026
- Incident
- Apr 2, 2007
- Mileage
- 160,000 mi
Driver assistance
Filed Aug 25, 2005
REQUIRED TO PURCHASE & HAVE THREE (3) CLOCK SPRING/WIRING HARNESS ASSEMBLIES THAT CONTROL (1) CRUISE CONTROL (2) HORN (3) AIRBAG (4) SHORTED OUT IGNITION KEY ASSY IN THE LAST FOUR (4) YEARS.
- NHTSA ID
- 10134189
- Incident
- Jul 4, 2005
- Mileage
- 54,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Jun 17, 2005
AT 12:37 PM ON 2/3/05, 1994 FORD F150 P/U CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED AT RESIDENCE. VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN STARTED OR DRIVEN FOR TWO DAYS. VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY OF RESIDENCE. VEHICLE WAS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, AND HAD REGULAR MAINTENCE PERFORMED ON IT. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND WAS THE ONLY TRANSPORTION I HAD. THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL NOTICE MAILED TO MY HOME ADDRESS FROM FORD CONCERNING THIS MATTER.
- NHTSA ID
- 10125571
- Incident
- Feb 3, 2005
Electrical
Filed Mar 24, 2005
MY 1994 FORD F-150 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT MY PLACE OF WORK.I NOTICED THE SMOKE AND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH IT BEFORE CAUSING MUCH DAMAGE. THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WHICH YOU PEOPLE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU ARE ONLY INVESTIGATING YEARS 1995 AND NEWER YET MY VEHICLE IS A 1994. YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER EXPANDING YOUR INVESTIGATION TO INCLUDE OLDER MODELS OF THE F-150.
- NHTSA ID
- 10114616
- Incident
- Jun 15, 2004
- Mileage
- 110,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Feb 20, 2001
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A THUMPING NOISE, VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO A TELEPHONE POLE TOTALLING VEHICLE, CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY AND HIS WIFE IS WRITING IN STATING THAT NOW SINCE SHE'S RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING FIRESTONE RECALL 00T005, SHE BELIEVES A BLOWOUT OF A FIRESTONE TIRE IS WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *SLC
- NHTSA ID
- 559759
- Incident
- Mar 10, 1999
Transmission
Filed Nov 6, 1998
THE PLASTIC BUSHING USED ON THE CLUTCH PLATE BROKE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, INABLEING THE CONSUMER TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
- NHTSA ID
- 830318
- Incident
- Oct 31, 1998
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.