SUNDAY AT 11:45 AM, I LEFT MY HOUSE TO GO TO WORK AT WAL-MART. AT ABOUT 4:30 PM, A CUSTOMER AT WAL-MART CAME IN THE STORE AND TOLD US THAT A CAR WAS ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. I WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE WHO CAR IT WAS. IT WAS MINE. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE DASH. THE WHOLE DASH IS GONE. THE FIRE STARTED BY ELECTRICAL IN THE DASH. I HAVE THE REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WAS ON IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE.
NHTSA complaint #10164591 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Chicago, IL
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
I BOUGHT MY 1989 FORD TAURUS IN JUNE OF 2001. IN THE PAPERWORK FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS WAS INFO. ON A RECALL/EXTENDED WARRANTY DATED 4/98 REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH SEATBELT BUCKLES. I RECENTLY HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH MY SEATBELT BUCKLES AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY TOLD IT WAS WAY PASSED THE WARRANTY DATE EVEN BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. SO MY COMPLAINT IS HOW DO I GET THEM FIXED SINCE THIS CAN BECOME A SERIOUS MATTER IF I OR ANYONE ELSE GETS STUCK IN THE CAR, OR HAS FURTHER DIFFICULTIES EVEN FASTENING THE SEATBELT. I ALSO WAS NOTIFIED OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACING THE IGNITION MODULE TO SUBMIT YOUR RECEIPTS BY 10/02. I HOWEVER DIDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE IT UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND SUBMITTED THOSE RECEIPTS ANYWAY WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE WHAT SO EVER. I'VE ALSO NOT LONG AGO HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR MOUNTINGS FOR MY REAR SHOCKS AND SPRINGS AND THE FRONT NEED TO BE DONE AS WELL. DOES THIS QUALIFY IN THE RECALL OF THE SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER ID #94E36000? *AK I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW A PERSON KNOWS TO LOOK FOR THESE RECALLS WHEN BUYING A VEHICLE. SHOULDN'T THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFY US?
NHTSA complaint #10030328 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Rochester, NY
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE A 1989 FORD TAURUS WITH AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE FOR 1 YEAR AND YESTERDAY WHEN IT WOULDN'T START, IT KEPT CRANKING ON IT'S OWN EVEN AFTER I PULLED THE KEY OUT. IT THEN STATRED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE DASH AND I HAD TO JUMP OUT AND DISCONECT THE BATTERY! FORD RECALLED EVERY OTHER MODEL FOR 1989 BUT MINE AND THE EXPLORER FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHY NOT MINE?
NHTSA complaint #10008010 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SAN Francisco, CA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
ENGINE WOULD STALL WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #565777 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Keswick Ontario, CDFire
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED CAUSE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.
NHTSA complaint #8010902 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Fairfax, VA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUOS PROBLEMS WITH THE ALTERNATOR.
NHTSA complaint #555474 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Amarillo, TX
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #757675 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Morgantown, KYFire
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
AFTER HAVING DRIVEN CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES, AND PARKED IT, AND WITHIN 2-3 MINUTES AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT FIRE OUT.
NHTSA complaint #6900602 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Holden, MA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
AS I DRIVE MY CAR IT SHUTS OFF. I CAN ONLY RUN IT FOR 15 MINUTES AT A TIME . IVE AVOIDED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHAT CAN I DO ?
NHTSA complaint #750464 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Tigard, OR
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE BROKEN, THIS CAUSED THE EXHAUST CONVERTER ASS'Y TO FAIL AN CAUSE A EXHAUST LEAK BY THE ENGINE MAKING THE ENGINE RUN HOT. HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE ENGINE STALLING OUT IN HOT WEATHER, REPLACED FUEL PUMP, FUEL ENJECTORS, AND IGNITION MODULE CAR IS STILL STALLING OUT WHEN THE WEATHER GETS WARM 700F AND ABOVE. TOOK IT TO SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG (NO CODES). LET THE CAR SIT AND WILL START AFTER A WHILE, SOME TIME 1 MINUTE SOMETIMES 1 HOUR.
NHTSA complaint #745218 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Southold, NY
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: REGULATOR FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #888080 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Millerstown, PA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
1) ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE MICHAEL BALLACHEY INITIALLY RULED THAT FORD MUST RECALL AS MANY AS 1.7-MILLION VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA. A FINAL DECISION ON THE RECALL IS EXPECTED IN MARCH 2001. IF THE RECALL PROCEEDS, FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS WHAT TO DO.
NHTSA complaint #743290 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Pacific Grove, CA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE HAD NUMERUS STALLING &/OR LACK OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING IN HOT WEATHER! I FIRST STARTED IN OCT. OF 97 WHEN TRAVELING TO SAN DIEGO. WE WERE STRANDED IN L.A. ON THE WAY DOWN, AND IN EAST L.A. ON THE WAY HOME. UPON RETURNING HOME, I REPLACED THE IDLE AIR MOTOR AT A COST OF OVER $300. SINCE THAN, I HAVE HAD THE HEAT TUBE TO THE VACUUM SWITCH AND THE SPARK PLUG WIRING REPLACED IN AN ATTEMPT TO COORECT THE PROBLEM! I HAS NOT STOPPED THE PROBLEM. LAST AUGUST, MY DAUGHTER HAD TO BE TOWED 100 MILES (FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO - SANTA BARBARA) DUE TO A COMPLETE STOPAGE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AFTER DRIVING 150 MILES. I HAVE HEARD OF A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST FORD, INVOLVING THE T.F.I. MODULE. I HAVE ASKED MY LOCAL DEALER TO REPLACE THIS MODULE, IN HOPES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF STALLING IN HOT WEATHER. I HOPE TO HAVE THE $340 REFUNDED TO ME, IF THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT SETTLES AGAINST FORD. I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO COMPLETE THIS FORM TO DOCUMENT ME CASE. PLEASE ADVISE ME OF ANY OTHER ACTION I SHOULD TAKE. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *JS
NHTSA complaint #738683 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Fairfax, VA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
5 ALTERNATORS FAILED. NLM
NHTSA complaint #553705 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Overland Park, KSFire
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE MAKING A SLOW TURN AT 15 MPH, CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE FROM UNDER HOOD. ALSO, SMOKE COMING INTO INTERIOR. STOPPED AND OPENED HOOD, FLAMES FROM REAR OF ENGINE.
NHTSA complaint #876552 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Port Wayn, IN
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #875246 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Jacksonville, FL
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE MAKE A STOP AT ANY TIME VEHICLE WOULD STALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #874832 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Sacramento, CA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURHTER INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #874019 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Sacramento, CA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE WILL STALL SUDDENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, USUALLY STALLS ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALER 6 TIMES . DEALER CANNOT NOT DETERMINE DEFECT BECAUSE BY TIME VEHICLE ARRIVES AT DEALERS VEHICLE WILL RESTART.*AK THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS REPLACED. ALL HEATER AND COOLANT HOSES WERE REPLACED. SERPNTINE BELT WAS CRACKED. FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #873725 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
RIE, NY
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE, AND WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
NHTSA complaint #873127 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Bridgewater, NY
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT AND VEHICLE STALLED OUT, COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER, VEHCILE WOULD START. CONSUMER FELT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH STALLING.
NHTSA complaint #873044 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Muskogee, OK
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE THE SCANNER IN THE CAR WILL SAY "BRAKE LAMP OUT" THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE BATTERY LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE CAR WILL DIE AND NOT START AGAIN.
NHTSA complaint #715883 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Leicester, NC
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER THE CAR WAS OKAY. WHEN THE WEATHER GOT WARM, THE CAR WENT BUMP BUMP BUMP. CONSUMER SAID IT WAS COMPUTER OR A IGNITION CONTROL PROBLEM. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER KNEW THE PROBLEM BUT WON'T TELL CONSUMER UNLESS HE PAID FOR THAT INFORMATION. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST DIED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IF FAN KICKS IN, THE CAR WILL NOT START FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS.
NHTSA complaint #852740 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Charlotte, NC
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW THERE WAS TROUBLE WITH THE HEATER / BUT IT WAS INTERMITTENT SINCE OCTOBER 1997. HE ALSO TOLD ME ABOUT THE LURCHING (LATER DETERMINATED) AS A MOTOR MOUNT PROBLEM BUT PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED BY A TRANSMISSION SHOP AS A BADLY SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED AFTER THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED. THE CAR IS AT YOUNG FORD IN CHARLOTTE BEING REPAIRED FOR THE APPARENT BURNED IGNITION AND MAIN WIRING HARNESS AND THEN A FRUTHER LOOK INTO THE HEATING PROBLEM AND ALSO ERRATIC GAS GAUGE, WHICH SOMTIMES SHOWS FULL WHEN I CAN STILL ADD 10 GALLONS OF GAS
NHTSA complaint #712027 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Charlotte, NC
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW THERE WAS TROUBLE WITH THE HEATER / BUT IT WAS INTERMITTENT SINCE OCTOBER 1997. HE ALSO TOLD ME ABOUT THE LURCHING (LATER DETERMINATED) AS A MOTOR MOUNT PROBLEM BUT PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED BY A TRANSMISSION SHOP AS A BADLY SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED AFTER THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED. THE CAR IS AT YOUNG FORD IN CHARLOTTE BEING REPAIRED FOR THE APPARENT BURNED IGNITION AND MAIN WIRING HARNESS AND THEN A FRUTHER LOOK INTO THE HEATING PROBLEM AND ALSO ERRATIC GAS GAUGE, WHICH SOMTIMES SHOWS FULL WHEN I CAN STILL ADD 10 GALLONS OF GAS
NHTSA complaint #712027 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Charlotte, NC
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW THERE WAS TROUBLE WITH THE HEATER / BUT IT WAS INTERMITTENT SINCE OCTOBER 1997. HE ALSO TOLD ME ABOUT THE LURCHING (LATER DETERMINATED) AS A MOTOR MOUNT PROBLEM BUT PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED BY A TRANSMISSION SHOP AS A BADLY SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED AFTER THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED. THE CAR IS AT YOUNG FORD IN CHARLOTTE BEING REPAIRED FOR THE APPARENT BURNED IGNITION AND MAIN WIRING HARNESS AND THEN A FRUTHER LOOK INTO THE HEATING PROBLEM AND ALSO ERRATIC GAS GAUGE, WHICH SOMTIMES SHOWS FULL WHEN I CAN STILL ADD 10 GALLONS OF GAS
NHTSA complaint #712027 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Merced, CAFire
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND I NOTICED SMOKE AND THEN I STOPPED AD OPENED THE HOOD AND THEN I SAW FLAMES AND ALL THAT I SAW ON THE GROUND WAS ANTIFREEZE, BUT THE WIRING UNDER THE HOOD WAS ALL MELTED
NHTSA complaint #709938 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Brooklyn, NY
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH BURNED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR.
NHTSA complaint #843088 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Inver Grove Hgts., MNFire
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE VEHICLE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL WIRING. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #841793 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SAN Leandr, CA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION SYSTEM, RECENTLY THE WIRING UNDER THE DASH STARTER TO SMOKE. MJS
NHTSA complaint #545778 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.