This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
My vehicle had been parked since 7.30 am in my parents driveway until 4.15 when it just caught on fire and completely burnt. Destroying a major portion of my parents driveway pavement. It appears to have started at the firewall of the truck as I said it was parked and the ignition was off. I have my truck keys with me so I can show proof positive the vehicle ignition was off. I have done some research and found that there was a recall on my vehicle in Jan. 2005 I did not then nor have I ever received a recall notice from Ford or anyone. My concern is who is going to repair the damage to my parents drive way and since it is a recall issue do I not deserve to have my vehicle replaced with vehicle of my choice?
On February 18, 2014, at approximately 10 am, I was moving our 1995 Ford F-350 to park it at a friends house, the truck started losing power, I smelled an electrical smell & smoke started coming from the dashboard, I jumped out of the truck & opened the hood & the engine compartment was in flames, I immediately dialed 911 & connected to our local fire department, they arrived within minutes but the front half of the truck was totally destroyed, I was not aware of the recall on these trucks until a mechanic friend heard about my truck catching fire & told me about the problem with them.
Was approaching a stop light, when all of a sudden my radio went out, my gauges started to go crazy, then my truck had shut off and turned back on. After that I noticed smoke coming from under the hood went to press my brakes, I had no brakes. So I turned into a parking lot, where now my gauges had pegged all to one side, more smoke was coming from under the hood, and now I still didn't have no brakes or power steering. So I slammed the truck into park, then shut it off. I popped the hood and noticed a small fire under the master cylinder and the brake lines going to the master cylinder where fire engine red. Tried putting out the fire but had a defective fire extinguisher. The fire spread and has severely damaged the truck, it is at the point of no return.
I came home from work and parked my 95 Ford F-150 XLT super cab truck at 5:45 P.M. Friday evening. I didn;T drive my truck the rest of the weekend I was awakened Sunday morning at around 9:00 a.M.by the postal worker dropping off mail for the next day. My entire truck was burnt by electrical short as by described by fire mashall.
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- Kingsport, TN, USA