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The contact owns a 1995 Ford F-350. The contact stated that the engine caught fire without warning while parked in a driveway. The fire department extinguished the fire and stated that an inspection report would be provided. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 143,000.
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.
- Marshfield, MA, USA
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