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.
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.
The contact owns a 1995 Ford F350. The vehicle caught fire approximately one hour after it was parked on the side of the road. The flames were coming from the hood of the vehicle. The fire department was called to the scene and a report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. There was no property damage. The vehicle was not insured for full coverage. Recently, the contact received a recall notice and he strongly believes that the fire was related to the recall. The current and failure mileages were 100,000. Updated 09/13/08.
The contact owns a 1995 Ford F350 Super Duty coachmen Sierra motor home (na). The contact received a Ford recall for the vehicle speed control: Cruise control in September of 2007. He had the cruise control switch disconnected at that time. Since that time, he has been informed every month thereafter that the parts will be available the following month. There had been no failure to date. The recall number, purchase date, and engine size were unknown. The current mileage was 47,653. Updated 02-14-08 the consumer stated the cruise control still have not been fixed as of yet. Updated 02/14/08
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- Conneaut, OH, USA