A Car Service Calls Statistics
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2004 [Other] Defect age: 4
Consumer parked vehicle in driveway at 2:30 pm. At 5:30 pm consumer was awakened by a popping sound outside. When consumer got outside the front end of the vehicle was on fire. Consumer put the vehicle in neutral and rolled it back from the house. Fire department arrived, but the fire eventually consumed the vehicle. Consumer felt that an electrical problem caused the fire. The conusmer stated that the fire was an electrical fire that started under the hood.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2003 [Other] Defect age: 3
I had a 2000 model F-150 truck that burned in Nov. 2003. The fire started under the hood.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2003 [Other] Defect age: 3
Vehicle was parked in a carport and about one pm that night consumer heard something that sounded like thunder. When the consumer looked outside vehicle was on fire along with the carport. While attempting to extinguish the flames consumer slipped an suffered a back sprain. The fire department extinguished the fire. Vehicle was totaled, and the carport had to be replaced.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2003 [Other] Defect age: 3
I had no problem with anything electrical, ever, with my 2000 f150 lariate. I drove to town, came home, parked my truck in the driveway, 4 hours later I heard a loud boom and went to the door to see a huge fire coming from the hood of my pickup truck. The fire marshal said it started under the dash. My truck was totaled.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2003 [Other] Defect age: 3
The vehicle caught on fire, which originated in the engine compartment. . The fire was caused by a defect in the wiring, which caused the electrical fire.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2008 [Other] Defect age: 8
The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-150. The contact has been experiencing multiple electrical system failures. The locks and windshield wipers worked sporadically or would not work when the switch was activated. The heater in the vehicle would also work randomly. The volume in the radio would increase while he attempted to turn it down. He called a dealer and the mechanic discovered NHTSA campaign id number 00v072000 (electrical system:fuses and circuit breakers), but it only applied to the Ford explorer. The contact was experiencing the same failure as noted in the recall. The vehicle is being taken to the dealer on January 5, 2009 for a diagnosis. The failure mileage was 145,000 and current mileage was 150,000.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2007 [Other] Defect age: 7
The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle caught fire while parked in the driveway. The fire department stated that the fire started either in or near the fuse box. The current and failure mileage was unavailable. The consumer provided a lexington fire dept. Incident report and history of the vehicle by the online application. Updated 08/31/07.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2005 [Other] Defect age: 5
2000 Ford F-150 VIN# 1ftrx17w0yna62547. 1) fuses 15 and 27 have blown. 2) the interior heater fan continues on after vehicle is turned off. 3) radio power comes and goes. 4) battery drains overnight. Fuse 15 handles speed control. Is this problem related to NHTSA # pe04078. Problem has not yet been uncovered.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2004 [Other] Defect age: 4
Vehicle was parked at 8:30 pm and at 2:30 am neighbor heard loud bang, saw vehicle on fire. Consumer stated that cruise control stopped working about a week prior to the fire. #2/13 and 14 fuses found operating.
🇺🇸 ford f-150 2004 [Other] Defect age: 4
While vehicle was parked for about 3 hours a neighbor alerted consumer that vehicle was on fire. Burned for approximately 5 minutes. Fuses #2/13, and 14 found operating. Consumer stated that cruise control stopped working in the week before the fire.