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.
The contact owns a 1995 Ford Bronco. The contact stated that the cruise control has stopped working on the vehicle. The cruise control was repaired under a recall approximately one and a half years ago. The vehicle has not been diagnosed. The dealer stated that they will not repair or inspect the vehicle free of charge. The vehicle's purchase date was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were 152,000.
The contact states there is NHTSA recall campaign 05V388000 on the vehicle concerning the vehicle speed control:deactivation switch. The parts needed to repair the vehicle are not available at the local dealership. He spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed that the parts were not available. Updated 1/4/2006 -
Last week Ford Bronco caught on fire. The vehicle was idling in front of the consumer's house for just a few minutes. The consumer was in the vehicle. The vehicle had not been driven for about a day. The last time it was drvien was the day before for about an hour and a half. The consumer saw a whisp of smoke coming from hood. Vehicle wouldn't go into gear. Theconsumer popped the hood, the front end of the brake master cylinder was melting and smoking. The top of the master cylinder was burned. There were no flames, just a smoking and melting. The location of this is directly to the left of the driver under the hood in the engine compartment. After the owner noticed the smoking and melting, there wasn't really a fire, owner just had it towed to a mechanic. The mechanic repaired the entire brake master cylinder and a sensor. The repair costed $300. The mechanic said he had seen this kind of fire before. The consumer contacted Ford, who advised him to contact the insurance company. They offered no further assistance. The front end and the engine were the same as the Ford F 150. The mechanics report noted that 1L1Z-9F924-aa was the number of the part that the mechanic replaced.
The consumer states that T 1995 Ford Bronco caught on fire and burnt on July 14, 2005. The vehicle had been driven to work. The vehicle was parked and turned off. The vehicle had been parked for about one hour and a half. The driver heard a loud popping sound and saw smoke, the smoke had filled the inter compartment of the vehicle. The driver opened the hood, and the truck had flames coming out of the left hand portion of the engine compartment. The fire was extinguished by the driver. The week before the owners were on a trip and the cruise control did not work in the vehicle. They only discovered that the cruise control did not work last week. Prior to this, the vehicle had not had any problems. The vehicle was kept regularly maintained. There is a fire department report. There were no injuries. There are no pictures from after the fire at the location, but the owner is going to take pictures today. The truck has already been moved from the original location. The information provided is all the consumer has provided.
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- Glens Falls, NY, USA