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The brake fluid pressure sensor is leaking on to the electrical main computer wires its also leaking from the electrical harness coming from the brake fluid pressure sensor causing the brake tail lights to fail intermittently during vehicle operation
The contact owns a 1996 Ford F-150. The contact was notified by his mother that the vehicle was on fire while parked in the driveway. The contact noticed flames under the hood on the driver's side near the windshield. The contact was able to extinguish the fire. When the contact opened the hood, he noticed that the wiring harness, fuse box, and relay box were burned, and the master brake cylinder was completely melted. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 05V017000 (vehicle speed control). The fire department was not notified. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000.
Truck was driven then parked, 15 minutes later while mowing the grass, I looked over at the parked truckand it was on fire. The fire started at the brake master cylinder and it was a total loss.
The contact owned a 1996 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while parked, there was an abnormal noise and the vehicle caught fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
About three minutes after I parked and shut off the truck in the driveway, I heard a loud explosion, stepped outside and saw flames shooting out from under the hood accompanied by billowing smoke. The fire lasted 15-20 minutes, went through the firewall, entered and melted down the cab. During this period of time, I was attempting to put out the fire in order to prevent it from spreading to the garage and the propane tank. As a result, I had to be treated for moderate smoke inhalation by the first responders on the scene. The truck was part of the 2005 recall concerning the leaking brake fluid and its corrosion of the electrical systems. I brought this truck to copper country Ford in order for them to perform the necessary repairs to comply with the recall notice, which, to the best of my knowledge, was performed.
- Chassell, MI, USA
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My sons truck 1996 Ford F150 caught fire sitting in the driveway it had been sitting there a little over two hours. It started on the right side of the vehicle under the hood. The truck is totaled, my sofic and gutter was destroyed my garage. My 2005 car-mate trailer has heat damage on the front of it and destroyed my neighbors fence and bushes.
On Aug. 30th at 9:00 a.M. my 1996 F150 truck caught fire. I was not in the truck I had not driven the truck for two hrs. It was parked in my driveway and self ignited, the fire started in the engine. It was a really hot fire I had to call our local fire department to put it out.
13-21 Aug truck was parked in driveway while we visited family in South Carolina. Truck not driven. Drove truck 22 Aug to work approx. 12.5 miles. Truck was parked in parking lot until 4pm when I drove it home. Truck was parked in driveway from 4:30 pm until the fire was discovered between 8:30 and 9:00 pm. I do not know when the fire started and I have had no problems at all with the truck and I do not know what started the fire. But I believe the hotest part of the fire was on the left side of the engine near the top where most of the destruction was located.
2nd incident check engine light on, horn not working cruise control moduel not working, steering column caught fire. Removeed shorted power feed to cruise control. 1st incident-ABS light and check engine light on. Shifter will not come out of park. Needed to tow vehicle, and repair blown fuse on cruise control
04/10/05. Vehicle caught on fire in driveway of residence. Contact does not know what caused the fire or where it began. Mostly burnt on the left side, blew left front tire. Contact is not sure if it was electrical or fuel fire. Regularly serviced with service records available.
Our truck caught on fire in the engine compartment at 4:00 in the morning. There was no after market wiring done on the truck. We bought the truck new, and have never had any trouble with it. This was not an insurance job. We took our full coverage off of it when we bought our car. The truck is available for an investigation.
I saw on the news the recall for 2000-2001 model Ford 150 truck, the trucks are catching on fire while sitting for hours. My husband had a 1996 Ford 150- that did the same thing sitting in the driveway. The truck sit there for 8 hours then caught on fire at 1:00 am. That morning while we were in bed. A friend that was getting off work stopped and wake us up out of bed. Was is there not a recall on this year of truck. We have a fire marshall come out and look at it. It was started along the firewall. We had to have the fire dept come and put out the fire. We contacted for and they said more less sorry about your luck.
The consumer noticed the truck started burning late at night. The fire department put out the fire. The insurance investigator stated that the fire was computer related. The vehicle was totaled. The fire was caused by a faulty computer box.
Our Ford F150 caught on fire in our driveway for no apparent reason. Thank god it did not start our neighbor's house on fire. Also thank god that it was not in our garage at the time.
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- Whittier, CA, USA