Parked F-150 in garage. About an hour later got a call truck was on fire. Fire report said underhood fire. Truck was a total loss.

- Tampa, FL, USA

Underhood fire on 1997 F-150 possible cruise control switch. Vehicle was sitting wit the kdy off and caught fire.

- Calabasas, CA, USA

My F150 caught on fire while at work, approxamately 1 1/2 hrs after returning from lunch. The fire depta\rtment extinguished the truck. They did file a report.

- Doddridge, AR, USA

While vehicle was parked for 1 hour a fire started under the hood. Vehicle was totaled. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

- Houston, TX, USA

While vehicle was parked for 9 hours a fire started under a the hood. Vehicle was totaled. Updated 2/28/2006 - the cruise control was not working at the time of the fire. The consumer noticed that it had stopped working on 2-18-05.

- Holland, OH, USA

While the vehicle was parked for 1 hour a fire started under the hood. The dealership was notified, but did not offer assistance.

- Hull, GA, USA

Vehicle caught on fire while parked in the parking lot at work. The vehicle was parked approximately one hour and half to one hour and forty-five minutes before the fire started. The local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire was not determined. Dealer and the manufacturer were notified.

- Doddridge, AR, USA

Vehicle caught on fire 15 minutes after being parked in the parking. Local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. How the fire got started was not determined at this time. Dealer was notified, and the consumer left a voice mail to the manufacturer.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

Truck started; however, would not go into drive. Connector for cruise control shut off on brake master cylindar was burnt. Occured while in parking lot with engine shut off. Appears that the brake relay leaked brake fluid into connector causing short. Ford did not replace connector. Cruise control no longer functions. Ford only replaced brake relay at my cost. Did not replace fried connector.

- Grassvalley, CA, USA

While vehicle was parked a fire started under the hood. The fire was put out. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

- Conroe, TX, USA

Consumer shut the vehicle off and exited the vehicle. Later, consumer entered the vehicle. Turned the ignition on, and vehicle started but would not go into gear. Then, consumer exited the vehicle, opened the hood, and noticed there was a fire inside the hood. The defect was the cruise control relay. The fire was extinguished by the consumer.

- Mount Dora, FL, USA

While driving 50 mph, the consumer noticed smoke coming from underneath the hood. The consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. Then, vehicle caught on fire. Consumer extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher. The part that was on fire was the deactach switch on the master cylinder for the cruse control.

- Port Orange, FL, USA

Picked up 1 yard of mulch and was unloading, smelled burning rubber, and saw flames in wheel well. Put out fire with fire extinguisher and called fire department. Opened hood, and saw fender burned, plastic brake near master cylinder burned, and fuse box and wiring burned. Fire department said it was bad wiring. Mechanic felt it involved the brakes. Also, cruise control had not worked for nearly six months before fire.

- Memphis, TN, USA

My 19'97 Ford F-150 had an electrical fire yesterday. It had been parked for over thirty minutes when someone told me it was on fire. After I put the fire out and the fire department came. They said the fire started around the fuse box area. I have read that others have had the same fire I have had.

- Cookeville, TN, USA

On Nov. 5th I parked my 1997 F150 truck at work at 7:00am. Between 10:30 and 11:00 I get a call that the fire department is putting a fire out under neath my trucks hood. It took 4 hours after the truck was parked to start a fire. If it wasn't for me parking close to a guards station it would of been worse. My concern is that this could of happened after I parked in my garage at home which would of put me and my family in danger. After this fire I called the Ford headquarters and made a complaint. I also did some research on the internet under 1997 brake master cllinder fires because thats where the fire fighters said it started and I was surprised to find numerous articles about the same problem.

- Madison, CT, USA

Vehicle was parked at appox. 11pm on May 9th, at approx. 12:30 am I was awakened by the sound of a horn blowing, I looked out the window and I seen that my truck was on fire, a nieghbor lady had driven by and noticed it and went home to call the fire department. She said that it was burning on the drivers side by the tire, that is why I think it might have been an electrical short, for that is where all the main electrical fuse blocks are located.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

The wiring harness on the driver's side under the hood failed resulting in fire. Nlm

- Dallas, TX, USA

Trailer wiring harness plug shorted, the vehicle was within 3 year warranty but dealer refused to fix it because consumer did not purchase it at that location. Nlm

- Oneonta, AL, USA

For additional information contact john a. reutter from superior investigations for photos and the wiring harness. The above phone number and email are superior's information and not the owner.

- Orange Park, FL, USA

Truck was parked in the parking lot of my place of business for about 2 hours, then caught on fire. It appeared that the fire started in the fuse box under the hood. It melted everything on the left side of the engine. The plastic brake fluid reservoir melted adding brake fluid to the fire. The short caused the battery to get so hot that the plastic casing melted. There was no indication of a problem while driving the vehicle to work.

- La Vergne, TN, USA