Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TAURUS / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003252949 Incident Date: Dec, 18 2003
Consumer's City: EATON Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TAURUS Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:windshield wiper/washer:switch/wiring
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP52U3WG Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 02 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Oct, 28 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Whasher pump seem's to have shorted out while driving down the interstate and caused a short in wirng witch resulted in a under the hood fire! all i did was turn on washer pump to clean winshield and nothing happen soon after i smelled wires burning!soon after i seen fire shooting from under car and then it blazed out of hood between the cowl and firewall! the car stoped running i pulled off the sied of i-70 1 mile marker and then called 911......*ak