Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / BRONCO / 1994

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004303802 Incident Date: Sep, 25 2004
Consumer's City: ST. FRANCISVILLE Consumer's State: LA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: BRONCO Model Year: 1994
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring:front underhood
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMEU15N6RL Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 10 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Electrical fire under hood and dash totals bronco. morning of fire the brake light fuse had to be replaced before leaving work off the night shift from river bend station nuclear power plant. 15 amp fuse replaced like for like. at church later that morning (sunday 9-26-04) the truck caught on fire after being in the parking lot for about 1 1/2hrs. someone driving by called 911 and notified the church staff who stopped the service to find the owner of the truck, me! about 4 dry chem. fire ext. were used to try and bring the fire under control before the fire dept. put the truck out with afff foam. fire started under the hood drivers side around the master cyl. fire marshal wrote up the report and told me the dept. has seen many of this type fire on ford trucks in the last few years and just wondered when someone is going to be killed! we got all other cars in the parking lot away from the fire but my truck is a total loss. *nm