Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / MUSTANG / 2002

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011723 Incident Date: Jan, 11 2005
Consumer's City: LAKELAND Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MUSTANG Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP40412F Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 19 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Nov, 05 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The car had under 38000 miles on it but i hadn't driven it since 4:30 pm but at about 5 am woke up to the explosions and the car engulfed in flames. ford has been unresponsive to this saying there is no defect, but it is similar to the expeditions exploding in flames for no reason there were no modifications to the car or any reason for it to catch fire by itself the car was a total loss and i did not have insuranse to cover it because i am a single mom and was trying to save a few pennies and had no reason to believe that new of a car would go up in flames. *ak