| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005022086 | Incident Date: Mar, 03 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PITTSBURGH | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: BRONCO | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cruise control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMEU15N0TL | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 30 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 03 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While cleaning my 96 bronco i noticed smoke coming out of the left side of the hood. after opening it, i saw the cruise control box to be smoking heavily. i poured water on it and cooled down the superheated device. except for the cruise control not working, i did not encounter any other problems. lately i've been reading about investigations into potential systematic defects of the cruise control of ford trucks and extensive recalls due to that problem. the symptoms described are matching what happened to my car - i seem to just have been lucky to be present. i reported the incident to my car dealer and to ford but both denied a claim because there was no recall on my kind of vehicle. there have been recalls on ford f150 trucks but i could not find any regarding the bronco model which is surprising since both cars are essentially the same except for the flat bed. |
