Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / FORD / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005022922 Incident Date: May, 30 2005
Consumer's City: PENSACOLA Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: FORD Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMRU17L0WL Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 03 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 03 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My wife was teaching at the local jr. college here in pensacola florida. she parked the truck at approx. 6:45pm ,her classroom faces the parking lot. from the second floor some of her students could see something on fire in the parking lot, it's approx. 8:40pm by now. the car was seen by the groundskeepers and sercurity to have what appeared to be smoke and sparks of fire comming from the hood. they attempted to use fire extingushers but the flames and fire by this time was to hot.soon afterwards the fire dept. arrived. most of the fire was under the hood on the drivers side that engulfed the front driverside including the roof driver door and the tire completly melted away on the drivers side. we've spoken with ford motor company and we where asked very pointantly exactly what did we expect of ford motor company.we can't imagion a more ludacris question! we where told that the legal dept. at ford motor company would get back with us in 24-48hrs. we've exceeded 48hrs + now...