Consumer Complaint Detail
FORD / EXPEDITION / 1998
0 Injured
0 Death
Yes Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005044586 | Incident Date: Oct, 05 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ALVIN | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: EXPEDITION | Model Year: 1998 |
| 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#: 1FMRU17L8WL | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 28 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Apr, 20 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Just arrived home in my 1998 ford expedition from work on october 6, 2005 around 5:50 pm ran in to change clothes. we were in the house no more than 5-8 minutes when we heard a strange sound. ran to the front door and noticed smoke and fire coming out from under the hood of my vehicle. my neighbor ran for the water hose & put water on the fire until the fire department arrived to help. if this had happened just a few minutes before we would have been still in the vehicle and could have lost our lives in the fire. just a few days before this incident ford choose to send out recall notices in september 2005 on this year\ make\model regarding the speed control wiring. not only that i had just taken my vehicle into ford service at a local dealership for a problem with my air conditioner and the rear end. they should have corrected this defect at that time but did not. ford should have sent out recall notices a couple of years ago due to this defect when people were having problems then. if it had been done i would still have my vehicle up to this day. *jb |