| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005057940 | Incident Date: Aug, 21 2005 |
| Consumer's City: WINSTON-SALEM | Consumer's State: NC |
| 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#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 02 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 28 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The ford bronco was sitting in front of my car. overnight the car caught fire and burned the front console of the car and below the dashboard. the hottest point of the fire was underneath the hood where the metal turned white and destroyed the paint. a claim filed with ford was filed after the recall for the cruise control switch was issued a few weeks after the fire. ford denied the claim because they could not locate the switch, which, accordingly to the local ford dealership, was not in the engine block. *nm |
