Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TEMPO / 1988

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 996191593 Incident Date: Jun, 04 1996
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: 00
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TEMPO Model Year: 1988
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:switch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2FABP74FOKX Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 25 1996 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 14 1989
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car caught on fire in ignition switch. car was totaled. *ak consumer states approximately 2 blocks from home consumer smelled smoke and then saw smoke coming up from the steering column, went approximately 100 to 125 feet stopped, heard a popping sound turned off key sat in vehicle for about 2 minutes nothing happened, consumer went to a home on the opposite side of street to call local ford garage, a few minutes later the neighbor informes consumer that smoke was coming out of door and went back to phone to inform garage that his vehicle was on fire the cause was the ignition shorted out in which there was an ignition switch recall according to dealer but consumer states he was never informed.*jb