I don't know what to think of FORD anymore!!!
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I don't know what to think of FORD anymore!!!
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/autom...ord_fires.html
That link says it all, there are a ton of cases of fords starting on fire. Some without the Cruise Control Switch.
That link says it all, there are a ton of cases of fords starting on fire. Some without the Cruise Control Switch.
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Most were the cruise control that the morons neglected their recall notice.My dad and I both bought used 97 F150s and even though we bought used we both recieved more than 1 cruise recall notice in the mail.
FWIW I saw a 99 F150 up the street go up in flames, another moron neglected his recall notice.
FWIW I saw a 99 F150 up the street go up in flames, another moron neglected his recall notice.
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Originally Posted by nater123
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/autom...ord_fires.html
That link says it all, there are a ton of cases of fords starting on fire. Some without the Cruise Control Switch.
That link says it all, there are a ton of cases of fords starting on fire. Some without the Cruise Control Switch.
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Originally Posted by NASSTY
Most were the cruise control that the morons neglected their recall notice.My dad and I both bought used 97 F150s and even though we bought used we both recieved more than 1 cruise recall notice in the mail.
FWIW I saw a 99 F150 up the street go up in flames, another moron neglected his recall notice.
FWIW I saw a 99 F150 up the street go up in flames, another moron neglected his recall notice.
Anyone want to still **** and moan about the Firestone fiasco? That was proven neglect on Firestone's behalf as well as driver overcompensating/ over-reacting to a blow out. NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by nater123
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/autom...ord_fires.html
That link says it all, there are a ton of cases of fords starting on fire. Some without the Cruise Control Switch.
That link says it all, there are a ton of cases of fords starting on fire. Some without the Cruise Control Switch.
92 f-150 huh, didnt know they even had cruise back then
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Just seems like a long-standing problem...
This came up on one of those TV Magazines a year or three back. 60-Minutes, 48 Hours, Dateline- One of them...
Texas Instruments said they told Ford they were running too much juice through the switch. Ford said, No you didn't. So, the jury is still out, so to speak, as to whose fault it is/was:
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Yeah, I don't know how many folks this has happened to, but given the fact that Ford sells hundreds of thousands of F-150's a year, it's probably a small amount. But, to bring that into perspective, 1% of 100,000- is still 1,000, 1/10th of 1% (of 100,000) is still 100. So, as more trucks move, the numbers increase. While the chances are low, with the potential for hundreds of fires, that's still a lot.
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But, I have seen a brand new Oldsmobile on fire on the interstate on my way to Chicago way back in the 80's; I've heard about a brand new 1993 Trans Am that caught fire coming on post at Fort Hood, and I saw an old Dodge Caravan maybe 3 years ago, on fire in the elementary school parking lot, about to burn itself up, and the cars parked next to it.
I don't believe the problem is indigenous to Ford, but Ford seems to have had this problem more than others.
This came up on one of those TV Magazines a year or three back. 60-Minutes, 48 Hours, Dateline- One of them...
Texas Instruments said they told Ford they were running too much juice through the switch. Ford said, No you didn't. So, the jury is still out, so to speak, as to whose fault it is/was:
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The latest recall covered 16 brands of cars, sport utility vehicles and trucks from model years 1992 to 2004, 10-million vehicles recalled.
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The agency warns in its recall notice that the switch problem can cause a fire under the hood, hardly news to the hundreds of Ford owners whose vehicles have done just that..
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Julie from Willits, California tells the story of how her brother-in-law's 2007 Ford F150 [Oh Snap- Not in 2007 too?! -BH 
] caught fire in his driveway and burned to the ground. “He just brought his brand-new baby girl home 3 hours before,” Julie wrote. “We were all sleeping in the house, when my sister woke to some sort of lights outside. She went to the window she saw the Ford engulfed in 100-foot flames,” Julie said that Ford “never sent a recall in the mail” and her brother-in-law had just “purchased the truck 6 months ago.”
] caught fire in his driveway and burned to the ground. “He just brought his brand-new baby girl home 3 hours before,” Julie wrote. “We were all sleeping in the house, when my sister woke to some sort of lights outside. She went to the window she saw the Ford engulfed in 100-foot flames,” Julie said that Ford “never sent a recall in the mail” and her brother-in-law had just “purchased the truck 6 months ago.”
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Frank in Universal City, Texas lost his 2001 Ford truck to a fire just two days after the Willits fire.
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But, I have seen a brand new Oldsmobile on fire on the interstate on my way to Chicago way back in the 80's; I've heard about a brand new 1993 Trans Am that caught fire coming on post at Fort Hood, and I saw an old Dodge Caravan maybe 3 years ago, on fire in the elementary school parking lot, about to burn itself up, and the cars parked next to it.
I don't believe the problem is indigenous to Ford, but Ford seems to have had this problem more than others.
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Originally Posted by Bighersh
I don't believe the problem is indigenous to Ford, but Ford seems to have had this problem more than others.
Choose your poison. When I had my Dodge the Ball Joints were total crap and owners would be traveling dwon the road and the front tire would literally collapse causing people to loose control, sometimes at 60+ mph. The old Tundra was also plagued with Bj problems. On any vehicle with thousands of parts that have to work perfectly problems will pop up, especially as China and Mexico get more work outsourced to them. I just pay my insuance premuims and hope for the best