Trunk Wiring Problems of Ford Escape

Tl-the contact owns a 2013 Ford Escape sel. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed drops of fluid emerging from the engine compartment. While driving approximately 55 mph, smoke started to emerge from the engine inside the cabin and also from to the outside of the vehicle. The contact had to pull over to the shoulder and called roadside assistance. The vehicle was towed to the dealer frontier Ford santa clara California ( 408 ) 241-1800, they determined that a wiring harness was burned and needed replacement ( the contact did not know which wiring harness ) . The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 97,000. Bp.

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The contact owned a 2002 Ford Escape. After the vehicle was parked, the driver smelled a burning odor. The contact noticed black smoke coming from the engine compartment and the vehicle exploded. The fire department extinguished the flames. The fire department assessed that the wiring harness was defective and caused the fire. The contact stated that the fire damaged the garage and the sidewalk concrete. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 07v156000 (service brakes, hydraulic) as a possible reason for the failure; however, the VIN was not provided. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000. The VIN was not provided.

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On October 10th, 2013, my wife and I had met for her birthday dinner at a restaurant in our town. My wife drove the 2001 Ford Escape to the restaurant, about 5 miles, from our home and parked the car. We had been at dinner for approximately 25 minutes when the waitress asked us if we drove a red SUV. We were led to the vehicle that was on fire and in the process of being extinguished by the fire department. The fire investigator said that it looked as if the fire had started on the driver's side of the engine compartment and that nothing else looked suspicious. He pointed out that the wire insulation on that side of the engine compartment was all melted away to bare copper and that the passenger side wiring was still more intact. The fire destroyed the entire front end of the car, the engine compartment, the driver's side fender, the driver's side tire and rim and melted the driver's side dashboard. The entire inside of the vehicle is smoke damaged since the car was locked up. The vehicle is a total loss. Just grateful that my daughter or wife weren't driving it at the time of the fire.

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On may 8,2013, the anti-theft alarm sounded while my car sat in the driveway. It had not been driven for 3 + hours. Upon investigation of the alarm, there was smoke coming from the engine compartment. The wiring harness attached to the abs had a small flame and smoke from its wiring insulation. After extinguishing the flame and disconnecting the battery, I called for a tow . The safety features worked well and locked out the entire auto system. The service technician said there was a recall ( recall 07s51 suppl #2 dtd 9 oct 2009 ) and that Ford should probably provide a fix or credit toward said fix. The car was then towed to a Ford dealership. The current status 1. ) the wiring harness is no longer manufactured by Ford and the dealership has no approved provisions to secure a harness. 2. ) recall 07s51 was implemented per their records so there is no provision for the dealership to fix this issue even if they could get a wiring harness and then troubleshoot the extent of the damage. 3. ) my private insurance's comprehensive plan does not cover a vehicle sitting static for a wiring fire. 4. ) I am awaiting forms from Ford quality group to plea for consideration. Once the forms are completed and received by Ford corporate offices, their lawyers will require approx 15 days to make a determination if my claim has merit.

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The brake master cylinder cap leaks brake fluid and the fluid runs down the wiring and down the firewall of the engine compartment. The brake fluid has corroded the paint off of the firewall, and then the fluid gets hot and smokes. Because the fluid runs down the wiring, the vehicle is also having electrical problems. Ford has a recall 11s24 for vehicles of the same year with the same problem, but they say that our vehicle is not included even though the master cylinder cap clearly leaks. They won't look at the vehicle unless we pay $85 to have it diagnosed. We would like to have this vehicle added to the recall.

Got home at 4pm, parked the car in the garage and turned it off. Walked inside and went to dinner at my in laws. About 3am my wife woke up to one of our babies crying. She went down to see what was going on. As she was walking through our kitchen she smelled something that was not right. She woke me up and we all left the house and went to her parents house across the street. We called the gas company and they came to search the house. The could not find a gas leak, so the guy from the gas company asked to look in the garage. When we opened the garage it felt like 100 degrees. We looked in both cars and there were no keys in the ignition. We popped the hoods on the cars on our Escape you could barely touch anything inside the engine compartment because it was hot. On our other car you could touch everything. We tried to back the Escape out of the garage until we could get it to the dealership the next day but were unable to. The next morning we ended up calling to have it towed to the dealer ship. They checked the wiring under the battery because they have had complaints of the starter spinning but never starting. Since then they as well as Ford have said we have made this up and are unwilling to do anything about the situation because they have never herd of such of a thing. Since we are the first they don't feel obligated to do anything till someone gets hurt or dies.

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My vechicle caught fire in my front yard over night sometime in the rear trunk of my SUV and Ford dealership and ther cause of orgin has left it unexplained.

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