Underhood Wiring Problems of Ford Escape

I drove my car around the corner to a friend's house. I started to smell something burning. I pulled into my friend's driveway and stopped, but the car was still running and I saw smoke coming from under the floor area and dash of the car. Smoke filled up the inside of the car. I turned off the car and opened all the doors. Had I not turned it off, it would have caught on fire as it was smoking really bad and extremely hot inside the interior of the cab. The fuse box was blown and all the wiring under the dash was destroyed, so the fire was likely due to an electrical malfunction. The car was able to start but nothing in the dash area was working - the speedometer and gauges will no longer function. I am not driving it due to safety issues and am having it checked by a mechanic. ## VIN passed ## Ford Escape 2006 ##.

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Our 2002 Ford Escape caught on fire while parked in the garage. It appears that the fire originated in or around the abs module. Thankfully there were no initial serious injuries, though we incurred smoke damage and the inconvenience of a non functioning vehicle.

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The contact owns a 2002 Ford Escape. On February 9, 2007 the vehicle caught on fire in the garage and burned to the frame. The fire began on the electrical instrument panel on the driver's side. The vehicle was destroyed while parked in the garage. The fire marshall and insurance company have photos. The fire marshall stated that the switch or sensor caused the fire. The insurance company investigator stated that the fire was due to an electrical failure. The contact's vehicle burned 20 days after it was purchased. The current and failure mileage were 86,000.

2002 Ford Escape. Parked> 3 hrs. Caught fire. Engine and front of car completely destroyed. Have detailed pictures understand investigation into this problem began in November 2006 would like to speak to someone before car is towed to junk yard.

: the contact stated while parking a bystander noticed smoke billowing from under the hood. The ignition would not turn off so the battery was disconnected and the smoke stopped. The vehicle was towed to an auto collision facility, where it has not been inspected by a mechanic.

2002 Ford Escape XLT caught fire under the hood. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who replaced the booster, hcu and hcu harness. After doing some research the consumer believes the fire was the result of a faulty cruise control deactivation switch. This switch had been recalled in 1994-2002 Ford f150's, navigators and expeditions. .

2003 Ford Escape parked in garage located at 7755 sunset drive, elmwood park illinois. Vehicle spontaneously burned. The garage was a lofted structure with storage containing 30 years of possessions. The car, garage and personal items were destroyed by the fire. This occurred at 5:00am on a Sunday morning after the car had been parked in the garage from the Saturday afternoon before.

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: the contact stated while driving in stop and go traffic, the vehicle had a rough idle and stalled intermittently. The vehicle was taken to dealer for inspection; however the problem could not be duplicated. After a short period of time the vehicle had the same problems again. The vehicle stalled and was towed to the dealer. The dealer replaced the pcm but this did not correct the problem. The dealer stated the wiring under the dash needed replaced. There is a NHTSA recall 04v165000, regarding the power train: automatic transmission: control module pcm and a NHTSA TSB item #617976, regarding the electrical system: wiring under dash. The vehicle has the same problems as indicated in the recall and technical service bulletin; however it is not included in the recall due to the VIN. The consumer was informed the vehicle had an electrical short. Updated 04/11/06.

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The contact stated 2002 Ford Escape caught on fire on 4-4-05 in front of the dealership where she bought it. The vehicle was parked. The fire originated from under the hood. The day before on Sunday she was having problems starting the car. Her brother had to jump it to get it started; he then drove it around the block. When he took the key out of the ignition, the vehicle was still running. She put the key back in, put it in gear, and put it back in park and turned the ignition and took the key out. She drove it to the dealership where she bought it. The vehicle was turned off when she left. The next day the fire department called her and told her the car had caught on fire at the dealership and was totaled. The fire department did tell the contact they thought the fire was electrical.

After being parked for 2. 5 hours, our less-than-2-years-old Ford Escape spontaneously smoked and burned; small fire was stopped by fire dept. ; have no word from dealer or Ford as to why this happened (fire dept. Suspected electrical short) -- do you have any other such reports?.

While driving, vehicle stalled, consumer states all electrical systems failed, vehicle would not restart, consumer lists stall occurred due to electrical wiring problem under the hood.

1. ) complete loss of power and all electrical systems while vehicle was being operated. Vehicle refused to restart; and 2. ) gear stick shakes or shimmers vigorously when engaged in third (3rd) gear.

6 mos old veh; 4700 miles; engine has stalled on 3 separate occasions (mid-Jun, mid-Jul, early Sep) while traveling at 45 mph; original dealer could provide no solution; currently being evaluated at 2nd local dealer; seeking guaranteed resolution; replacement vehicle or refund.

The dealership told me its a problem with the computer and the Ford engineers are working on it. The car chugs when going long distances when you try to accelerate. I have had the problem since I got the car.

During a collision on front part of vehicle caught on fire, causing total loss of vehicle. Also, consumer sustained injuries.