Underhood Wiring Problems of Ford Escort

While driving at 60 mph both frontal air bags deployed inadvertently. Consumer drove vehicle to dealer. While talking to a manufacturer's representative via phone vehicle caught on fire less then 15 minutes while parked. The fire appeared to have started under the hood on the passenger's side. The local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire was determined to be electrical.

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After parking the vehicle for a few seconds vehicle caught on fire from under the hood near the firewall. Local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. Dealer was not notified.

While traveling and without any indication vehicle stalled. Consumer had vehicle towed, and technician noticed that electrical wiring harness was burned out.

My son was involved in an accident in which another vehicle hit his vehicle on the passenger side while he was making a left turn. My son's car spun 90 degrees and landed on the side of an embankment. The car did not flip and landed right side up. Both airbags deployed. My son noticed smoke coming from the right side of the vehicle. Luckily, he was not knocked unconsious and was able to get out of the car quickly. Within less than 5 minutes, he noticed flames coming from the floorboard on the passenger side. The car was totally engulfed in flames within 10-15 minutes. If this accident had happened on a remote road and my son would of been injured more seriously, and not been able to get out of his car, and would have burned to death. I don't know what caused the car to start on fire. Even the insurance adjuster said the car shouldn't have started on fire.

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With wiring I could smell burning and did not know what it was. With tire it was under warranty . Had tire replaced, I have receipt. (dot number: 7jjk7u17p9 tiresize: p185/65r14).

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Vehicle has continuously stalled. Dealer was contacted and vehicle was brought in due to vehicle would turn off while idle, vehicle would not go when the gas pedal was pushed and then finally the vehicle just would not start. Dealer informed that the wiring harnest as well as the computer needed to be replaced. This was able to be figured out after the third time due to the fact that the check engine light did not come on until the third time, in which the dealer informed that they could now find what was wrong, unlike previous times when the car would not stall for them.

When vehicle was involved in a minor front end crash, a fire started behind the left headlamp, and engulfed the engine compartment. Vehicle was totalled from the fire. Please give any further information. Report given by julie good, insurance claim representative.

On 06/30/99 at 02:10 hours the crystal fire department responded to a vehicle fire in the back lot of elk county Ford. The department found a new, 1999 Ford Escort se (VIN #[xxx]) burning in the area of the left front tire and wheel well area. The cause of the fire was determined to be a short in the wiring in the vicinity of a "block" of relays and fuses in the left side of the engine compartment. This caused the wiring to burn and ignited nearby plastic items and the left front tire. The vehicle was just manufactured (June 1999) and had only been sitting on the lot for about 5 days. The vehicle had not been operated recently (2:00 am in a small community car dealership). Although the vehicle did not belong to any consumer, this report is being filed in order to document a potential problem. [xxx] , fire chief, crystal fire department. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Sensor light comes on and off intermittently. Consumer took vehicle to dealership, and mechanic fixed vehicle. Dealership mechanic replaced wiring in front of vehicle, and problem came back three months ago. Dealer told her to ride with sensor light on. Service engine soon light on steady due to powertrain control module (pcm) failure.

My late son's (robert d. Lawrence iii) 1997 Ford Escort caught fire while sitting parked, with the engine turned off, on voters road in slidell, la. Mechanic advised fire started around the air conditioner. Contacted Ford dealer and the Ford company, but received no information or advice. Both ignored his complaintand stonewalled him. . Robert iii's insurance company (safeway)paid off a total loss to Ford and left my late son with over $4,000 still due. Ford motor credit sued him for the balance just before he died on July 16, 2002. The vehicle is sitting in my yard if investigators from the NHTSA would like to see it in connection with the current investigation into sudden fires in 1997 Ford Escorts. Ford should, at least, drop their lawsuit. They should have given the boy another car when that one caught fire.

Electrical fire due to faulty wires.

While driving vehicle caught on fire under the hood, cause unknown. .