Appliance Air Conditioner problems of the 2017 Ford Expedition

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air condition stalled. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed as the blower motor melted the resister plug. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately  170,000.

Shortly after the car was started and while still parked, a foul smell was detected and black smoke observed coming from the air vents. The vehicle was then turned off however within minutes of safely exiting all passengers from the vehicle, flames came out towards the passenger seat from underneath the glove box. An unsuccessful attempt was made to smother the flames with large wet towels before being successfully put out with the fire extinguisher. 911 was called and the fire department suspected the cause of the fire was the hvac motor blower. The battery was disconnected and the car towed to the dealership where it has been for the past week. As of yesterday, according to the dealer, the source of the fire is thought to be a short circuit in the hvac motor blower. The insurance is awaiting the fire report at this point.