Underhood Wiring Problems of Ford Explorer Sport

I was driving when my car start smoking, when I stopped it caught on fire. The car is totaled. The fire originated at the engine compartment near the spark plugs.

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1998 Ford explorer caught fire and burned in garage.

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98 Ford Explorer Sport engine caught fire 10 minutes after vehicle was parked at residence- engine completely burned leaving vehicle totaled.

Always in the summer and sometimes during the fall/winter, the air flow sensor makes a loud, humming noise and eventually the car sometimes shuts off because of this.

I took my 1998 Ford Explorer Sport to my local dealership because my brake lights were not working (I can only guess how long they were not operating). After doing a diagnostic they determined I had to replace my (forgive me, as I am not mechanical, but it is all on my receipt) cruise control harness as the component had completely melted. My cruise control had stopped working a couple of months earlier, but I had not bothered to fix it. The cruise control had gotten so hot that it burned a hole through my master cylinder so that it also needed to be replaced. I am notifying you because I feel my and my family's safety were jeopardized in three ways: inoperable brake lights, the fire hazard of the cruise control, and consequently poor brakes.

Speed control switch failed on my 1998 Ford explorer, resulting in cruise control failure, major electrical short circuit, blown 20a fuse, no tail lights, leaking brake fluid from master cylinder thru faulty switch, and wires, switch and connector burned approximatly six inches back from switch. Switch was burned, also. A new switch was put on the vehicle, along with a pigtail (wires & connector), the brake system had to be bled and a new fuse installed. At that time, I knew nothing of a defect. Ford said nothing of the problem. The repair was made 1/14/05. To the best of my knowlege, the defect is not corrected, but only repaired as it was originally equipped. When I heard about the recall, it did not include my 1998, explorer, sport. I have saved the old switch. The new switch number is sw-5945, f3tz-9f924-bb.

1998 Ford explorer caught fire at 4:30 am,under the hood engulfed in flames called fire dept they came and put fire out. The whole entire motor, and front of truck ruined,not drivable. I filed a claim with Ford the day after fire,they stated that they were liable because there were no recalls on 1998 explorers.

Fire under the hood of a 1998 Ford Explorer Sport. The vehicle had been parked and the ignition turned off for over 4 hours. The vehicle was totaled and it was concluded that the fire began as the result of an electrical short under the hood.