Cruise Control problems of the 2000 Ford F-150 - part 2

We purchased a 2000 Ford F-150 pickup in October 2003. We received a recall notice from Ford and took the vehicle to a local Ford dealer in February 2005 to have the repair work performed. We were told this was an interim repair and permanent repairs would be made once replacement parts were more widely available. On Saturday, July 1, 2006, our 2000 Ford F-150 exploded while sitting in our driveway. The resulting fire destroyed the truck and caused considerable damage to our home. The truck had not been driven for 24 hours before it exploded. The local fire chief stated the fire was caused by an electrical problem on the driver's side of the truck's engine. Please note the truck exploded after we had the repair work done in accordance with Ford's recall notice.

At around 4:45 on Friday afternoon my husband was in the back yard and noticed smoke coming from the end of our house. When he walked around the corner of the house to see what was smoking he saw fire coming from the hood of our 2000 Ford F-150 xl truck. The truck was near the house so he got our daughter out of the house and called 911. The fire department responded in around 10 minutes. When the fire department arrived the truck engine and cab were completely engulfed in flames. When the fire was extinguished, the entire front of the truck was destroyed including the front grill, engine, front tires, cab and interior. The back bed of the truck and the back tires did not appear damaged. My husband had picked my daughter up from school and arrived home at around 3:15. He noticed the fire at around 4:45. Up until the fire, my husband had not had any problem with the truck. At this point I am researching to see if the fire may be related to NHTSA recall campaign number 05v017000 noted on your web-site. I am also trying to find out how to go about reporting it to Ford motor company.

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle's odometer would intermittently illuminate the mileage of the vehicle. The vehicle's cruise control failed, as well, and the contact replaced the start button for the cruise control. When replaced, the start button failed to activate the cruise control, instead it activated the vehicle's horn. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealership. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 159,000. Gl.

2000 Ford F-150.

A vehicle fire occurred on a 2000 Ford f150 at the home of the owner on March 8, 2006. The fire started in the engine compartment of the truck while it was parked under the carport, with the engine off, and the ignition key removed. The truck had been parked approximately 2 1/2 hours when the fire occurred. When the fire was detected, flames had almost reached the ceiling of the carport. The owner was able to push the truck into the street, where it continued to burn until extinguished by the fire department. The truck was destroyed in the fire. On March 20, 2006, and independent investigator inspected the vehicle and determined that the fire was caused by failure of the speed control deactivation switch. The investigator documented his investigation with photographs. Ford motor company (fmc) stated that the vehicle was included in a recall to correct a problem with spontaneous fires erupting in the speed control deactivation switch, but the owner was never notified of a recall. The owner has contacted and provided information and photographs to the fmc speed control deactivation switch recall customer information team, fmc consumer affairs, and the local fmc dealership.

: the contact stated while the vehicle was parked in the driveway, it erupted into flames. The fire department came and extinguished the fire. The manufacturer sent a representative to inspect the remains of the vehicle. The fire was too extent to determine the exact cause. The contact received a recall letter several weeks after the incident; NHTSA recall # 05v388000 concerning the cruise control.

The consumer stated 2000 Ford f150 caught on fire and burned. This occurred on September 25, 2005. The vehicle had been parked between four to five hours. Everything on the vehicle worked correctly. The cruise control had not been used anytime recently. The fire began on the left side of the engine according to the fire investigator. The truck was parked in the car port, and the consumer walked out and found the vehicle completely engulfed in flames. The fire department came and put the fire out. The consumer had not received any recall letter on the vehicle. Ford motor company has been called ,and the consumer filed a report with them. Ford replied that consumer's insurance company would be back in touch with them. The dealership has not been contacted at this point, but will be called later. The insurance company came and took the truck to do their own investigations. Fire and insurance reports were taken. . The consumer has pictures available to view. There was additional property damage to the car port. There were no injuries. The truck was totaled. The consumer will have access to when the copy will bee received. Will also provide information for NHTSA.

I purchased a used 2000 Ford f150 in Feb. - 2003 from a Ford dealership in fayetteville, nc. On August 8, 2005 that truck caught fire and destroyed our home and home based business,we were not home at the time of the fire. We arrived home about 15 minutes after. Then nothing but a fire ball and my house burning! jennifer sat down beside a fire truck and laid her head on her knees for 3 hours unable to comfort her two small children and I was in complete shock and held my daughter for over 3 hours in my arms and I could not even speak. I only remember asking jennifer, "what happened and what will happen to us now. " a neighbor was driving home that day and said he saw flames coming out from under the hood of my truck which was parked partially under the carport. He said the truck was then within seconds burning so fiercely that it blew up like a bomb sending a fire bomb into our home. I could not believe it when he said that my truck had caught fire and destroyed our home. We lost everything. I run a roofing company and jennifer handled all my paperwork - the office was set up at home so she could stay home with our children. We lost our business, home and memories such as pictures of our children and family. I am still trying to recover emotionally and financially from our loss due to fire. Ford motor CO. Sent a investigator to investigate the fire and our homeowners ins. Investigator also was there the day "Ford finally sent someone to investigate the fire". Jennifer's brother-in-law, an attorney in texas told us about cruise control defect on some Ford vehicles. We were not aware of this. The cruise control was found by miracle and sent for x-ray and was found to be the cause of the fire. What if jennifer had been driving that truck on that day? what if I had lost my children and their mother? Ford motor company ruined our lives. We now live in a one bedroom house with three children.

Bought truck in April 2005. Cruise control quit next day. Suddenly started working, several hours later, truck ignited at a gas station while parked. Fuel not involved. Truck received extensive damage to the engine, and front. Not repairable.

On 8-6-05 while parked vehicle had caught on fire. The fire department told consumer that fire was caused by the cruise control. Previously the cruise control had stopped working on 6-29-05. Consumer tried to set the cruise control and light on the dashboard would come on for less than a second before it would disappear. After the fire the consumer contacted the dealership, and they told her to contact her insurance company. Then consumer contacted the manufacturer, they told her the same thing. Recall 05v017000 was issued. However, consumer's vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN. The fire caused some damage to a fence and some shrubbery.

: the contact stated while the vehicle was parked, it erupted into flames on the left driver's side underhood area. The fire department was contacted and extinguished the flames. A manufacturer representative inspected the vehicle and took pictures of the severe fire damage. Afterwards, the representative suggested that due to the extensive fire damage, it could not be determined if the fire was cruise control related. The vehicle was included in the NHTSA recall # 05v388000 concerning the cruise control, but no recall notification was received by the contact.

2000 Ford f150 caught on fire while parked. The fire was the result of a faulty cruise control deactivation switch.

Caller said that after sitting for 3 hours vehicle caught fire under the hood. The fire department put the fire out. A report was filed by the fire department. Dealer said to call insurance company. Caller was waiting for manufacturer to call him back. Caller said his yard, driveway and a storage trailer has fire damage.

Ford F-150 recall on cruise control deactivation switch. Recall resulted in a fire and total loss of my truck.

The contact stated on 7-12-05 2000 Ford f150 caught on fire. It was located in front of the contact's house. The fire originated under the hood on the driver's side. The fire department agreed that originated under the hood. Ford told the contact to take vehicle to the dealer. The dealer said the vehicle was so burned that they could not tell what happened. Then the dealer said it did not look like the vehicle was burned enough to determine that the cause was the scds. The contact received a recall letter in August 05. The contact reported having no problems with the car. Prior to this, the caller reported having no problems with the cruise control. He noticed that right signal light fuse kept blowing and he had to replace it often. The police did visit the scene but did not make a report.

Concerns regarding getting repairs done to 2000 Ford f150. ** answer required***. The consumer received a recall letter regarding the cruise control switch, however when he arrived at the dealer, he was informed the part(s) were not available, even though the recall letter stated they were . Recall#05v017000.

Consumer states on 6-28-05 truck burned completely. She received a recall letter on 6-25-05 but never took the truck to dealer. The fire originated under the hood. The fire department. Investigated the fire with an undetermined cause noted. The truck was sitting still. She talked to Ford but not to the dealer. She did not contact anyone on 6-25-05 when she received the recall letter.

Our 2000 Ford 150, VIN #1ftzx1720yna82343, caught fire after our supervisor parked the vehicle when he was checking on crews, it is due to the cruise control switch. Ford said they sent us two recall letters, but we never received them and they can not prove that they sent them, they sent us computer generated generic forms showing dates that they could have typed in after the fire so they wouldn't have to pay. Anyway we purchased the vehicle in mid-January and they say they sent us our first recall letter in February, they would not have had our information that fast. Anyway, our insurance paid for the repairs less our deductible. I have written to william c Ford, he didn't reply but we received a postcard asking us to call the customer service department which we did, they still denied to pay for the repairs. Now we see that there is a recall of over 3. 8 million vehicles including the 2000 Ford 150, we also understand that the ones that have been repaired can catch fire again. We would be grateful for any assistance you can provide in getting them to refund the money we paid for the repairs in full.

My truck burned up and I was never informed of any recal until I heard of this from the state farm inspector.

Dt:contact s received a recall letter on 5-30-05 concerning cruise control switch. On 6-1-05 the truck caught on fire in the driveway. It originated from under the hood. The fire department came and the truck was gutted. The fire department issued a report and it was sent to the insurance department. Caller felt that it should have been indicated on the letter that something serious as house possibly catching on fire. The dealer said that caller could pay to have the truck towed to one of the dealerships, and they would give her what they thought the truck was worth. They offered her $3,500. 00 for the vehicle. She did not notice anything wrong with the truck prior to this.

My brakes failed and when I stopped my truck (Ford 2000 f150), the brake master cylinder was on fire. I put the fire out and had the truck towed to a Ford dealer. I had recieved a recall notice a few days prior from Ford regarding engine fires resulting from faulty speed control switches. The dealer confirmed that it was indeed the speed control switch that started the fire. When I called Ford to discuss the issue they stated that they had sent two recall notices and that it was basically my fault my truck caught fire. I have two issues with this: I only recieved one notice and that was on or about the time of the fire, and it is ludicrous to assume that on a five year old vehicle this problem had suddenly occurred and that this is my fault for not bringing the truck to the dealer within days of recieving the recall notice, rather than Ford's fault for not identifying this problem in less than five years. Total cost of repairs was $4814 plus car rental costs of approximately $150.

Just recently received a recall letter on cruise control switch. Consumer contacted the dealer, and he said they did not have the parts. On may 28, 2005 vehicle caught on fire in a friend's driveway.

We had arrived home from work about 3:30 on may 23, 2005. We went into the house and were watching tv and playing games. My daughter was in the back room with my son. They were playing uno when she had a popping noise. She looked out the window, it was now 4:50pm, and our truck was on fire under the hood. We immediately got out of the house and called 911. They responded within a few minutes. Had it not been for my children playing in the back room we never would have known until it was too late!! luckily, our home was only slightly damaged on the outside. However, the truck is a total loss. There is nothing left but the bed and the back two tires. We immediately contacted Ford. I waited the 3-5 days and was not contacted by anyone. When I called again, I was told that since it went passed the time limit that they were filing a "legitimate complaint" on my behalf and that I would be contacted soon. I called again after a few 2-3 days and they said they had my complaint and that someone would be contacting me and there was nothing more they could do. I then requested that it be sent to a supervisor. It was done and we still have not heard from Ford at all. It is now been almost, 2 days short, a month. I have no way to get to work. We only have one vehicle now and it is clear to me that Ford does not care about their customers. Every vehicle I have owned has been bought from Ford. No more!! and I am telling all our friends and family the same. They should not buy from Ford because they only care about their satisfied customers. If you have a problem they will not respond at all. They will put you off. This situation is now causing us to continue to suffer a month after it happened. That is uncalled for and negligent on their part. I also have medical condition that makes it necessary for me to get a monthly iv. If I can not get to work then I don't have insurance and I could die from this condition.

Consumer had a 2000 Ford f150 that was part of NHTSA recall campaign 05v017000. Consumer called manufacturer with VIN, and was told vehicle was part of the recall, but they refused to do anything about it. On may 4, 2005 the vehicle exploded. Consumer didn't know about recall until after the explosion. Dealership said that a Ford investigator inspected the truck, and the corporate office stated that an investigator wouldn't inspect the vehicle because the cause of the fire couldn't be determined. Consumer obtained her own forensic investigator, and was told the fire was due to the cruise control deactivation switch. Not reported to the police, but there was a fire report.

The consumer stated the vehicle ignited into flames on Saturday evening. Cruise control has been recalled on vehicle.

The consumer receive a recall notice(05v017000) cruise control deactivation switch. No parts available.

The consumer stated the cruise control was disconnected to prevent a fire. The consumer was told he would get a phone call from the dealer when the parts for the recall came in. It has been over a month, and the consumer was irritated and upset with Ford. Recall campaign#05v017000.

Vehicle was parked in the driveway for about two hours when all of a sudden consumer noticed that it had caught on fire. Results showed that there was a short within the cruise control switch.

I was in my house working on my computer and my dog was barking. After about a minute of non stop barking I thought someone may have been in my driveway so I looked out the window and could see flames coming out from under my hood. I went outside and called 911. By the time the fire department got to my house my truck was completely destroyed. Along with all my construction tools that were inside. This happened about 3:00 p. M. This is a 2000, Ford, f150 4x4 supercab.

Vehicle was parked in front of the house pvermoght, and consumer was notified by a neighbor on the phone that the vehicle was on fire. The tires burned, the windows blew out, and all the wiring was burned. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. Consumer had just purchased the vehicle, and did not know at this time if the vehicle was included in the NHTSA cruise control recall 05v017000.

Consumer received recall 05v017000. Consumer took vehicle to dealer, and was informed the part was not in after disconnecting cruise control. Cruise control was disconnected in mid February.

Vehicle was parked in the driveway, and consumer was notified by a passerby that the vehicle was on fire. The entire front had been destroyed. Consumer was not notified of the cruise control NHTSA recall campaign 05v017000.

The vehicle caught on fire while parked under an apartment building. The fire department extinguished the fire. The insurance investigator indicated that the fire was caused by the cruise control deactivation switch. Recall 05v017000 was issued and this vehicle was included, but consumer was never notified. The truck was in the dealership being serviced a week prior to the fire. Rick stated that he had had problems with the odometer light flashing on and off about a week before the fire. He had also had troubles with his axles. Rick too the vehicle to the dealer to have these issues resolved about a week before the fire. The next day after picking the car up fro the dealer, rick said that one of his fuses was popping on the circuit that the flashers wre on. Her took the vehicle back to the dealer the next day and they replace the fuse but nothing else. Rick said he never used the cruise control and did not know if it was working. Insured by state farm policy #1174126f2275 claim #75a940492. Rick said that sf had done a fire investigation and that he had pictures as well and that he would e-mail them to bruce york. The fire spread to the apartment building where the vehicle was parked.

2000 Ford f150 caught on fire while parked. A faulty speed control deactivation switch was determined to be the cause of the fire. The truck was parked or about an hour before it caught on fire.

While vehicle was parked it caught on fire due to an electrical short within the cruise control switch. Manufacturer was contacted by owner.