Underhood Wiring Problems of Mercury Mountaineer

Have been having touble with door locks, delay switch on rearview mirrow, window lock and window functions, abs on all the time ,door ajar light on all the time. Nonfunctioning dome light switches and intermittant check engine light ( which when checked was determined to be some unkown insuficiant exuast flow issue). Constant clicking noises coming from the far left drivers side of dash. We noticed a flame coming out of my left front top dash vent after car had been parked for 5+ hours. It's obvious the fire started in the dash and it burnt both of the wiring harnesses under the left front control panel hitting the vent line and coming out the top vent of the drivers side of the dash. We had to poor buckets of water inside dash vents/ openings and front hood area to get the flames out. Our injuies were incurred while trying to put out the fire.

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2000 Mercury Mountaineer 2wd. Caught fire in a parking lot within a few minutes of turning off the ignition. Sparks fell from under the engine compartment and then caught fire. Fire dept. Responded to fire.

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1998 Mercury Mountaineer will catch on fire in engine compartment.

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Consumer had just turned off the highway and was traveling on a dirt road when vehicle jerked to right and then rolled over. Consumer and her daughter were thrown out from vehicle. Consumer was knocked unconscious, and daughter was killed upon impact. Also vehicle exploded into flames.

After driving 20 min. On I-75 at 65mph the car was parked in a lot of a shopping mall. 1 minute later, the car made a loud hissing noise for 5-10 seconds and there was a loud explosion from the engine and a fire that was flaming under the hood,the side fenders,& the radiator grill. The fire melted aluminum and plastic engine components so fast along with the interior of the car and the windshield. This was an extremely dangerous fire I believe caused by defect of manufacturer. If this fire was on the highway at 70 mph. The fire would be a torch and fumes,heat,and fire would have entered the interior making driving impossible. The intensity of the fire would have destroyed the brake system and the power steering system,leaving the car with no braking and steering to stop and pull over. I contacted Ford to see if they knew about problems with Mountaineers. The receptionist claimed that Ford entered my case in their database as a collision that caught fire which is false and a cover up. After asking them to clear up the entry in their computer system they investigated the car claiming in writing they have no conlusion on what caused the fire. I continue to believe my vehicle contained manufacturing defect and that Ford is avoiding investigative conclusions due to fear of recall. I want Ford to investigate all accident,death & fire cases nationwide due to explorers & Mountaineers to find out what the problem is that would causes fire. I want Ford to refund the cost of the vehicle plus expenses. I now recall smelling gas from behind the car twice in mid Feb. 1999.