NHTSA Complaint #10132000 — 2000 FORD F-150

DT: 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. *AK