NHTSA Complaint #10386350 — 2000 FORD F-150

PARKED MY FORD F150 IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE LAST EVENING ABOUT 6PM. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY ABOUT THE WAY THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING OR OPERATING. WAS AWAKENED AT 3AM THIS MORNING TO MY NEIGHBOR BANGING ON MY DOOR,SCREAMING "YOUR TRUCK IS ON FIRE!" I WOKE MY HUSBAND, HE AND THE NEIGHBOR PUT THE FIRE OUT BEFORE FIRE DEPT SHOWED UP. ALL SAID AND DONE. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED AFTER DAY LIGHT, TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL RECALL PART! RECALL WAS IN 1999, I BOUGHT THE 2000 FORD IN 2003 USED. NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT THE RECALL AND ASSUMED THAT IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED PRIOR TO ME PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. I CALLED FORD. THEY GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER AND TOLD ME THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD SEND ME A PACKET TO FILL OUT. BUT IT WOULD TAKE 15 DAYS BEFORE I WOULD RECEIVE THE PACKET. *TR