NHTSA Complaint #10850488 — 2014 FORD F-150

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2016 I PURCHASED A FORD F150 LARIAT EDITION FROM AN INDIVIDUAL. THE VEHICLE WAS COMING OFF A LEASE. I DROVE THE TRUCK TO MY HOME AND PARKED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL I RECEIVED THE TITLE ON MARCH 8. ON MARCH 9 I DROVE IT AND NOTICED AN ODD SMELL BUT THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE AIR CONDITIONER. ON MARCH 10 I AS I WAS DRIVING, I NOTICED THAT SAME SMELL BUT ALSO SAW SMOKE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I LOOKED UNDER THE DASHBOARD BUT DID NOT SEE OR SMELL WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM. AS THE SMOKE WAS STILL BEING PRODUCED, I CALLED 911 AND STARTED TO TAKE MY PERSONAL ITEMS OUT OF THE CAB. ON ONE OF THE TRIPS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSOLE, A BURNING PIECE OF THE HEADLINER FELL ON MY LEFT HAND. AT THAT POINT THE 911 OPERATOR TOLD ME TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED THE TRUCK WAS FULLY ON FIRE.