NHTSA Complaint #11280833 — 2017 FORD EXPLORER

TL* THE CONTACT DRIVES A 2017 FORD EXPLORER POLICE VEHICLE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED OUT INTO AN OPEN PARKING LOT WHERE IT CAUGHT FIRE. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE CONTACT STARTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO FINISH THE JOB. POLICE AND FIRE REPORTS WERE FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO VILLAGE FORD (23535 MICHIGAN AVE, DEARBORN, MI 48124, (313) 565-3900) WHERE IT WAS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED. THE CONTACT THAT THE FUSE PANEL MAY HAVE MELTED AND CAUSED THE FIRE AFTER RESEARCHING OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. *LN*JB CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. VEHICLE WAS SENT TO HIS COMPANY'S ATTORNEY FOR A POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. *DL