NHTSA Complaint #11340612 — 2003 FORD ESCAPE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE DRIVEWAY TO PARK, THERE WAS SMOKE PRESENT. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND OPENED THE HOOD WHEN A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED. THE CONTACT GRABBED A WATER HOSE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE ABS MODULE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED ALONG WITH WIRES. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE CONTACT WAS PREGNANT AND HAD HER 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THERE WAS A RECORDING STATING THAT NO CALLS WERE BEING ACCEPTED AT THE MOMENT. THE LOCAL DEALER (UNKNOWN DEALER INFORMATION) WAS THEN CALLED WHERE THEY MENTIONED THAT NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE06048 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.