NHTSA Complaint #751668 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

ON AUG 31, 2001 AT APPROXAMETLY 1:40PM, WHILE ON MY WAY TO WORK MY SPEEDOMETER, AND TACHOMETER TOPPED OUT. AND ALL DASH ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS BEGAN FLASHING. MY CAR BEGAN EXCELERATING AND STOPPING ON ITS OWN, AND I IMEDEIATELY NOTICED SMOKE POURING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND FROM THE VENTS. I PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT WORK, I POPED THE HOOD AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BECUASE THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM THE BATTERY AREA. THE FIRE DEPR'T CAME AND PUT OUT THE FIRE, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER (PURVIS FORD, FREDERICKSBURG VA). I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR 28 DAYS AND HAVE NOT PAID A PAYMENT AS YET WHEN THIS OCCURED. IF YOU CAN CONTACT ME AT WORK PERFERABLY, OR HOME, PLEASE ENTER THE FOLLOWING CODE WHEN CALLING OUR HOUSE ([XXX]). ANY THING YOU CAN DO TO HELP IS APPRECIATED AS NO ONE WILL LOOK AT MY VECHILE (INDLUCING FORD AND THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED.) THANK YOU.*AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).