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MY WIFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE A 98 FORD EXPEDITION ON U.S HIGHWAY 27 ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF CLEWISTON AND THE CAR STARTED TO SMOKE, SHE STOPPED IT , GOT OFF AND THEN THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. *NM

MY 98 EXPEDITION WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE WHEN MY SON CAME HOME AND OPENED THE GARAGE A SAW SMOKE COMING OUT. I HAD BEEN HOME ABOUT 80 MINS. THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY EXP. I QUICKLY STARTED THE VEHICLE TO GET IT OUT OF THE GARAGE AREA, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE - THE BRAKE PRESSURE FUSE HAD BLOWN DUE TO THE WIRE FIRE, SO THE CAR WAS STUCK IN PARK. LUCKILY THE FIRE WENT OUT ON IT'S OWN. PROBLEM WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH SPARKED (SOMEHOW) AND STARTED A SMALL WIRE FIRE UNDER THE HOOD - NEAR THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVIOR. THIS COULD HAVE BURNED MY CAR AND MY HOUSE DOWN !! NORTH CENTRAL FORD (RICHARDSON TX) WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE, BECAUSE "ONLY THE 2000 MODELS HAD A RECALL" !! THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE 1997...

1998 FORD EXPEDITION. ON JULY 1, 2005 CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH BURNED AND MELTED RENDERING VEHICLE INOPERABLE (TEMPORARILY). THREE CHILDREN NEEDED TO BE "EVACUATED" IN TEARS AS SMOKE BILLOWED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ALTOUGH A KNOWN ISSUE TO FORD, BECAUSE THEIR CURRENT RECALL IS 2000 YEAR ONLY THEY OFFERED NO (YES NO) ASSISTANCE FOR REPAIR (ONLY ASKING THAT THE DEFECTIVE PART(S) BE REPLACED - NOT ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENT DAMAGES. THERE WERE NONE OTHER THAN THE SMOKE). THOUGHT YOU MAY LIKE TO HERE ABOUT IT. THANKS, DAVID

DT: CONSUMER'S 1998 FORD EXPEDITION BURST INTO FLAMES. WHILE CONSUMER WAS IN VEHICLE, WITH THE VEHICLE OFF, SHE NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN THE CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE SMOKE TURNED TO BLACK. WHEN THE CONSUMER WALKED AWAY SHE LOOKED BACK TOWARDS THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD EXPEDITION. HE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS IN A STORE AND CAME OUTSIDE AND VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND THE ENGINE WAS OFF. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED. SOMETHING EXPLODED TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOOD AND SHOT UP IN THE AIR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER HEAR A POPPING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED OVER, PUT OUT THE FIRE, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *BF NM CORRECTED 6/16/05 - INCIDENT DATE WRONG AND 0 INJURIES NOT 2 SPOKE WITH OWNER - PASSENGER (UNCLE) IS DEVASTATED AND DRIVER (OWNER) STILL HEARS RINGING IN HIS EARS - THEY BOTH FEARED DYING BECAUSE OF VEHICLE EXPLODING WHILE DRIVING *SLP

I HAVE A 1998 FORD EXPEDITION, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES STOPPED WORKING, THE BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING, AND I COULD NOT PUT THE CAR IN GEAR. I LOOKED AT THE FUSE BOX AND FOUND A FUSE BLOWN. WHEN I REPLACED THE FUSE, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN THE CAR STARTED SMOKING PROFUSELY. I PULLED THE FUSE OUT RIGHT AWAY, AND HAD SOMEONE WATCH AS I PUT IT BACK IN. THE SMOKING STARTED AGAIN, AND IT WAS COMING FROM SOME TYPE OF BRAKE SWITCH ON THE FRONT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER. I TOOK THE CAR TO AIRPORT FORD IN FLORENCE, KY, AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE 2000 FORDS WERE BEING RECALLED FOR. I ASKED THEM IF IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE RE-CALL, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT YEAR OR VIN. THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY BECAUSE IT WAS...

ON MAY 24, 2003, I (MELODY) BACKED IN MY 1998 EDDIE BAUER FORD EXPEDITION INTO MY GARAGE AROUND 8:15 PM FOR THE NIGHT. AROUND 8:30 PM, MY SON AND I LEFT WITH A NEIGHBOR TO A HOUSEWARMING PARTY 2 BLOCKS AWAY WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS ASLEEP IN THE HOUSE. WE RETURNED TO OUR HOME AROUND 10 PM AND DID EVEYTHING AS USUAL (SHOWER, BED). MY SON AND I FELL ASLEEP IN THE LIVING ROOM AREA WATCHING TELEVISION AROUND 11 PM. AROUND 1:15PM I HEARD THE GARAGE DOOR SOUND LIKE IT WAS OPENED AND I PROCEEDED OUT THE FRONT DOOR AS MY HUSBAND WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME; HE HAD HEARD THE SOUND ALSO IN THE BEDROOM. AS I CREPT DOWN A FEW STEPS, WE HAD SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM THE GARAGE AREA AND I YELLED "THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, RUN!" WE BOTH RAN BACK INTO THE HOUSE, I GRABBED MY...

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

1998 EXPEDITION. FIRE CONCENTRATED IN LEFT REAR CORNER OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN VICINITY OF CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE 15 AMP FUSE FOR THAT CIRCUIT WAS BLOWN. XRAYS OF THE SWITCH HEAD SHOWED TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE BRASS CONTACTS INSIDE EVEN THOUGH THE OUTER SHELL WAS STILL RELATIVELY IN TACT.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ON 16 MAY 2001 WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON COLORADO INTERSTATE 25 IN DENVER, OUR FORD EXPEDITION STARTED TO CHUG AND SPUTTER. THINKING IT WAS BAD GAS FROM FILLING THE TANK UP AROUND 9:00AM EARLIER THAT SAME DAY, WE TRIED TO CHANGE LANES TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE EXPEDITION THEN STALLED AS WE COASTED TO A HALT ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AT THE UNDER PASS OF I-25 AND US 285. WE THEN TURNED ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THINKING IT WAS OVERHEATED, WE OPENED THE HOOD TO COOL THE ENGINE DOWN. AS SOON AS THE HOOD POOPED UP FLAMES WERE VISIBLE AND WE PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE EXPEDITION. THE DENVER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AROUND 8:55PM AND PUMPER TRUCK NO. 22 ARRIVED TO SCENE. WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, THE EXPEDITION WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. AFTER THE FIRE...

WHILE ON VACATION AT SONS HOME IN TROY MICHIGAN VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT ABOUT 9PM AND WHEN MY WIFE WENT TO GET THE CAR IN THE MORNING SHE FOUND IT MISSING. SHE WAS TOLD BY A NEIGHBOR THAT THE VEHICLE HAD STARTED ON FIRE AROUND 2AM IN THE MORNING WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ENGINE FIRE. THE TROT MICHIGAN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE DISPATCHED AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE POUND. MY WIFE CONTACTED THE POLICE AND FOUND THAT THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE HAD BURNED TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE IS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. HAD THE VEHICLE BEEN PARKED IN OUR GARAGE IN TEXAS OUR HOUSE WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN A TOTAL LOSS WITH THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO NATIONWIDE INSURANCE AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER SERVICE HOT LINE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY EXPECTS...