2000 FORD F-150 Electrical System Problems

2000 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 15 MIN WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT OPERABLE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. *NM

2000 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS LIKELY FROM THE IGNITION COLUMN OR CONTROL PANEL. *JB

2000 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED.*MR CONSUMER HEARD LOUD EXPLOSION COMING FROM FRONT YARD, OPENED THE FRONT DOOR AND SAW TRUCK ENGULFED IN FLAMES. CONSUMER CALLED 911 AND EXTIGUISHED FIRE. FIRE MARSHALS REPORT NOTED THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. CONSUMERS TRUCK WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 2 TO 3 HOURS BEFORE FIRE. CONSUMER HAVE HEARD SEVERAL REPORTS ON TV ABOUT THE RECALL FOR THE TRUCK, WHICH CONSUMER TRUCK FALLS UNDER.*SB

OUR FORD F-150 YEAR 2000 STARTED FIRE UNDER THE HOOD, WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE DIVEWAY AT ABOUT 12:00 THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE FIRE STARTED AT ABOUT 6:30-7:00 THE NEXT MOURNING. THE TRUCK WAS BURNT TO THE GROUND, IT TOTALED MY VEHICLE THAT WAS NEXT TO IT AND IT DAMAGED OUR HOME. IF SOMEONE HADN'T NOTICED THE FIRE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK AND WOKEN US UP WE WOULD HAVE LOST OUR HOME AND MAYBE EVEN OUR LIVES. THE INVESTIGATOR THAT WAS SEN'T TO OUR HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE THE VEHICLE IS CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. THE TRUCK WAS STANDING STILL UNOCCUPIED TURNED OFF FOR ATLEAST 6 HOURS BEFORE IT WEN'T UP IN FLAMES.WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE THE WHOLE HOOD WAS ON FIRE, BY THE TIME THE FIREMEN CAME THE WHOLE TRUCK WAS BURNED AND IT...

DT: CONTACT STATES FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE ON 06-17-2005. TRUCK HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR TWO WEEKS. THE DAMAGE WAS $7,514.00, AND MORE WORK MAY BE NEEDED. CONSUMER WORKS FOR A DELIVERY COMPANY AND THIS TRUCK WAS HIS WORK TRUCK. CURRENTLY, HE HAS BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR 1 WEEK AND 2 DAYS. HE ASKED FOR A RENTAL VEHICLE AND THEY REFUSED. TO GIV EHIM ONE. *AK

DT: 2000, FORD, F150 XLT, CRUISE CONTROL WITHOUT THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION CAUSED VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS BEFORE. JUST FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAD A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE, WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF. THIS WAS DURING THE NIGHT. VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE OWNER'S GARAGE. THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE KEPT UP TO DATE. OWNER WAS ASLEEP WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THIS HAPPENED ON 6-16-2005. OWNERS HAD CONTACTED FORD, WHO HAD NOT RESPONDED. BUT THEY DID SAY THAT SOME ONE WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH CONSUMER IN 3-5 DAYS. THERE WAS OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE INVOLVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS ISSUED STATING THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS, WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. *NM

WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO WAS OF NO ASSISTANCE TO THE OWNER. *AK THE OWNER MANUAL STATED THAT THESE PLUGS ARE NOT TO BE CHANGED UNTIL 100,000 MILES, CONSUMER TRUCK ONLY HAD 44,000 MILES. *BF *NM

MY FORD F150 YEAR 2000 CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED AT MY WORK PLACE. AND IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

EA 05-005/ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES: AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY 30-45 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK CRUISE CONTROL ISSUE. *SC

MY CLIENT DETECTED BLINKING IN THE CRUISE CONTROL OF HIS FORD 150 TRUCK IN AUGUST 2004 AND INFORMED THE DEALER. LATER THAT MONTH THE FUSE BURNED OUT. IN OCTOBER 2004 HIS VEHICLE BURNED TOTALLY WHILE PARKED AT HIS HOME AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE POLICE WERE CALLED. FORD CREDIT DEMANDED VEHICLE BE PAID IN FULL EVEN THOUGH HEY KNEW BY NOVEMBER OF THE RECALL.MY CLIENTS NAMES ARE CARLOS ANDUJAR AND MARIO SIERRA OF MANAT, PUERTO RICO

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE THE CARPORT. EIGHT HOURS LATER,THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS ON THE ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. CONSUMER WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS FOR THE SECOND TIME.*AK

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

FORD F -150 LARIAT 2000 GOES UP IN FLAMES AT 1:00AM AFTER STANDING STILL FOR 4 HOURS. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. APPARENTLY THERE IS A RECALL CITING A DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL COMPONENT.*AK

WHILE BEING PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD ON 4.6 LITER 2000 F150 4X4, ALSO BROKE THE COIL PACK ABOVE IT FROM THE EXPLOSION OF THE PLUG BLOWING OUT.*AK

THE CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AT 10:30 AM, AROUND 11:00 THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A FIRE. FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD CRUISE CONTROL AND IT WAS USED ONE TIME WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST BOUGHT 9 MONTHS AGO. NO STRUCTURE DAMAGE. WILL SEND PHOTOS TO BRUCE YORK. VEHICLE WAS INSURED BY CLAREDON INSURANCE. 305-260-5700.

MY SUPER CAB FORD F-150, 2000. V8 WITH CRUISE CONTROL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BLEW UP WHILE I WAS AT WORK. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS ALREADY AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON , I JUST WOULD LIKE PARTICIPATE IN IT IF POSSIBLE.*AK DAYTIME NUMBER IS 817-637-0172 THE CAR WAS PARKED FOR 3 HOURS BEFORE IT BEGAN TO CATCH FIRE.

PE 04 078/SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH FIRE: WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRE WAS COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED. THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY AN ELECTRICAL SOURCE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE HAVE NOT ARRIVED AT THIS TIME.

PARKED THE VEHICLE IN GARAGE AT 6:30 PM. AT 7:00 PM HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE FROM GARAGE. OPENED DOOR AND SAW FLAMES AND SMOKE. THE FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE CAR. THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE COME FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE. INSURED BY ALLSTATE MARGARET DANIELLS 281-618-5306. PRONET INVESTIGATED THE FIRE CONTACT ABBY DAVID 800-216-7268. THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FIRE HAD GONE TO BANK AND THE ELECTICAL CONTROLS WERE GOING CRAZY AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER WHO SAID THEY REPLACE THE BATTERY. THE CONSUMER DID NOT REMEBER USING THE CRUISE CONTROL AND DO NOT KNOW IF IT WORKED. FIRE SPREAD TO THE HOUSE. *TC

PARKED VEHICLE AT AROUND 8:00PM AT AROUND 11:00PM HEARD A LOUD BOOM. LOOKED OUT AND SAW TRUCK ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE TIRE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS BURNED WORSE THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. PRIOR TO FIRE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD CRUISE CONTROL BUT HAVE NEVER USED IT NOT EVEN ONCE. HAVE PHOTOS OF TRUCK WILL SEND TO BRUCE YORK. *JB

WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB THE DEPUTY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS DESTROYED AS WELL WAS THE FRONT PART OF THE CAB. *TC

WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DISCOVERED THAT THEIR WAS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FOR 1/2 HOUR AND PARKED FOR 1 HOUR AT STORE SMELLED SMOKE. OPENED HOOD SLIGHTLY CANDLE SIZED FLAME AT SCDS ATTACHED TO MASTER CYLINDER BROKE OUT. FIRE GREW AFTER HOOD OPENED. BRAKE FLUID RESEVOIUR WAS ON FIRE. SMOTHERED FIRE WITH TOWELS. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO GAS STATION. DROVE AROUND HOME SLOWLY WITH BRAKES THAT STILL REMAINED ON. BOUGHT NEW MASTER CYLINDER FOM JUNK YARD.*AK....AKSO, CRUISE CONTROL WAS MELTED. *AK

FIRE OCCURRED IN LR QUADRANT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING. ORIGIN IS AT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. OWNER RELATES THAT 30-45 DAYS PRIOR TO FIRE THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD FAILED INTERMITTANTLY SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN BECAME INOPERATIVE. HAS TWO COMPLAINTS ON DIFF VEH. SEE ODI #10090873

FIRE ORIGINATED IN VEHICLE WHILE PARKED AND RUNNING. OWNER HAD PARKED VEHICLE AND EXITED IT TO OPEN A GATE. SMELLED SMOKE AND OBSERVED SMOKE ISSUING FROM UNDER LR HOOD. OBSERVED A SMALL FIRE AT THE LOCATION OF THE CRUISE CONTROL DE-ACTIVATION SWITCH. FIRE PROPOGATED RAPIDLY AND ULTIMATELY CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK

FORD F150 4X4 SPORT EXTENDED CAB 5.4L V8 ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE TO SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST INTO ROARING FLAMES. TRUCK WAS A TOTAL LOSS. TRUCK WAS NOT RUNNING NOR BEING ATTEMPTED TO START AT THE TIME. TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR 8 HOURS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. FORD MOTOR CO WILL DO NOTHING TO CORRECT OR EVEN DISCUSS THIS PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM THEIR IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK DESPITE THE 179 TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THE TRUCK AND THE NUMEROUS TIMES SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE US DEPT OF TRANS. IF ANYONE CAN PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION OR NEEDS ANY INFORMATION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME 513-225-1247 CATHERINE . *JB

ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY THE TRUCK SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN A ROAD AT ABOUT 50MPH. ZERO ELECTRICAL AND THE POWER STEARING WAS OUT AND I HAD TO MUSCLE THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, MY WIFE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS.I WAITED ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND IT STARTED. HAD I BEEN IN A TURN I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN THE TRUCK FAST ENOUGH AND HIT ONCOMMING CARS. I TOOK IT IN TO JOHN ELWAY FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY COULDNT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO ERROR CODE LOGGED IN THE COMPUTER SO NOTHING WAS DONE. TODAY, AUG 13, 2004 THE TRUCK STARTED BUT THE ODOMETER WAS NOT LIT BUT THEN LIT WHEN I BACKED OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE. MY WIFE LATER TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE...

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED,BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE INTERIOR LIGHTS GAVE NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT THE COMPONENTS WERE FAULTY. THE FUSES, RELAYS, AND BATTERY WERE INACCESSIBLE DURING DISMANTLING AND ONCE AGAIN, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *SC

THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD DRIVEN HIS TRUCK FOR APPROX. ONE HOUR, HE THEN PARKED THE VEHICLE, THEN ABOUT 2 PM, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY BEGAN TO BURN. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRUCK COMPLETELY BURNED. THE FIRE MARSHALL STATED THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT IGNITED. HE STATED HE HAD NO WARNING THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *JB *SC *JB

FORD F150 XL 2000. 11/28/03 COIL #2 HAD TO BE REPLACED. 07/08/03 COIL #4 HAD TO BE REPLACED. 03/06/03 COIL #3 HAD TO BE REPLACED. ON 04/05/04 MY WIFE BESSIE WAS DRIVING AND THE TRUCK STALLED. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY, SHE DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. SHE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, THEN TURNED THE IGNITION KEY AND THE VEHICLE STARTED UP. MY WIFE WAS VERY UPSET. I CONTACTED CHAPMAN FORD REP. BOB 609-646-2000 CONCERNING THIS MATTER. HE ASKED ME IF I HAD THE VEHICLE DETAILED LATELY. I ADVISED HIM I HAD THE VEHICLE WASHED LAST WEEK. HE ADVISED ME THAT WATER PROBABLY GOT INTO ONE OF THE COILS AND IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I DID NOT HAVE THE ENGINE WASHED. THESE COILS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE BUCKS WHEN THE...

HEADLIGHT SWITCH: DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT SWITCH CAUSES INTERMENTANT LOSS OF INSTRUMENT LIGHTS AND ODOMETER DISPLAY, OTHER MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS AND MARKER LAMPS. HEADLIGHTS MAY ALSO REMAIN ON EVEN WHEN THE SWITCH HAS BEEN TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION. *AK

AS CONSUMER SLOWS DOWN TO A STOP, THE LIGHTS DIM TO WHERE THEY CAN BARELY BE SEEN, AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE ACCERLATES, THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY, BUT AS SOON AS IT STOPS AGAIN, THE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO DIM, THE FAN MOTOR ALSO LOSES SPEED WHEN CONSUMER IS BRAKING. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FIRE WHILE CONSUMER'S SON WAS FILLING THE FUEL TANK AT A GAS STATION. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMED CONSUMER THAT STATIC ELECTRICITY MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. INSURANCE NOTIFIED. *AK