1988 FORD F150 Electrical Systemignitionswitch Problems

THIS IGNITION MODULE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING A PROBLEM IN FORD VEHICLES AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AS I JUST HAD TO PAY OVER $530 TO TROUBLE SHOOT AND REPLACE THIS COMPONENT ALONG WITH OTHER IGNITION PARTS. THIS IS MY SECOND REPLACEMENT IN TWO YEARS AND I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT MAKING THE FORD DEALER RICHER FOR THEIR KNOWN DEFECTIVE PARTS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN AREA, DESTROYING THE VEHICLE. ALSO RECALL REPAIRS ON IGNITION SWITCH WERE DONE PRIOR TO THE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. (96V-071). *AK

CAR IGNITION WAS ON AND THE CAR WAS PARKED AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE CAR AND CAUGHT FIRE. *AK

RECALL 96V071000. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE 35 DAYS AFTER BEING SERVICED FOR THE RECALL. *AK RECALL WAS FOR THE IGNITION, CONSUMER STATED FIRE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. *SLC

RECEIVED RECALL FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH AND HAD RECALL REPAIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 96. A YEAR LATER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION. CONSUMER HAD JUST LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED FOR AN HOUR WHEN HE RETURNED AND FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.THE ENGINEER SAID THERE WAS NO DEFECT FOUND ON THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER THINKS IT WAS A RESULT FROM THE IGNITION RECALL. *AK FORD STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE, CONSUMER FEELS IT'S RELATED TO THE IGNITION SWITH, COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE.

IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE. *DH

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH.

DEALERSHIP DID NOT CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE CONSUMER PAY FOR THE SERVICE THAT WAS PERFORMED AFTER TRYING TO CORRECT THE RECALL PROBLEM AFTER 3 TRIES. *AK

AFTER HAVING THE RECALL REPAIR WORK DONE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START AND IS LOCKED IN PARK POSITION. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN PUTTING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE KEY ALMOST TURNS ALL THE WAY AROUND, RECALL NUMBER WAS 96V071. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH FIXED ON 7-29-96. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SWITH DID NOT WORK, AND FORD REFUSED TO FIX IT AT NO CHARGE.*AK

FIRE STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AREA. *AK

TRUCK WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 20 MINUTES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BEGAN TO SMOKE, FIRE WAS CONCENTRATED ON DRIVER'S SIDE INTERIOR, CONSUMER WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT MANUFACTURER THAT TERE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH AND THEY WOULD REPLACE IT,CONSUMER NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER AND ADVISED HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND HE IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENTCONSUMER HAS NOT HEARD FROM MANUFACTURER.*JB

TRUCK WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

IGNIITION SWITCH FIRE. *SD

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

UPON REMOVAL OF KEY IGNITION SWITCH CONTINUES TO TURN. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL. *AK

THE FIRE STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH THE WHOLE DASH BOARD WAS ON FIRE, THE OWNER HAD JUST PARKED HIS CAR. TT

THE FIRE STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH THE WHOLE DASH BOARD WAS ON FIRE, THE OWNER HAD JUST PARKED HIS CAR. TT

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. TT

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. TT

THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRING OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK