1989 FORD F150 Electrical Systemalternatorgeneratorregulator Problems
5 NHTSA complaints on file
Electrical Systemalternatorgeneratorregulator Issues in the 1989 FORD F150
5 electrical systemalternatorgeneratorregulator complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1989 FORD F150. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 4 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Crashes
4
Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Electrical Systemalternatorgeneratorregulator Complaints
VEHICLE HAS HAD FOUR ALTERNATORS REPLACED, AND TWICE ALTERNATOR HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WILL BE REPLACED, BUT REMEDY WAS NOT WORKING.*AKI
FOR OVER 20 YEARS I HAVE BEEN AN NIASE & ASE MASTER AUTO AND MASTER MEDIUM & HEAVY DUTY TRUCK MECHANIC. AS I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE, FORD HAS A SERIOUS DESIGN PROBLEM WITH ALTERNATORS SUCH AS THE ONE USED ON THE MODEL YEAR MENTIONED IN THIS COMPLAINT. STARTING JUST AFTER MY ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER WARRANTY RAN OUT, MY ALTERNATOR CAUGHT FIRE. I WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BEFORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OCCURRED. I CARRY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON BOARD. I REPAIRED THE FIRE DAMAGE AND REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR WITH A REBUILT UNIT. BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, I HAVE HAD THREE MORE ALTERNATOR FIRES. EACH TIME I WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BEFORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE RESULTED. EACH TIME I MADE REPAIRS BRINGING THE VEHICLE BACK TO OEM CONDITION AND INSTALLED ANOTHER REBUILT ALTERNATOR. TWO OF THE FOUR FIRES, I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE WITHOUT DOUBT THAT THE FIRE STARTED...
ALTERNATOR SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE.
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THE WIRE CONNECTED TO THE ALTERNATOR HAD MELTED. SMOKE WAS NOTICED, COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. FOUR ALTERNATORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.
WHILE DRIVING, THE ALTERNATOR HARNESS PLUG OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR TO CATCH ON FIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES AS HE WAS DRIVI8NG HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, HE PULLED OVER AND RAISED THE HOOD AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THA ALTERNATOR, CONSUMER PUT OUT THE FIRE AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CABLE, THE HARNESS PLUG WAS MELTED, CONSUMER ALSO HAD ALTERNATOR REPLACED AND ALSO PURCHASED A HARNESS PLUG.*JB
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