1993 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Electrical Systemwiringfront Underhood Problems

LINCOLN TOWNCAR - FIRE UNDER HOOD DESTROYED CAR. FIRE STARTED WHILE CAR WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING. HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR 8 HOURS PRIOR TO FIRE.

AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE, AND 10 MINUTES LATER SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HOOD. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHEN ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE FIRE DEPT SAID THE SPEED CONTROL MODULE OVER THE LEFT WHEEL STARTED THE FIRE AND/OR DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. TS SCC REFERENCED IN EA02-025

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD AND THE CONSUMER WAS FORCE TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR

UPON PARKING VEHICLE ONE HOUR LATER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

CAR WAS PARKED APPROX 5 HOURS SELF IGNITED AT MAIN WIRING HARNESS. SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WE PUT FIRE OUT AND DISCONNECTED BATTERY AS WIRES WERE STILL SMOKING. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CALLED AND APPRAISER CAME OUT BUT WILL NOT COVER AS WAS A CAUSE/DEFECT NOT COMPLETELY BURNED. *AK REFERENCED IN RQ01-002

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO GET OIL CHANGE . HOURS LATER CONSUMER SMELT SMOKE, AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING $300,000 WORTH OF DAMGE TO HOUSE.*AK REFERENCED IN RQ01-002

WHILE CAR WAS PARKED AT WORKPLACE PARKING LOT AFTER BEING PARKED FOR APPROXIMATLEY 30 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED FRONT END OF VEHICLE HAD STEAM COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED VEHICLE OVER & CHECKED. FLAMES SHOT OUT FROM THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED & ARRIVED TO PUT FLAMES OUT. INDICATED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE NEAR THE ENGINE. *AK

AN HOUR AFTER BEING PARKED, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TOTALLY. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. FIRE MARSHALL INFORMED OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT OCCURRED UDER THE HOOD. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD IN THE ENGINE. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING UNDER THE HOOD. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 40 MINUTES THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. CAUSE OF FIRE IS NOT KNOWN. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025