TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER (FLAMMER FORD, 3335 COMMERCIAL WAY, SPRING HILL, FL 34606). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED 11,000 FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER DECLINED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE PROVIDED A VEHICLE OF THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. *JS *LN *CN