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2014 FORD ESCAPE — ENGINE

fire · 1428072 · 2017-11-27

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
ESCAPE
Year
2014
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
ENGINE
Miles at failure
70,485
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2014 FORD ESCAPE ON THE STREET TO I-25 WHEN HE THOUGHT HE SMELLED SMOKE, THEN THE ENGINE FAILURE FLASHED ON THE SCREEN AND THE ENGINE TURNED ITSELF OFF. HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE LOCATION THEN HE POPPED THE HOOD AND SAW FLAMES SO HE SHUT THE HOOD AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11048593
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown