TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE EQUIPPED WITH AN ARMOR ALL PLATE BATTERY, MODEL: 72, SERIAL NUMBER: AM35-5MF, AND MODEL NUMBER: AP35-79 550 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE MARKS WERE MISPLACED ON THE BATTERY. THE CONTACT CONNECTED THE BATTERY TO THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE PRODUCED SMOKE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT DISCARDED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED.