1998 FORD RANGER — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 FORD RANGER — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Start: 1998-10-15

fire1 injured · 165968 · 1999-07-23

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: RANGER
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 1
Fire: Yes
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

THE DESIGN OF THE FILTER IS LOCATED UNDER THE HOT MANIFOLD AND BELOW THAT FILTER IS THE HOT SOLENOID AND STARTER WIRES, CONSUMER WAS INJURED/BURNED WHEN CHANGING FILTER, FILTER CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN CONSUMER DROPPED FILTER FROM BEING BURNED. MJS

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 609943
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown