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2017 FORD EXPEDITION — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 1827233 · 2022-07-20

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
EXPEDITION
Year
2017
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Miles at failure
70,000

Severity

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

Narrative

While driving out of parking lot during a very warm day (100 degrees), A/C blower was on high as normal: 1. A/C blower suddenly stopped working. 2. A smell of something burning became evident inside car 3. Suddenly smoke started coming out of passenger side defroster and A/C vent 4. After passenger exited vehicle, I went to look under passenger glove compartment and discovered a small fire under dash. Tried to douse flames with water bottles, but with no effect. 5. Opened glove compartment box and flames came out of opening immediately. 6. Witnessed a small size soup can and melting plastic fall on passenger floor of dripping fire 7. Fire spread suddenly up into dash and windshield and then cabin 8. Called 911 and fire department arrived within 3-4 minutes. 9. Fire became an inferno and car burnt to the ground

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11474960
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown