# 1995 FORD EXPLORER — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
> NHTSA complaint `202848` · 2000-03-18 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** EXPLORER
- **Year:** 1995
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
## Narrative
ON 3/10/00 NOTICE A BURNING SMELL, GOT WORSE THROUGH THE WEEK, HAD THE HEATER CORE CHECKED WAS FINE($375).  ON 3/18/00 WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE SMELL WAS SSSOOOOO BAD, CHECKED  SMOKE WAS COMING FROM  BEHIND GLOVE COMPARTMENT, HEADLIGHTS BLEW OUT BUT ALL FUSES ARE FINE, ALSO THE SMELL WAS ALWAYS WORSE WITH THE HEAT ON, NOW THE SMOKE SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED, BUT THE TRUCK SMELLS SOOO BAD, CAN NOT GET IT IN TO THE MECHANIC UNTIL MONDAY 3/20/00, I SAW THERE WAS AN FIRE EARLIER FROM UNDER DASH IN COMPLAINTS SECTION AND THOUGHT THIS SHOULD BE REPORTED!!  *AK
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