2001 FORD ESCAPE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 FORD ESCAPE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
Start: 2002-09-09

fire · 374830 · 2002-09-17

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: ESCAPE
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

Severity

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

Narrative

AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 2.5 HOURS, OUR LESS-THAN-2-YEARS-OLD FORD ESCAPE SPONTANEOUSLY SMOKED AND BURNED; SMALL FIRE WAS STOPPED BY FIRE DEPT.; HAVE NO WORD FROM DEALER OR FORD AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED (FIRE DEPT. SUSPECTED ELECTRICAL SHORT) -- DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUCH REPORTS?. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 767290
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown