NHTSA complaint: 2000 FORD FOCUS — EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
FROM DATE OF PURCHASE, CDPLAYER/RADIO WOULD WORK/NOT WORK, SAME WITH MAIN INSIDE LIGHT. FRONT PASSENGER FLLORBOARD FILLED WITH WATER REGULARLY. ON DATE IN QUESTION CAR WAS DRIVEN APPROX 15 MILES AND PARKED. WHILE PARKING, CAR STALLED. CAR RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO BE PARKED. 15-20 MINUTES AFTER PARKING, LOT ATTENDENT NOTICED SMOKE FROM UNDER HOOD. LOT SUPERVISOR CHECKED AND FLAMES SHOT OUT FROM UNDER CAR AND HOOD. FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED AND PUT OUT FIRE, BUT FIRE HAD SPREAD QUICKLY AND CONSUMED ENGINE. FIRE MARSHALL SAID FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. CAR IS UNSALVAGABLE AND I HAD ONLY OWNED IT 5 1/2 MONTHS.*AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation