NHTSA complaint: 2000 FORD F-150 — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL ON 2000 MODEL FORD F-150 QUIT OPERATING. FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING AROUND SPEED CONTROL TERMINATION SWITCH CONNECTED TO BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. WAS ROTATING TIRES ON SAID PICKUP WHEN I NOTICED LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE AND SMALL FIRE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. PULLED FUSE FROM UNDER DASH TO SPEED CONTROL AND STOPPED SMOKE AND FIRE. LOOKED AT SWITCH THAT WAS LEAKING FLUID AND NOTICED WIRES HAD BEEN MELTED. PLASTIC (POLY) BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS ALSO DAMAGED BUT DID NOT LEAK FLUID. BOUGHT NEW SWITCH FROM FORD DEALERSHIP AND SCREWED IN FLUID BLOCK AND REPAIRED WIRING WITH NEW TERMINAL CONNECTORS THAT CAME WITH SWITCH. I STILL HAVE OLD MELTED SWITCH AND DAMAGED BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. *JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation