1998 FORD RANGER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 FORD RANGER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
Start: 2005-09-04

fire · 553053 · 2005-09-06

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: RANGER
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
Miles at failure: 70,000

Severity

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

Narrative

REPLACED FUSE THAT HAD BLOWN ON CRUISE CONTROL ON 1998 FORD RANGER. STEPPED ON BRAKE TO PUT IN GEAR AND NOTICED EXCESSIVE SMOKE FROM UNDER HOOD. OPENED HOOD AND FOUND MECHANISM IN FRONT OF MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR ON FIRE. SMALL FIRE TORCHED FRONT OF RESERVOIR I PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A TOWEL BREAKING THE MECHANISM, CRUISE CONTROL BRAKE DISCONNECT. *NM

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10135466
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown