NHTSA complaint: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS HYDROGEN TRANSDUCERS — EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I HAVE AN F-350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY @ 7:30 PM. AROUND 12:15 AM, MY WIFE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A BANGING TYPE CRASH. SHE THOUGHT A CAR HAD CRASHED OUT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, SO SHE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW THE TRUCK WITH FLAMES COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WE CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. AND SPRAYED WATER ON OUR EAVES UNTIL THEY ARRIVED. I WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE EAVES ABOVE THE GARAGE, GARAGE DOORS, SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE GARAGE THAT MELTED OR BURNED AS WELL AS WORK TOOLS AND ALL PERSONAL ITEMS FROM THE TRUCK. I WILL ALSO HAVE TO RE-PAINT MY HOUSE DUE TO THE FIRE AND SMOKE FROM THE TRUCK GOING ACROSS THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE ABOVE THE GARAGE. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR REPORTS THAT THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALER WHERE I HAVE PURCHASED 5 TRUCKS IN THE PAST YEAR! WHEN ASKED ABOUT RECALLS OR IF THIS WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO THE YEAR OF THE TRUCK AND WHERE THE FIRE STARTED, THEY RESPONDED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL, AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER ANYTHING UNDER WARRANTY???? THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND FORD TRUCK IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS THAT I HAVE HAD CATCH FIRE????? THE FIRST WAS AN F-350 THAT I USED AS ONE OF MY WORK TRUCKS. THAT FIRE ACTUALLY STARED WHILE THE TRUCK WAS BEING DRIVEN BACK TO MY SHOP FROM A JOB. THE FIRE DEPT. STATED THE FIRE HAD ALSO STARTED UNDER THE HOOD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WERE ANY ISSUES WITH FORD TRUCKS AND FIRES. HAD I KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE NEVER
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation