# 1999 FORD EXPEDITION — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `623560` · 2007-05-09 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** EXPEDITION
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
## Narrative
ON 4/4/07, AT ABOUT 1:15 AM MY HUSBAND HAD JUST GOTTEN HOME FROM A LONG DAY AT WORK AND  AT 1:30 AM 2 PASSENGERS BANGED ON DOOR TO INFORM US THAT  1999 FORD EXPEDITION  WAS ON FIRE. THANKS TO THEM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET MY FAMILY, INCLUDING MY 3 KIDS, AND MY MOM AND DAD , WHO WAS ON OXYGEN 24 HOURS A DAY),  OUT OF THE HOUSE.  WE CALLED 911 TO INFORM THEM OF THE FIRE. THE POLICE  CAME  WITHIN MINUTES , AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT  ARRIVED A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. WE WATCHED FROM OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AS THE FIRE BURNED. WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT IT WASN'T ANY WORST.  THE ENGINE IN THE TRUCK WAS ALL BURNT, THE HOOD WAS GONE, SOME OF THE PIECES EVEN BURNT ONTO THE PAVEMENT  IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE WHOLE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS BURNT,  INCLUDING THE CAR SEATS FOR THE CHILDREN.  MY DAUGHTER'S SOFTBALL EQUIPMENT, AND ANY OTHER ITEMS LEFT IN  CAR. AS FOR THE HOUSE, LUCKILY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT  PUT THE FIRE OUT IN TIME AND  THE WIND WAS BLOWING NORTH EAST.  THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE WAS THE SIDING SINCE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VALUE OF THE TRUCK IN FAIR CONDITION, ACCORDING TO  THE  INSURANCE COMPANY.  ALSO,  WE A HAD THE SIDING OF THE HOUSE FIXED.  WE  WERE STILL TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE PAVEMENT  IN  THE DRIVEWAY.  LIKE I SAID, WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT I  WAS VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE TRUCK.   WE  RECEIVED  THE RECALL NOTICE IN 2005 AND DID MAKE THE APPOINTMENT  TO FIX IT  AS SOON AS
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