* CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING OVER 24 MONTHS AGO. * CONSISTENT LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID OVER TIME. * FIRE DISCOVERED UNDER HOOD WHEN RETURNING HOME. FIRE LOCATED UNDER BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCHES. OTHER VEHICLE MODELS WITH THE SAME SWITCH HAVE BEEN RECALLED. SEE HTTP://WWW.SAFETYFORUM.COM/FORDCRUISECONTROL/ *DEALERSHIP IS ORDERING PARTS TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK