MY VAN BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS... MY MECHANIC WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS THE ABS SWITCH OR ABS MODULE AND JUST RESET THE CODES AFTER A TUNE-UP. WE WOULD ADD BRAKE FLUID TO THE CAR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN I STARTED MY VAN AND BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND REALIZED MY VAN WAS SMOKING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS STEAM AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS WHITE SMOKE. SO I REPARKED MY VEHICLE, SHUT IT OFF AND POPPED THE HOOD. WHEN I GOT AROUND I FOLLOWED THE ENGINE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND IN THE BACK RIGHT WAS A PERFECT PROPANE FLAME. I BLEW IT OUT. I NOTICED THE PART WAS CONNECTED DOWN BELOW THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR, WIRED RAN TO THAT PART, ON THE BOTTOM THE PART THAT WAS ON FIRE WAS RUSTED. BUT IT APPEARED TO PLUG INTO THE PART IT WAS ATTACHED TO LIKE A KEY AND THEN WIRES CAME DOWN FROM THERE... MY MECHANIC DISCONNECTED THE PART SAYING I WOULD NOT LONGER HAVE CRUISE CONTROL AND HE ORDERED THE PART FROM FORD IN MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. HE REPLACED THE PART ON 8/25/08. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE OLD PART IS STILL AVAILABLE. SINCE THE PART HAS BEEN REPLACED MY BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT STILL COME ON! *TR