1. TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN ON A SPECIAL 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN A 2006 FORD 500( HAS APPRX. 64,000 MILES ON IT). 2. WHILE TRAVELING WE NOTICE THE SMELL OF SMOKE, THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE, NO SMOKE IN VEHICLE, PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE, LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THERE WAS NO SMELL OF SMOKE, PROCEEDED TRAVELING AND THE SMELL OF SMOKE CONTINUE, PASSENGER NOTICE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE TRUNK WHILE LOOKING AT THE REAR WINDOW, DRIVER PULLED OVER AND POPPED THE TRUNK, THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IMMEDIATELY...80-85% OF CAR WAS DESTROYED. 3.NOTHING. FORD DEALERSHIP THAT HAS SERVICED THE VEHICLE ( OVER 25 TIMES DURING OWNERSHIP) IS DENYING ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *TR UPDATED 05/26/10 *BF ACCORDING TO THE FIRE REPORT, THE FIRE'S ARE OF ORGIN WAS IN THE REAR SECTION OF THE VEHICLE. UDATED 06/17/10 *JB