1988 FORD BRONCO — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1988 FORD BRONCO — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
Start: 1997-05-01

fire · 82610 · 1997-07-25

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: BRONCO
Year: 1988
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: Yes
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR REPLACED DUE TO OVERCHARGING. SECOND ALTERNATOR WAS INSTALLED AND THEN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SHORTLY AFTER, THE SECOND ALTERNATOR AND ITS WIRES HEATED UP AND CAUGHT FIRE, WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 521899
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown