TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A CLICKING NOISE AND THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERED ON AND OFF. ONCE HE TURNED THE HEATER CONTROL OFF, THE FLICKERING STOPPED BUT RECURRED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND WHEN HE RETURNED, THE VEHICLE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START INDEPENDENTLY. HE REMOVED THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES FROM THE SOLENOID TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. HE THEN REATTACHED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 218,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 217,000.