My F150 that burned up in 2003

[Silver04STi]

Stumbled across the pictures of my F150 that caught on fire in my driveway back in 2003. I was having ongoing electrical problems, coil packs failing and other ignition related problems. Every time I took it to the dealer, they said they fixed it and then another pack would fail. Finally I was coming home late on night, about 2:30am, and the truck began to run like crap again. I was only about a mile from my house, so I drove it home and proceeded to back into my driveway at which time I noticed a flicker of a flame between the hood and the windshield. I shut the truck off and called 911, grabbed my garden hose and tried to fight it. The fire co arrived and got it under control and put it out. Fire inspector came out and almost immediately determine it was an electrical by the way the wiring harness melted. The case just settled last month out of court. Ford Motor Company and the Dealer that serviced my truck the day it burned up agree to pay back my insurance co and me my deductible.

[Gorilla Unit 33]

compensitory damages must have been a **** load for you man....

[DoubleOughtCel]

$400, thats my final offer.

[max2k1]

my friend was having the same kind of problems with his 01 F-150 along with shooting a sparkplug out of the block. luckily he traded it in before anything that bad happend

[G1GSX]

no reason that dealer shouldnt have found that problem i would of sued them for risking you're life in an unsafe car im glad our 04 f150 has no problems as of yet but iv been pretty lucky with my ford trucks always ran great never a problem

[Silver04STi]

Originally Posted by max2k1

my friend was having the same kind of problems with his 01 F-150 along with shooting a sparkplug out of the block. luckily he traded it in before anything that bad happend

mine did that too the first time..

[2point4DSM]

My buddy had his Ford Winstar catch on fire while his wife and son (1-2 yrs old) were entering a parking garage. Supposedly, they just recently had the power steering line fixed because it was leaking. The line runs over the manifold, I think. The guess is the dealership didn't do such a good job. Ultimately, it's just a bad design to run something so closely to the manifold.

Apparently, he his never buying a Ford, again.

[04 Turbo Spec]

did it explode all dramatic, like in the movies

[auk113]

it's a ford there is nothing dromatic about it

someone did a report on fords, and the thing that coses fires is the brake fluid level sensor

[poolmike]

Originally Posted by auk113

it's a ford there is nothing dromatic about it

someone did a report on fords, and the thing that coses fires is the brake fluid level sensor

,,,, and the ignition switches, and the trans cooler lines, and the fuel injectors.............

The spark plug blowing out of a 5.4 liter block is common and ford will not recall them, instead they blame it on driver error. Fords suck. I have an '03 Super Duty that blew a head gasket at 40,000 miles and they wouldn't cover it under my extended warranty because it is a "work truck". Fords suck.

[Silver04STi]

Originally Posted by auk113

it's a ford there is nothing dromatic about it

someone did a report on fords, and the thing that coses fires is the brake fluid level sensor

There is a relay near the brake fluid res. that is powered all the time. This sometimes overheats and causes the brake fluid catch on fire. I think it might be the cruise control relay.

I had two engineering companies and an accident investigatin company look at my truck and they all came up with different conclusions as to why my truck caught on fire. I never really got a definite answer.