1994 Ford F-150 Electrical System Problems

TRUCK JUST WENT UP IN FLAMES ,NEXT TO MY HOUSE. STARTED ON DRIVERS SIDE AND BURNT FROM SEATS TO THE FRONT BUMPER BURNING THE WINDSHIELD DASH AND THE ENGINE. TOTAL LOOSE.THE TRUCK WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING.

MY DAD NOTICED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF AT RANDOM SHORTLY BEFORE HE DIED. ONCE I WAS GIVEN IT AS A GIFT BY HIM IN HIS LAST WILL, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ACTIVITY WITH THE LIGHT, "AND" NOW HAVE NO HORN AND THE HEADLIGHTS SOMETIMES FLASH ON AND OFF LIKE THEIR IS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM...NOT SURE IF THE AIRBAG CURRENTLY FUNCTIONS OR NOT!

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION OFF. I WAS IN HARRYS ARMY AND NAVY STORE, 691 ROUTE 130 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ 08691 (609) 585-5450, WHEN I HEARD OVER THE INTERCOM THAT THERE WAS A GREEN F150 ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. I IMMEDIATELY WENT OUTSIDE AND SOMEONE FROM THE PLAZA WAS TRYING TO PUT OUT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP ALONG WITH THE POLICE AND EXTENGUISHED THE MOTOR UNDER THE HOOD COMPLETELY. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO PINE HILL, NJ WHICH COST 200.00 ON TOP OF LOSING MY TRUCK WITH IS MY FINANCIAL STABILITY DUE TO BEING A SELF CONTRACTOR. ALL OF THE HOSED, BELTS AND WIRING IS MELTED, HOWEVER, THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO UNDER THE HOOD. I IMMEDIATELY HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICILE DUE TO THE HEAVY DAMAGE AND MY LIVELY HOOD. SOMEONE ADVISED ME THAT THERE ARE RECALLS REGARDING THE WIRING IN THE TRUCK WHICH CAUSES FIRE DAMAGE UNDER THE HOOD. THE FOLLOWING ARE RECALLS IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER: 05S28, EA5005, 05V017, 06V206, 05V388, 06V286. *TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR 1994 FORD F150 I BEGAN TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. SMOKE BEGAN FILLING THE CAB THROUGH THE VENTS SO I RETURNED HOME AND TURNED OF THE ENGINE. 4 MINUTES LATER I RETURNED TO REMOVE THE CARSEATS AND NOTICED FIRE FALLING FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE. I WENT TO CALL 911 AND RETURNED 4 MINUTES LATER AND FLAMES WERE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WITHIN ANOTHER 2 MINUTES THE WHOLE CAB WAS CONSUMED IN FLAMES AND BURNED UNTIL THE FIRETRUCKS CAME. TRUCK IS A LOSS AND MELTED TO MY DRIVEWAY. LUCKILY MY CHILDREN WERE NOT WITH ME AND NO ONE WAS HURT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE KEY KEPT GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. HE ALSO STATED THAT A BURNING ODOR WAS COMING FROM THE SWITCH. WHEN THE SWITCH FAILS, ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL FEATURES IN THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 78,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD F150. AFTER BEING PARKED FOR OVER SEVEN HOURS, THE POLICE FOUND THE VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ON TWO PRIOR OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. TWO OTHER VEHICLES NEAR THE BURNING VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 137,000. UPDATED 2/12/2008. *LJ THE CONSUMER HAD A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. UPDATED

EVER SINCE MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS REPAIRED ON MY 1994 F150 THE BATTERY KEEPS LOSING ALL ITS POWER. AS I DON'T DRIVE THE TRUCK THAT MUCH ANYMORE I JUST CHARGE THE BATTERY WHENEVER I USED MY TRUCK. MY TRUCK WAS REPAIRED AT ALL STAR FORD IN OLYMPIA WASHINGTON. *TR

ON 3/24/07, OUR 1994 F150 TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE IN OUR PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:25PM. THE FIRE WAS REPORTED TO FORD CONSUMER AFFAIRS ALONG WITH PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT. A RECALL WAS RECENTLY PERFORMED ON THE TRUCK. FORD CONSUMER AFFAIRS NOTIFIED ME ON 4/19/07 THAT THE TRUCK WAS TOO BADLY DAMAGED TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT PURSUE REPLACEMENT COST. CAN YOU REVIEW AND DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE? *TR

I OWN A FORD RANGER 1994 WHICH FOR NO REASON BURNED WITH OUT FAILURE OR EVEN THE ENGINE RUNNING. *NM

WITH THE TRUCK BEING OFF, SMOKE WAS RISING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WIRES LEADING TO THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH HAD SHORTED, CAUSING THE WIRES AND WIRE CONNECTORS TO HEAT, SMOKE AND PARTIALLY MELT. THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOW OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT BEING COMMANDED, THE TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK AND THE FLASHERS OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY. *CN

HAD NOT DRIVEN PICKUP FOR 2 WEEKS AND WAS SITTING UNDER CAR-PORT WHEN CAUGHT FIRE. THE PICKUP CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS A COMPLETE LOSS. *JB

I PARKED MY 1994 F-150 XLT PICK-UP IN MY DRIVEWAY ABOUT 5:00 PM. SUNDAY 9-11-05, I WAS AWAKEN ABOUT 4:00 AM MONDAY 9-12-05 TO FIND MY TRUCK ON FIRE, MY WIFE CALLED 911 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED IN ABOUT 15 MIN. AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY HOME. *JB

MY 1994 FORD F150 BURST INTO FLAMES WITH NO WARNING OR SIGNS OF A PROBLEM. *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT CONSUMER'S HOUSE WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS SINCE CONSUMER DRIVE IT. PUT WATER ON THE FIRE SO IT WOULD NOT BURNTHE HOUSE.*AK

ON AUGUST 5TH, AFTER BEING PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITHOUT KEYS IN IGNITION AND UNTOUCHED BY ANYONE, OUR 1994 FORD F150 TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES. IT WAS PARKED AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BUT THE TRUCK WAS A TOTAL LOSS. NO ONE WAS INJURED; THE ONLY LOSS WAS THE TRUCK ITSELF.

ON JULY 6,2005 MY 1994 FORD F150 TRUCK WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD DRIVEN MY VEHICLE EARLIER THAT MORNING. WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS TOLD BY A NEIGHBOR THAT MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH OVERHEATED AND CAUSED IT TO BURN UP THE MASTER CYLINDER ALONG WITH IT. THE PAINT ON MY HOOD WAS BURNED OFF. I WAS INFORMED OF A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART CATCHING ON FIRE. MY VEHICLE IS A 1994. THE RECALL IS ON 1995. I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO AFFECTING THE 94'S.

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WAS A SHORT IN STARTER WIRE. THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE WIRE THAT WENT INTO THE STARTER. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE JUST AN HOUR AND HALF TO TWO HOURS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. *AK THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION, THEN THEY WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW FLAMES SHOOTING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *SC

DT: THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CONSUMER'S HOUSE AND THE OTHER CAR. ON APRIL 20, 2006 A 15 AMP FUSE WAS CHANGED. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WOULDN'T TURN OFF. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN OVER 3 FEET IN THE LAST MONTH OF IT'S LIFE. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED. *SC *JB *AK

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AND TWENTY MINUTE LATER IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE. FOUR HOURS LATER, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK