1987 FORD AEROSTAR

WHILE DRIVING SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. PULLED OVER AND LIFTED UP HOOD. NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL WIRING. BEFORE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS IN FLAMES. FRONT OF VEHICLE/ INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WAS TOTALED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE OFF WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED FIRE STARTED ON LEFT HAND SIDE OF ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

VAN CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

VEHICLE KEEPS STALLING INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD. *AK

VEHICLE KEEPS STALLING INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD. *AK

SEPTEMBER 11, 2000. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS STOPPED ,AND THE HOOD WAS OPENED, CONSUMER NOTICED SPARKS AND LOTS OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. RECALL 88VO91000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VAN CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VAN BEFORE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE WHOLE VAN WAS BURNT, NOTHING WAS LEFT BUT THE FRAMEOF THE VEHICLE AND THE TWO REAR TIRES. *AK

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, EXITING THE HWY AND IT SEEMED AS IF THE POWERSTEERING WENT OUT OR THAT THE VEHICLE HAD STALLED, COASTED TO THE INTERSECTON IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT SEEMED TO BE STILL RUNNING. THE ENGINE HAD SMOKE COMING FROM IT SO I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF TE ROAD WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. I GOT OUT AND WITH IN 15 MINUTES TO 20 MINUTES THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETLY INGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE TRUCKS CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT BUT THERE IS

HAD SERVICE DONE ON VEHICLE & REPLACED THE OLD BATTERY. WAS DRIVING WHEN SMOKE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED OVER & PARKED. LIFTED HOOD & NOTICED FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED & PUT FLAMES OUT. HAD INDICATED IT WAS ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR THE ALTERNATOR. THE INSURANCE INSPECTOR CHECKED VEHICLE OUT & INDICATED WIRES TO ALTERNATOR BURNED & TOTALED OUT VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 TO 55 MPH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. ALSO BOTH REAR SEATS IN VEHICLE BECAME DISCONNECTED IN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

WHILE DRIVING 50 TO 55 MPH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. ALSO BOTH REAR SEATS IN VEHICLE BECAME DISCONNECTED IN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

ENGINE FIRE.

DRIVING AT APPROX 28-29MPH ,WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME OUT UNEXPECTEDLY, HITTING VEHICLE, SEATBELT WHICH ARE ON REELS AND SUPPOSE TO LOCK ON IMPACT , DID NOT, CAUSING PASSENGER TO HIT WINDSHIELD , DRIVER HIT STEERING WHEEL DUE TO DEFECT , DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT PROBLEM ,REFUSES TO LOOK AT VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVING 25-30MPH AND SAW STEAM COMING FROM ENGINE. PULLED OVER AND WALKED AWAY TO CALL AAA, LOOKED BACK AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BURNED COMPLETELY. CAUSE OF FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. AK

ADVANCED TO STOP LIGHT, APPLIED BRAKE, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. RAN INTO SEVERAL CARS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

PARKED VEHICLE AT HOME AND SMELLED SMOKE, CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE RADIATOR HOSE BURST AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE WIRES WERE DAMAGED. HAD VEHCLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC, BUT IT WAS TOO MUCH DAMAGE FOR THE MECHANIC TO REPAIR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF PARK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL INTO A TREE, SEVERELY DAMAGING THE REAR END. *AK

VEHICLE'S IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED STEERING COLUMN TO CATCH FIRE SPREADING TO THE DASHBOARD. *AK *SLC