1988 FORD F150 Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HESITANT TO START AND WOULD SPORADICALLY OVERHEAT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEIR RECORDS ONLY WENT BACK AS FAR AS TEN YEARS AND THEY COULD NOT VERIFY WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 96V071000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION). THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO VERIFIED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE DEALER AND PROVIDED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 69,000.

Mileage: 69,000

VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION TO THE ON POSITION. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED. *AK

Mileage: 45,000

ALTERNATOR FIRE ON 1988 FORD F150. *NLM

Mileage: 99,061

2ND WIRE HARNESS FIRE ON THIS VEHICLE. 1ST WAS UNDER THE HOOD THE SECOND WAS UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS AT THE DEALER IN NEW PORT RICHEY FLORIDA. *JB

Mileage: 166,000

THIS IGNITION MODULE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING A PROBLEM IN FORD VEHICLES AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AS I JUST HAD TO PAY OVER $530 TO TROUBLE SHOOT AND REPLACE THIS COMPONENT ALONG WITH OTHER IGNITION PARTS. THIS IS MY SECOND REPLACEMENT IN TWO YEARS AND I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT MAKING THE FORD DEALER RICHER FOR THEIR KNOWN DEFECTIVE PARTS.*AK

MODULE THAT FITS ON DISTRIBUTOR USUALLY STALLED WHEN ENGINE GOT TO NORMAL TEMPERATURE. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 25-30MPH, AND ENGINE WAS AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. TOOK VEHICLE TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC, AND PROBLEM WAS FIXED, PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED YET. *AK

PICK-UP WAS DRIVEN LESS THAN 2 MILES THAT DAY PARKED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, THEN DRIVEN BACK HOME, AND PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE ON THE STREET I LOCKED IT AND WENT INSIDE . ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES LATER MY NEIGHBOR INFORMED ME THAT MY PICK-UP WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT OUT THE FIRE WITHIN MINUTES. MY PICK-UP WAS A TOTAL LOSS I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING FINE AND IT HAD BEEN RECENTLY SMOGED WITHOUT ANY LEAKS SHOWING. I WAS INSURED WITH AARP- HARTFORD (PL-PD ONLY) DID NOT COVER LOSSES. ALSO JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD THESE PROBLEMS. THANK- YOU FOR YOUR TIME --ERNIE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN AREA, DESTROYING THE VEHICLE. ALSO RECALL REPAIRS ON IGNITION SWITCH WERE DONE PRIOR TO THE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. (96V-071). *AK

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO IGNITION FAILURE.

CAR IGNITION WAS ON AND THE CAR WAS PARKED AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE CAR AND CAUGHT FIRE. *AK

RECALL 96V071000. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE 35 DAYS AFTER BEING SERVICED FOR THE RECALL. *AK RECALL WAS FOR THE IGNITION, CONSUMER STATED FIRE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. *SLC

RECALL 96V071000. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE 35 DAYS AFTER BEING SERVICED FOR THE RECALL. *AK RECALL WAS FOR THE IGNITION, CONSUMER STATED FIRE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. *SLC

RECEIVED RECALL FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH AND HAD RECALL REPAIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 96. A YEAR LATER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION. CONSUMER HAD JUST LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED FOR AN HOUR WHEN HE RETURNED AND FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.THE ENGINEER SAID THERE WAS NO DEFECT FOUND ON THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER THINKS IT WAS A RESULT FROM THE IGNITION RECALL. *AK FORD STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE, CONSUMER FEELS IT'S RELATED TO THE IGNITION SWITH, COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH.

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE.

DEALERSHIP DID NOT CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE CONSUMER PAY FOR THE SERVICE THAT WAS PERFORMED AFTER TRYING TO CORRECT THE RECALL PROBLEM AFTER 3 TRIES. *AK

AFTER HAVING THE RECALL REPAIR WORK DONE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START AND IS LOCKED IN PARK POSITION. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN PUTTING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE KEY ALMOST TURNS ALL THE WAY AROUND, RECALL NUMBER WAS 96V071. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH FIXED ON 7-29-96. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SWITH DID NOT WORK, AND FORD REFUSED TO FIX IT AT NO CHARGE.*AK

IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE. *DH

FIRE STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AREA. *AK

TRUCK WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 20 MINUTES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BEGAN TO SMOKE, FIRE WAS CONCENTRATED ON DRIVER'S SIDE INTERIOR, CONSUMER WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT MANUFACTURER THAT TERE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH AND THEY WOULD REPLACE IT,CONSUMER NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER AND ADVISED HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND HE IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENTCONSUMER HAS NOT HEARD FROM MANUFACTURER.*JB

TRUCK WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE DEALERSHIP SAYS HIS RECALL LETTER SAYS IT IS FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT THE DEALER SAYS ITS FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND HAS TO PAY FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

AUTO STALLS OUT ALL THE TIME, AFRAID OF HAVING SOMEONE HIT HER BECAUSE OF IT. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WILL RESTART AFTER IT SITS FOR A FEW MINUTES, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE ACTS LIKE IT IS NOT GETTING GAS WHILE DRIVING. *SLC

ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, POSSIBLY DUE TO DEFECT IN THE PLUG. *AK *JB

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

IGNIITION SWITCH FIRE. *SD

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

IGNITION FIRE. 8AK

TRAVELED TWO BLOCKS SMOKE CAME THROUGH THE DASH AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

UPON REMOVAL OF KEY IGNITION SWITCH CONTINUES TO TURN. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL. *AK

UNDER THE DASH FIRE, ELECTRICAL SHORT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SAW SMOKE AND VEHCILE COMPLETE BURNED. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK, CAUSING THE WIRING TO BURN. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK, CAUSING THE WIRING TO BURN. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK, CAUSING THE WIRING TO BURN. *AK

ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS FIRE, CAUSED BY A SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS FIRE, CAUSED BY A SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

SOMEONE HEARD THE STARTER GRINDING, THEN LOOKED OUT SIDE THE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK

SOMEONE HEARD THE STARTER GRINDING, THEN LOOKED OUT SIDE THE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK

THE FIRE STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH THE WHOLE DASH BOARD WAS ON FIRE, THE OWNER HAD JUST PARKED HIS CAR. TT

THE FIRE STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH THE WHOLE DASH BOARD WAS ON FIRE, THE OWNER HAD JUST PARKED HIS CAR. TT

EXPERIENCED FIRE IN THE FRONT DASH. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. TT

ALTERNATOR FAILURE, ELECTRICAL WHICH CAUSE THE STARTER TO SHORT AND OVERHEAT. TT

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. TT

THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE DASH RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. TT

VEHICLE PARKED FOR FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES AND INTERIOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. TT

STARTER WAS AUTOMATICALLY TURNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

THE WIRES UNDER THE DASH CAUGHT FIRE.TT CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN WIRES UNDER DASH STARTED TO BURN CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT DID NOT HELP, UNTIL HE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY.*JB

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AND PARKED, FOR ABOUT 6 HRS UNDER THE HOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. TT

THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRING OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WENT OUT AND THE TRUCK FLOODED AND THE CRANKCASE AND CYLINDERS WERE FULL OF GASOLINE. TT

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR A HOUR/HALF IN STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

ELECTRICAL SHORT, COMPARTMENT FIRE, UNDER THE DASH WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. TT