Complaint 649839
1994 FORD EXPLORER • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL • incident Dec 14, 2007
Crash
No
Fire
Yes
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 649839
- Make
- FORD
- Model
- EXPLORER
- Model Year
- 1994
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
- Incident Date
- Dec 14, 2007
- Date Received
- Dec 14, 2007
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
Owner Narrative
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE STALLED MINUTES LATER, BUT QUICKLY RESTARTED. SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 90,000.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.