Complaint 754870
1993 FORD EXPLORER • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL • incident Jan 27, 2010
- Complaint ID
- 754870
- Make
- FORD
- Model
- EXPLORER
- Model Year
- 1993
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Incident Date
- Jan 27, 2010
- Date Received
- Jan 28, 2010
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Owner Narrative
ALMOST HOME, WHEN I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IT THEN BEGAN TO SLOW SPEED, VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE INSIDE AND OUT WHILE PULLING INTO YARD. GOT OUT AND THEN NOTICED FIRE DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AND SMOKE EXITING FROM HOOD. IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911 TO REPORT FIRE, AS THE FIRE UNIT WAS ON ITS WAY THE VEHICLE HAD A EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD AND WAS TOTALED. THE ATTENDING FIRE INVESTIGATOR SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS TYPE OF FIRE BEFORE WITH FORD F150'S AND OTHER FORD SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES AND THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY THE SPEED OR CRUISE CONTROL THAT STARTED THE FIRE, AND TO LOOK. PLEASE RESPOND SO THAT I KNOW WHICH STEPS TO TAKE. *TW
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.