Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Oct 1, 1997

WIRES IN THE HATCHBACK ARE RUBBING TOGETHER WHICH CAUSES A SHORT, AND THE BACK DOOR WON'T OPEN. ALSO, ALL THE ELECTRICAL PARTS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE WINDOWS TO GO DOWN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND THE KEY IS OUT OF THE IGNITION.

Incident date: Sep 21, 1998

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. *YC

ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSING POWER WINDOWS, TURN SIGNAL, AIR CONDITIONER AND RADIO TO FAIL.

Incident date: Sep 5, 1997

HAVE MORE TO REPORT ON DEFECTS: 11/8/1997 TOWED AGAIN - LOST POWER - CAR STOPPED TOOK BACK FOR RECHK OF BATTERY/ALTERNATOR, THEN ON 11/20/1997 - ANOTHER ALTERNATOR, RAN TESTS ON BATTERY BOLT, REPLACED BATTER, REPLACED ALT & REPAIRES WIRES & INSTALL CONNECTORS ($311.45), 12/2/98 STALLED AGAIN LOST POWER, RAN TESTS, ALTERNATOR REPLACED ($150.04), CAR STALLED - LOST POWER ON 12/17/98 - RAN TESTS, B... Read more

POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE RESULTED IN VEHICLE FIRE WHICH IN TURN CAUGHT CONSUMER HOME ON FIRE WHILE IN CARPORT.

Fire

Incident date: Jan 1, 1997

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Incident date: Mar 30, 1999

WHILE DRIVING, MY CAR IT STARTED FILLING UP WITH SMOKE. THE SMOKE WAS COMMING OUT OF THE AMPLIFIER, LOCATED UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT OF MY VEHICLE. TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT, THE CAR KEPT FILLING UP WITH SMOKE AND STRANGE NOISES WERE COMMING OUT OF THE SPEAKERS. ALSO, THE RADIO WOULD NOT TURN OFF. NO FUSES BLEW. DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY CABLE FINALLY STOPPED... Read more

Fire

ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.

Incident date: Aug 13, 1996

FAULTY STARTER RESULTED IN VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE UNDER HOOD, REPLACED STARTER AND THE NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AGAIN,POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM.

Fire

Incident date: Mar 12, 1998

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, RUNNING LIGHTS WILL NOT SHUT OFF. *AK

CONTINUAL ELECTRICAL SHORTS CAUSING FUSES TO BLOW.

Incident date: Jan 1, 1994

THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSE CONTINUED FAILURE OF THESE PARTS. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED OCCURRENCE, BUT A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH OVER 50% OF ALL OWENERS. NO REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE TRANSMISSION ,CAUSING ALL FAILURES TO COST IN EXCESS OF $5000. *AK

ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CAUSING LOW AMP LIGHT TO APPEAR, HEAD LIGHTS TO FAIL, 17 BULBS ON DASH TO FAIL, SHORTING OF SENSOR AND DOME LIGHT.

WHILE DRIVING EVERYTHING THAT WAS ELECTRICAL STOPPED WORKING, INCLUDING STEERING/LIGHTS/WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS, ALSO, ENGINE SHUTDOWN, ALMOST CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

Incident date: Mar 1, 1997

ELECTRICAL FIRE ORIGINATING BEHIND RADIO SECTION OF DASH.

Fire

Incident date: Feb 1, 1998

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS NO START CONDITION, HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILURE ETC, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP, IGNITION MODULE AND CHIPS ETC. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Incident date: Nov 24, 1998

ELECTRICAL S.A.S. RELAY CAUSING ENGINE COOLING FAN TO STAY ON.

Incident date: Jan 1, 1999

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT LIGHTS TO GO ON AND OFF, AFFECTING VISIBILITY AND MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

Incident date: Jul 7, 1998

WHILE THE TRUCK IS RUNNING THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF AND ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. WHEN STARTING THE TRUCK, IT WILL NOT START. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS. THE BATTERY/STARTER AND ALTERNATOR HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED, AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *SLC

Incident date: Oct 23, 1998

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF VEHICLE. AFTERWARDS, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE CAR SHUT OFF ALONG WITH THE MOTOR. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

Incident date: Jun 1, 1998

ELECTRIC SYSTEM FAILURE, CAUSINHG POWER WINDOWS/DOORS TO MALFUNCTION. ALSO ABS MAKE METAL TO METAL GRINDING NOISES.

Incident date: Sep 28, 1998

MAIN ENGINE REAR SEAL FAILED/DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK/ALL LIGHTS DIM OR GET BRIGHTER DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE/FRONT END SUSPENSION BUSHING FAILED/WHEN USING KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM, ALL DOORS WILL UNLOCK AND THE RELOCK BY THEMSELVES.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAULTY CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH OTHER COMPONENTS.

Incident date: Oct 1, 1998

VEHICLE WOULD BE PARKED, BUT THE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKS/POWER TRUNKS AND INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WILL COME ON AND OFF UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND MAY RESULT IN A POSSIBLE FIRE. HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Incident date: Jul 15, 1997

HAVE ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW MILEAGE, VERY UNHAPPY. *AK

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED STALLING AND ELECTRICAL FAILURES, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS HOWEVER FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

Fire

Incident date: Nov 1, 1994

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTS OUT CONTINUALLY WHEN TEMPERATURES REACH BELOW THIRTY DEGREES CAUSING FUSES TO BLOW, REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENTS HAVE NOT RECTIFIED ELECTRICAL SHORTS.

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE ABS BRAKES TO OPERATE RANDOMLY, AND ALSO SEAT BELT INDICATOR WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

Incident date: Jan 1, 1999

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURES CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE DRIVING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH, UNABLE TO RECTIFY FAILURES.

Incident date: Mar 17, 1999

I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN FOR REPAIR 4 TIMES IN 3 YRS. FIRST THE SPARK PLUGS WERE BAD, HAD TO BE REPLACE. SECOND THE WIRES MELTED TOGETHER IN MY STEERING WHEEL COLUMN, 4RD THE FUELD SENSOR WENT OUT IN FUEL PUMP HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. ASK WARRENTY COMPANY WHAT MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE NEON WAS THEY SAID THE HEAD GASKET BLOWING, NOW I GUESS IT'S MY TURN FOR THAT I TOOK TO DEALER TO... Read more

WE CONNECTED THE IMMERSIONBLOCK HEATER AT 9:00, MAR 2. AT ABOUT 8:30. MAR 3, WWE DISCOVERED OUR CAR HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED, THE FRONT END BEING DEMOLISHED: THE ENGINE BURNED TH ROUGH, MUCH OF THE FRONT END BEING MELTED. ROEN FORD PERSONNEL STATE THE CUASE TO BE "UNIDENTIFIED" BUT SUGGEST THE CAUSE MIGHT BE A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, PERHAPS THE BLOCK HEATER.

Incident date: Feb 17, 1999

VEHICLE HAVING TROUBLE STARTING. CONSUMER CHARGED BATTERY AND WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE RESUTING IN INJURY TO DRIVERS HANDS.

Fire 1 injured

Incident date: Mar 9, 1999

WHILE CONSUMER WAS IN THE STORE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Fire

Incident date: Feb 15, 1997

WHEN GETTING INTO VEHICLE AND STARTING IT UP EVERYTHING WILL GO OUT, SUCH AS THE HEADLIGHTS REMAINING ON, AND CONSUMER SMELLING SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE. CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Oct 25, 1995

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHORT.

Fire

Incident date: Sep 10, 1998

THE POWER MOTORS FOR THE TRUNK AND GAS CAP HAVE NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. THE DEALER WOULD GET IT TO WORK AFTER TWO TO THREE DAYS IT WOULD STOP AGAIN. AT THE END OF 90 DAYS OR 3,000 MILES THEY WOULD KNOW LONGER FIX IT. I CAN NOT FIND THE NUMBERS IN THE TRUNK THAT IS SURPOSE TO HELP WITH GETTING A KEYLESS ENTRY CODE. HOW DO I GET THAT? THE BAD HEAD GASKET WAS DISCOVERED BY A LINCOLN DEALER BEFORE MY W... Read more

Incident date: Mar 7, 1999

WHIL.E DRIVING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS TO GET DIMMER. ALSO,ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THERE WAS NO BRAKING AND STEERING ABILITY AT ALL, HAD TO USE THE EMERGENNCY PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

TOW PACKAGE CAN NOT BE USED AS THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DOES NOT HANDLE MORE LIGHTS THAN WHAT IS ON IT.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS TO GO OUT.

Incident date: Mar 1, 1999

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ELECTRICAL SHORTS AND RADIATOR FAILURES IN JUST FOUR YEARS, FORD NO HELP EVEN WITH AN ESP

Incident date: Aug 22, 1998

WITHIN 3 DAYS OF BUYING THE DODGE TRUCK, WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD THE GAUGES WOULD MALFUNCTION AND THE TRUCK WOULD DIE. YOU COULD PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP AND NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG. THIS CONTINUES. THEN WE STARTED BLOWING BREAKERS AND FUSES THAT RUN BRAKE LIGHTS AND BLINKERS. TOOK TO THE SHOP. FOUND NOTHING. JUST REPLACED BREAKERS AND FUSES 3 TIMES IN 2 WEE... Read more

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURERS DEFECT, CAUSING FIRE.

Fire

Incident date: Dec 25, 1997

VEHICLE LOOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).

Incident date: May 1, 1997

4WD ACCULATOR GOES BAD DEALER SD HAVE LOTS OF THESE,THEY SHORT THEIR SELVES OUT

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSING THE CAR TO CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING.

Incident date: Dec 10, 1998

ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL DETECTED WHEN AC/HEATER ON; TOOK CAR IN FOR SERVICING. DEALER FOUND NOTHING. CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR COMING FROM VENTS. IT SMELLS EXACTLY LIKE A WIRE SMELLS WHEN IT BURNS AND THEN SHORTS OUT.

Incident date: Feb 16, 1999

TPS VOLTAGE LOW CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP.

Incident date: Jan 20, 1999

SUSPECTED ELECTRICAL FAILURE THAT CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY (ELECTRICAL AND FUEL SYSTEMS).