Investigations


NHTSA IDManufacturerDate openDate closeSubjectRecall campaign
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL
EA05005FORD MOTOR COMPANY03/22/200508/02/2006ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES07V488000
 Ea05-005 is closed with ford
EA05005FORD MOTOR COMPANY03/22/200508/02/2006ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES07V336000
 Ea05-005 is closed with ford
EA05005FORD MOTOR COMPANY03/22/200508/02/2006ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES07V347000
 Ea05-005 is closed with ford
EA05005FORD MOTOR COMPANY03/22/200508/02/2006ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES07V078000
 Ea05-005 is closed with ford
EA05005FORD MOTOR COMPANY03/22/200508/02/2006ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES06V286000
 Ea05-005 is closed with ford
EA05005FORD MOTOR COMPANY03/22/200508/02/2006ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES08V025000
 Ea05-005 is closed with ford
EA05005FORD MOTOR COMPANY03/22/200508/02/2006ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES05V388000
 Ea05-005 is closed with ford

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
01/01/2008120000
 Tl*the contact owns a 1997 ford f-250. the contact received a safety recall notice in january of 2008 for the vehicle speed control. the speed control was disconnected at that time. the contact has not heard from ford, who stated that they would call him when the part was available. the recall number was unknown. the failure mileage was 120,000.
01/01/19011
 1997 ford f-250 recall for speed control system. consumer states that two dealers have stated that the parts are not available. he would like the dealer to inform him when the parts come in. he states he should not have to call to find out. *kb
08/27/2007100000108/01/2000
 Tl*the contact owns a 1997 ford f-250. the contact stated that the vehicle caught fire while parked. the vehicle was destroyed. as of september 11, 2007, the dealer or manufacturer had not inspected the vehicle. the manufacturer stated that his vin was included in nhtsa campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). the current and failure mileages were 100,000.
01/27/2006139000108/01/1999
 Dt*: the contact stated while parked and off, the vehicle caught on fire. there were no warnings prior to the incident. the insurance agency could not find the cause of the fire.
03/14/20061
 1997 f-250 caught on fire. *ts the consumer was told his vehicle was not included in any recalls. *jb
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL
04/01/2006139000107/27/2003
 Cruise control setting on my truck would not disengage. i was driving and had the cruise control set at 62 mph and it would not turn off using the button on the steering wheel or by using the brakes. *nm