My wifes Navigator caught fire yesterday. I was parked from the evening before. It just went up in flames all by it self? Any body have similar problem? Any response from Ford? Any recomendations.
Did you have the cruise control switch recall done? This sounds like what caused it. The switch goes bad, leaks fluid to the constantly hot wires going to the switch....and walah...you have fire, which destroys your vehicle. Hope nobody got hurt or it did not damage anything else.
I'm not sure if yours was covered but Ford has a recall concerning the cruise control cut off switch that can short out and catch fire causing the vehicle to burn up. I'll do some looking to see if your was covered.
I'm not sure if yours was covered but Ford has a recall concerning the cruise control cut off switch that can short out and catch fire causing the vehicle to burn up. I'll do some looking to see if your was covered.
CC recal? i just got my expe and do you have a link about that recal? i want to see if mine was done already...
thanks
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Ok, the first photo is my wifes 97, we haven't done the recall repair on hers yet but we've diconnected the switch (notice nothing plugged into the pink connector) which is what you need to do if you haven't done it yet. The switch is on the end of the brake fluid reservior.
The next photo shows the recall repair harness on my 99 (notice the blue lables and tags).
Ford does the recall repairs for free. Make sure you diconnect this until then. It'll make your cruise control inoperable till then.
Ok, the first photo is my wifes 97, we haven't done the recall repair on hers yet but we've diconnected the switch (notice nothing plugged into the pink connector) which is what you need to do if you haven't done it yet. The switch is on the end of the brake fluid reservior.
The next photo shows the recall repair harness on my 99 (notice the blue lables and tags).
Ford does the recall repairs for free. Make sure you diconnect this until then. It'll make your cruise control inoperable till then.
OK.. i'm LMAO NOW... i'm sitting there looking at the 2 photos and didn't see any diff.... then i refreshed my browser... waaaalaaaa... you must have posted 2 of the firts pictures the first time.... it was like one of those games where you have to find the diff between the 2 pictures and i couldn't find anything!! LOL
NOW I SEEEE!!... ok thanks for the pics and the info....
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2000 Expedition XLT Sport, 4.6L, 4x4, Michigan i-75 from South to North!
Last edited by makomarine : 02-10-2008 at 11:53 AM.
OK.. i'm LMAO NOW... i'm sitting there looking at the 2 photos and didn't see any diff.... then i refreshed my browser... waaaalaaaa... you must have posted 2 of the firts pictures the first time.... it was like one of those games where you have to find the diff between the 2 pictures and i couldn't find anything!! LOL
NOW I SEEEE!!... ok thanks for the pics and the info....
Yep, I posted the same picture twice so I had to go back in and edit it, sorry
My wifes Navigator caught fire yesterday. I was parked from the evening before. It just went up in flames all by it self? Any body have similar problem? Any response from Ford? Any recomendations.
Sorry to hear about your vehicle. At least by the sounds of things you didn't have it parked in the garage resulting in the loss of your house also which has happened to others. I think it's even resulted in loss of life. I would imagine you'd be able to sue Ford over this. The previous link I sent out might give you some help with this.
Thanks for the replies. No need to see the photos of what the part looks like, the Navigator is now a pile of burned metal. The recall might have been issued, but I would have assumed the part was just faulty, not hazardous. I hope insurance pays the note off.
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