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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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Navigator Fire

Just to follow up up on my wifes Navigator that burned last week. The cruise control was determined to be the cause, but our insurance did pay off the vehicle. I was getting a little worried they might deny our claim. The morral of the story, Get your vehicles in for recalls. Thanks to all that responded
 
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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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what year was it again.. (forgot)...

glad the insurance co. stepped up to the plate & actually did it's job!! and glad everyone was ok....
 
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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 04:53 PM
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Im glad to hear the truck will be covered. Regardless of failure to attend to recalls, the buyer shouldnt have to deal with a manufacturer part that burns their vehicle.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 06:17 AM
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Glad to hear insirance covered it.

I just unpluged it from the brake fluid container and left it like that, i really never use cruse control
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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It was a 2002 Navigator, 72,000 miles. All though nobody was injured, it was a major pain. First dealing with the insurance company, then the adjuster, the the fire inspector(he was here for 5 hours looking for the burned cruise module). Then shopping for new vehicle, we all know how much fun that is. Now the clean up, my drive is all but ruined where the Nav burned, melted plastic, metal, aluminum, oil, fluids, etc.. Thank for listening
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 09:58 AM
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So you said you went new car shopping, what did you end up getting??
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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Ford doesn't seem too concerned about this issue. I have a 94 Mark VIII with the same recall. It has been six months now, and they still don't have the parts to fix it. It is disconnected.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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The reason you still don't have the part, is because they are on national backorder, at my dealer they have waiting list and everytime they get a batch in they call them the top ones on the list in and do it.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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The reason you still don't have the part, is because they are on national backorder, at my dealer they have waiting list and everytime they get a batch in they call them the top ones on the list in and do it.
That's what I mean. No sense of urgency.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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They can only produce some many parts at a time, or else we will probably have another issue. From my understanding Ford wasn't expecting this kinda of response to the recall, so they didn't make enough.
 
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