Subject: 
Spontaneous Combustion


Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:12:42 EDT
Date:    




I had a 2000 Ford F-150 4x4 sport extended cab 5.4L v8.  On August 5th while 
I was sleeping the fire dept woke me up to tell me that my truck had 
spontaneously combusted.  My truck had not been driven in 8 hours.  The entire front 
end of my truck was gone.  The insurance company considered it a total loss.  
Ford will not even communicate with me on this because it is no longer under 
their warranty.  This problem has been reported to the US Dept of Transportation 
several times.  There are also several Technical Service Bulletins on the 
electrical system on this truck.  When I spoke to the Legal Consumer Affairs 
division at Ford Motor Co all they would say was there are no problems  associated 
with my specific VIN.  Can Anyone offer some advice?  I saw this problem on 
your sight more than once.  Is there ANYTHING I can do?  

Catherine 

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Catherine write back later with the following:

"It would be wonderful if you could share our contact information.  I will even give 
you my cell phone number XXX-XXX-XXXX.  I found a law firm in PA that is dealing 
specifically with the spontaneous combustion of the F-150. "

I've removed the cell number -- wouldn't post that on the web, thanks -- but if you
have similar problems, I'd be glad to contact Catherine to pass along your 
information. -- Todd