What 1,717 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Ford F-150 Regular Cab

Unsure of how fire started but truck was in garage at repair facility and the dash spontaneously caught fire and burned. The truck had been parked for over 48 hours and keys were not in ignition . The truck can be seen on security camera video with a small flash starting in the dash then larger flames inside the cab. It burned for about 3 minutes then the fired died out but not before completely burning the dash . There is security camera footage which was too large to upload.

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WHAT DRIVING AND A/C CUT ON AND OFF AND HAD SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENT AND NOT LONG AFTER PASSENGER SIDE DASH CAUGHT ON FIRE

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WHILE TRAVELING AT 48 MPH ON 2 LANE COUNTY RD I WAS IN 4 WHEEL HIGH WHEN TRUCK SLAMMED INTO 1ST GEAR CAUSING TRUCK TO LOOSE TRACTION AND ENDED UP GOING INTO DITCH. THE TRUCK NEVER STALLED OUT ALL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING AND TECH LIGHT CAME ON. I PROCEEDED TO BE PULLED FROM DITCH. THEN TURNED TRUCK OFF .CHECKED TRUCK OVER IT HAS BODY DAMAGE NOTHING VISIBLE UNDER TRUCK SO I STARTED IT GAUGES WHERE WORKING TECH LIGHT WAS OFF RADIO STOPPED WORKING BUT COULD BE LOOSE CONNECTION I PROCEEDED TO LIMP IT HOME AT ABOUT 20 MPH WAS SHIFTING HARD AT HIGHER RPM I HAD IT TOWED TO BODY SHOP WHILE AT HOSPITAL.RECALL CAME ON NEWS I WENT TO DEALERSHIP THEY SAID BRING IT IN THEY'LL REPROGRAM IT . I'M WONDERING ABOUT DAMAGES CAUSED BY DEFECT WHO WILL BE PAYING FOR THAT? THIS DEFECT IS A DANGER AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK FORD 7 YEARS FROM FIRST REPORT ON HERE TO ADDRESS ISSUE. AND THEY CLAIM ONLY 5 CASES OF A CRASH WHICH I HAVE FOUND 7 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT 4 OF THEM WHERE SINGLE VEHICLE 3 INVOLVED BEING REAR ENDED BECAUSE THE SUDDEN STOP VERY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD. *TR

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STARTED MY VEHICLE ON A COLD MORNING TURNED ON THE WINDOW DEFROST AND REAR DEFROST. CAME BACK TO IT A FEW MINUTES LATER AND THE BACK WINDOW WAS SMOKING AND THE GASKET HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT SHATTERED THE WINDOW AND BURNT AND MELTED THE GASKET. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE F150 WITH REAR DEFROST AND POWER SLIDING WINDOW IT EITHER BREAKS THE WINDOW OR CATCHES FIRE MINE DID NOT EVEN BLOW THE FUSE. HAVE SEEN MANY CASES OF THIS THRU F150 FORUMS AND FORD HAS NOT COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. IT IS ALSO A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX . MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY HAD I NOT CAUGHT IT IN TIME THIS WOULD HAVE DESTROYED MY TRUCK AND CAUGHT MY HOUSE ON FIRE TOO

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WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55MPH HEARD A LOUD BANG. SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION! THE SOUND STARTLED ME ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT, THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDOW WAS ON FIRE. NOT REALIZING WHAT WAS HAPPENING I ATTEMPTED TO POUR WATER ON IT. IT CONTINUED TO BURN, THEN I QUICKLY TOOK A RAG FROM INSIDE THE TRUCK AND BEGAN TO TRY AN PUT OUT THE FIRE. BETWEEN THAT WATER ,RAG AND A SCREW DRIVER THE FIRE WAS FINALLY OUT. THE FIRE THAT WAS BURNING WAS VERY ODD IN NATURE NOTHING I HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED THE INCIDENT UP ONLINE AND SAW THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED HUNDREDS OF TIMES FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS FULLY AWARE BUT WILL NOT COVER IT UNLESS ENTIRE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS TOTALLY A DANGER TO SOCIETY! THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN AWFUL ACCIDENT. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOOKED AND FOUND THAT THE CABLES CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY WERE BURNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY CAUSED EXCESSIVE BATTERY CORROSION AND ATE THROUGH THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE. THE VEHICLE'S MOTOR ALSO FAILED. THE MOTOR, BATTERY, AND BATTERY CABLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE POWER TRAIN WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THE OTHER REPAIRS WERE NOT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

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STARTED THE TRUCK TO WARM UP, AS TEMPETURE WAS 17 DEG. F.. WENT INSIDE TO LOCK UP HOUSE AND WHEN I CAME OUT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF DOORS. UPON OPENING, THE CAB WAS FILLED WITH BLACK SMOKE AND THERE WAS A FLAMING MASS ON PASSINGER SIDE FLOOR ON A FLOOR MAT I HAD PURCHASED FOR TRUCK. I PULLED MAT OUT WITH MELTING PILE OF PLASTIC AND PUT FIRE OUT WITH SNOW ON GROUND. HAD TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOMEONE TO PICK US UP AND GET HOME BECAUSE I HAD MY 8YR. OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WITH ME AND SHE HAD TO ATTEND SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY AND WE WERE 275 MILES FROM OUR HOME. THIS HAPPENED APRIL 3RD 2016 IN MILLPORT, PA. 16748 AND MY RESIDENCE IS IVYLAND, PA. 18974. RENTED A CAR AT HOME 4/4/16 AND GOT ION TOUCH WITH FORD DEALERSHIP IN COUDERSPORT, PA. 16915, KIGHTLINGER MOTORS. TRUCK WASTO BE READY 4/13 AND I WAS GOING TO RETURN RENTAL CAR TO MANSFIELD, PA. LOCATION AND HAD A RIDE TO COUDERSPORT TO PICK UP TRUCK. RECEIVED A CALL THURSDAY 4/14 THAT TRUCK WOULDN'T BE READY UNTIL POSSIBLY 4/20/16. THE VEHICLE WAS STANTIONARY WARMING UP WITH FAN ON LOW WHEN FIRE STARTED AND HAD BEEN WARMING UP (NO PUN INTENDED) LESS THAN 5 MINUTES AS WE WERE READY TO LEAVE. TRUCK IS A COMPANY VEHICLE.

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WHILE PARKED AND WARMING UP, HEATER FAN MOTOR SEIZED UP, CONTINUED TO GENERATE HEAT AND IGNITED RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE INTERIOR BURN AND TOTAL LOSS FIRE. *TR

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WHILE DRIVING AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MINUTES, SMOKE STARTED TO APPEAR UNDER AND AROUND THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHICH RAPIDLY CONVERTED TO FLAMES. IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND PARKED THE CAR. OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. I HAD AN ABC FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH I USED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. *TR

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