What 1,035 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Ford Escape Gas

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE GARAGE, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACTS HUSBAND AND A BYSTANDER MANAGED TO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. NO BODILY INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS CONTACTED FOR TREATMENT FOR HER HUSBANDS ODOR IN VENTILATION FROM THE FIRE. ERIE INSURANCE WAS CONTACTED AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A LOT WHERE IT WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOST. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000.

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2015 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE STALLING. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED ON THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL, THEN LOSE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *JS

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR ROAD WHEN A DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES BUT HIT THE DEER ANYWAY. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH WHEN I HIT THE DEER WITH THE FRONT OF MY CAR. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE GRILL, BUMPER, AND HOOD RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE AND NEEDS REPLACED. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

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VEHICLE HAS HAD FUSE ISSUES FROM DAY 1. HAD THE WIRING GOING TO SUNVISOR LIGHTED MIRROR START SMOKING WHEN WE CHANGED THE FUSE. WIRING WAS PINCHED FROM THE FACTORY. THEN THE HEADLIGHT DRIVERS SIDE KEEPS BLOWING FUSE. NOW TRYING FIND OUT WHY.

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THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING PARKED UNDER A CARPORT FOR ALMOST 24 HRS. WHEN IT INEXPLICABLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE ENSUING FIRE BURNED THE CARPORT AND SPREAD TO THE STRUCTURE CAUSING EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCE. A PASSERBY MADE THE ELDERLY OCCUPANTS OF HOME AWARE OF THE FIRE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT. THE AREA OF FIRE ORIGIN WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME OTHER EVIDENCE AND/OR INSTANCES OF FIRES IN THESE VEHICLES OCCURRING THE SAME WAY.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD ESCAPE. APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AFTER THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE ALARM SOUNDED. THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE HOOD AREA NEAR THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. FLAMES WERE LATER SEEN COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD AREA INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

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WE WERE INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG SENSORS WERE DAMAGED BUT NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. EVERYONE FROM WITNESSES TO FIRST RESPONDERS WERE SURPRISED THEY DIDN'T GO OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND WAS TOTALED OUT FROM A FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COLLISION. WE WERE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN TOWN.

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VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING ON CITY ROADS. HAVE HAD CONDITIONS WHERE WE ARE DRIVING AT 30 MILES/HR AND CAR STARTS SWITCHING OFF WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT COMING ON. VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE PROPERLY UNTIL I SWITCH IT OFF AN ON AGAIN. HAS CAUSED 1 ACCIDENT AND 2 ALMOST ACCIDENTS WHERE CAR WAS REAR ENDED DUE TO STALLING. THERE ARE NO CODES TO SAY WHAT IS WRONG AND FORD STATES EVERYTHING IS FINE

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I WAS SITTING I THE TRUCK LETTING IT WARM UP BEFORE I STARTED MY DAY I WAS SCROLLING THREW MY PHONE I LOOKED UP I SAW HUDGE FLAMES I REACHED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR WHEN I REALIZED THE LOCKS STOPPED WORKING I WAS LOCKED IN THE CAR LUCKILY I HAD MY WINDOWS CRACKED ENOUGH TO REACH OUT AND OPEN THE DOOR THE RADIO BLEW UP ON MY WAY OUT THE CAR IT WAS SO HOT I DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING I NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SCARED ME TO DEATH WORST CAR EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE I WAS SCARED TO DEATH I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW BAD I FEEL MY TRUCK WAS MY NEW BEST FRIEND I KEPT THE TRUCK CLEAN PRETTY I'M HURT IT'S BURNED ALL UP ALMOST TOOK MY LIFE IF I WOULD HAVE LOOK UP ANY LATER I WOULD HAVE DIED

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IN THE EVENING ON 9/4/18 I HAD BEEN SITTING IN MY CAR, WHICH WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF, WAITING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO PICK UP MY SON. I HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE CARE AS A USED VEHICLE ON 8/13/18. I HAD THE CAR KEY FOB IN MY LEFT JEANS POCKET. I SUDDENLY FELT AN INTENSE PAIN SENSATION RIGHT WHERE THE KEY FOB WAS LOCATED. THINKING I HAD POKED MYSELF WITH ONE OF THE ATTACHED KEYS (FOR HOME AND WORK), I IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THE KEY FOB FROM MY POCKET AND TOSSED IT INTO A CUP HOLDER. THE INTENSITY OF THE PAIN, HOWEVER, CONTINUED TO PROGRESS. ABOUT 4 HOURS LATER, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREA. IT WAS IN THE SHAPE OF THE KEY FOB WITH AN ULCERATED AREA IN THE MIDDLE. IT WAS EXTREMELY RED AND SWOLLEN. I CLEANED THE AREA GENTLY, AS IT WAS INTENSELY PAINFUL LIKE A BURN. THE NEXT DAY, THE AREA WAS MUCH MORE SWOLLEN AND HOT TO THE TOUCH. AS THE DAY PROGRESSED, THE AREA BEGAN OOZING AND BLISTERING. THE PAIN CONTINUED TO BE VERY INTENSE. IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ON 9/5/18, I VISITED A DOCTOR AT MY PRIMARY CARE FACILITY. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SECOND DEGREE BURN WITH A SECONDARY INFECTION. A PRESCRIPTION OF ANTIBIOTICS WERE PRESCRIBED, WHICH I BEGAN IMMEDIATELY. ON THE MORNING OF 9/6/18, THE OOZING HAD RESOLVED FOR THE MOST PART. THOUGH THE AREA WAS STILL SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL, IT HAD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED AFTER 2 DOSES OF ANTIBIOTICS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, SMOKE CAME FROM THE EXHAUST AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KEN GRODY FORD CARLSBAD (5555 PASEO DEL NORTE, CARLSBAD, CA 92008, (800) 748-7303) AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,348.

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ABS BRAKE FAILURE. GOING DOWN A HILL, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR (ABS LIGHT CAME ON), THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LIGHT SHUT OFF, BRAKES CAME BACK, BUT NOT BEFORE HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US.

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WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED WITH ENGINE OFF AND REAR HATCH OPEN, THE REAR HATCH SOMETIMES AUTOMATICALLY CLOSES. WHILE LOADING THE CAR WITH GROCERIES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HATCH CAME DOWN AND HIT ME OR SOMEONE ELSE IN THE HEAD OR SHOULDER. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. THE LIFT GATE WAS NOT ACTIVATED BY MY FOOT OR KEY. IN FACT, THE FEATURE WHERE THE HATCH CAN BE OPENED BY YOUR FOOT UNDERNEATH HAS NOT BEEN WORKING FOR A WHILE. I HAVE HAD MY 2015 FORD ESCAPE AT THE DEALER'S TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM ON TWO OCCASIONS IN 2016. THE PROBLEMS WERE SUPPOSEDLY FIXED. NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN.

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TAKADA RECALL I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE A DRIVER RAN THE RED LIGHT AND T BONED MY CAR WITH GREAT FORCE CAUSING A THREE OTHER CARS TO BE HIT AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY .IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 3:30PM IN HOUSTON TX.

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SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH A CURB. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO LOWER CONTROL ARM AND OTHER SUSPENSION PARTS AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION. I DROVE CAR HOME 4 MILES, ALTHOUGH I SHOULDN'T HAVE. I EXPERIENCED MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING 5 MORE TIME IN THOSE 4 MILES. FORTUNATELY ALL WERE AT LOW SPEED. I WAS NOT INJURED. THE CAR HAS 68,XXX MILES AND IS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAD THE ESCAPE TOWED IN FOR REPAIRS. THE COLLISION DAMAGE WAS COVERED BY INSURANCE. THE SERVICE DEPT. AT FORD SAID THE FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH STEERING. THE CAR WAS HANDED DOWN TO ME BY PARENTS. I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE STEERING LOSS. THEY SAID WITH THE SAME VEHICLE THEY LOST STEERING MOMENTARILY ONE TIME BEFORE ALSO. THEY DROVE IT TO THE SAME SERVICE DEPT. MY PARENTS SAID SOMEONE FROM THE SERVICE DEPT REPAIRED IT, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT GIVEN ANY PAPERWORK. I ASKED ABOUT THIS ON THE PHONE AND THE SAME SERVICE DEPT HAS NO RECORD OF THIS SERVICE. I DO NOT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO UPLOAD OTHER THAN A REPAIR FORM FOR THE DAMAGE AS A RESULT. THE SERVICE DEPT IS HERTRICH'S FREDERICK FORD IN SEAFORD, DE

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INDEX FINGER OF ADULT FEMALE SLAMMED IN DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR RESULTED IN LACERATION REQUIRING THREE STITCHES, CRUSHING THAT TURNED TIP OF FINGER GRAY AND EVENTUALLY WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE ENTIRE LAYER OF EPIDERMIS (OUTER SKIN) CONTAINING FINGER PRINTS AND NERVE ENDINGS DIED AND PEELED AWAY AND TOOK NEARLY A YEAR TO REGAIN FINE TACTILE SENSATION TO FINGER TIP (AMAZINGLY FINGER PRINTS WILL REGROW GIVEN TIME). I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED AS I SAW ONLINE ANOTHER COMPLAINT OF A 2013 MODEL RESULTED IN AMPUTATION, AND BECAUSE OFTEN IT IS CHILDREN WITH SMALLER FINGERS WHO USE THE BACK DOORS.

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WE WERE TRAVELING IN THE CAR AT APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH. THE CAR ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE STRONGLY WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN SPEED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE AND THEN A RED OIL INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. IT SOUNDED ALSO LIKE A HEAD GASKET BLEW ON THE 1.6 LITER ECO-BOOST ENGINE AS THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE LIKE TUMBLING PEBBLES IN A CAN OR DRUM. WE LOST POWER. BLUE SMOKE STREAMED OUT THE TAIL PIPE OF THE CAR. WE COASTED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. BY THE TIME THE CAR CAME TO A STOP SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE CAR. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED TOWARD THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. FLAMES WERE COMING FROM BELOW THE CAR JUST INSIDE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. WE QUICKLY GOT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING OUT OF THE CAR. THE FLAMES SPREAD VERY QUICKLY. THE FRONT HALF OF THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES IN APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES AND THE WHOLE CAR WAS CONSUMED IN ABOUT 8 OR 9 MINUTES.

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VEHICLE WAS IN MOTOR ON A CITY STREET, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT IT WOULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AFTER JUST HITTING THE ACCELERATOR. TO BETTER DESCRIBE THIS, IT WAS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC WAS MOVING VERY SLOW SO I WOULD HAVE TO HIT THE BREAKS AFTER JUST HITTING THE BREAKS TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I REAR ENDED THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED I HAD TO RETURN IT TO THE SHOP BECAUSE THERE AN UNKNOWN MECHANICAL ISSUE, AT THAT TIME I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL WITH THE ACCELERATOR. MY BEST ASSESSMENT IS THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A CAUSE FOR THE ACCIDENT. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT ACTIVE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS BUT I WOULD LIKE IT INVESTIGATED AT THIS TIME, AS THIS ACCIDENT IS NOW AFFECTING MY DRIVERS INSURANCE.

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WE PURCHASED OUR 2015 FORD ESCAPE NEW, IT IS STILL UNDER THE MANUFACTURES WARRANTY AND IT IS EQUIPPED WITH THE FOOT (MOTION) ACTIVATED REAR LIFT GATE. ON 05/03/2017, I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AND THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. I WAS LOADING GROCERIES FROM THE SHOPPING CART TO THE VEHICLE. I PLACED SOME BAGS IN, TURNED TO GET MORE AND WHEN I TURNED BACK TO PUT THEM IN THE VEHICLE, I SLAMMED MY HEAD AGAINST THE LOWER EDGE OF THE LIFT GATE WHICH FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMING DOWN. I OBTAINED A LACERATION APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A QUARTER INCHES IN LENGTH AND A SEVERE HEADACHE SHORTLY AFTER THAT. ON 05/04/2017, I CONTACTED OUR SALES PERSON AND HE SAID HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING AND FROM WHAT HE KNEW, HE THOUGHT THE LIFT GATE WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO GO UP WITH THE FOOT ACTIVATION AND NOT DOWN BUT HE IS GOING TO RESEARCH IT FURTHER. I HAVE A CALL INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALSO AND AM WAITING FOR A CALL BACK. THINKING OVER THE TIME WE HAVE OWNED THE ESCAPE, I NOW RECALL THAT HAPPENING ONE OTHER TIME BUT CAUGHT IT PRIOR TO HITTING IT. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MOTION SENSOR THAT CAUSED THE GATE TO COME DOWN AND NOT THE KEY AS THERE WAS NOTHING IN MY POCKET THE AT WOULD HAVE PUSHED THE BUTTON, PLUS IT HAS TO BE PUSHED TWICE TO ACTIVATE IT.

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THE CAR ACCELERATED AFTER SLOWED DOWN TO PARK. IT SURGED TOWARD A CEMENT WALL AND ONLY SCRAPED IT BY ME TURNING WHEEL BUT WENT BETWEEN TWO CEMENT PILLARS AND KNOCKING OVER A CEMENT BENCH. DAMAGE ON THE CAR AND RECEIVED A CITATION . I AM JUST AFRAID IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN I WON'T BE SO LUCKY. SO NOW I HAVE TO HAVE THE INSURANCE COMPANY INVOLVED AND IT IS COSTING ME PLUS THE CITATION . I THINK FORD MOTOR SHOULD TAKE OF THIS AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FIX THE PROBLEM

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ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE AUTOMATIC TAILGATE HAS CLOSED ON ME WHILE LOADING GROCERIES INTO MY TRUNK. BOTH TIMES I EXTENDED A HAND TO TRY AND STOP IT BUT BOTH TIMES IT CONTINUED TO CLOSE AND HIT ME IN THE HEAD. THE SECOND TIME WAS ON APRIL 7, 2016. IT HIT ME HARD ENOUGH TO GIVE ME A CONCUSSION AND TRIGGER A MIGRAINE THAT LASTED 4 DAYS. I HAD TO BE PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND MISSED WORK. THE GATE SHOULD NOT CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY LIKE THIS. THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER SENSORS TO PREVENT INJURY. I HAVE FOUND POSTS ONLINE FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY FORD DEALER WHO OPENED AND CLOSED THE LIFTGATE SEVERAL TIMES AND TOLD ME IT WAS FINE. I BET THE GROCERY STORE HAS VIDEO FOOTAGE OF ONE OR BOTH INCIDENTS.

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I WAS STOPPED AT A REDLIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION, WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED BY A CAR. MY SON AND I WERE IN THE FRONT SEATS. WE WERE WEARING OUR SEATBELTS. WE WERE THROWN FRONTWARD AND THEN THROWN BACKWARD. MY SONS SEAT WAS LAYING COMPLETELY FLAT. MY SEAT HAD FLOWN BACK AND HIT MY WIFE, WHO WAS SITTING BEHIND ME,WEARING HER SEATBELT. MY INJURIES WERE A BROKEN RIGHT FIBULA AND LEFT RIB CLINICAL FRACTURES. MY SONS INJURIES WERE A CONCUSSION AND WHIPLASH. MY WIFE HAD FACIAL ABRASIONS AND LEFT RIB CLINICAL FRACTURES. WE WERE ALL TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, HAD NUMEROUS TESTING DONE, SPENT THE NIGHT AND HALF THE NEXT DAY. LEFT THE HOSPITAL STILL IN PAIN.

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I WAS DRIVING IN MAINE. I'M NOT SURE IF I HIT A PATCH OF ICE OR IF THE STEERING FROZE UP. I WAS TRAVELING 35 IN A 40 MPH ZONE AND ON A CURVE, THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE ROAD INTO A BOG. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SINK AND I WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN I NOTICED A FLAME COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. IT TOOK ALL OF MY STRENGTH BUT I PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN AND BEGAN SWIMMING AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. AS I WAS ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE VEHICLE, IT EXPLODED. I WAS IN THE WATER AND ICE FOR APPROX. 10 MINUTES. THE FIRE DEPT, POLICE, AND EMT'S ARRIVED AND PULLED ME FROM THE WATER AND TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL. I HAVE 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON MY ARM AND LEGS. MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS AND THE ADJUSTER SAID THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE SALVAGED WAS 1/2 OF MY LICENSE PLATE. I ASKED WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS AND THE ADJUSTER SAID THAT PERHAPS IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND WATER MIXED WITH THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE. ALTHOUGH HE DID STATE THAT HE WAS SPECULATING AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE AND EXPLOSION. THE VEHICLE IS SITTING AND I HAVE ASKED THAT IT NOT BE DESTROYED (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT) UNTIL THE CAUSE CAN BE DETERMINED. THIS CONCERNS ME GREATLY BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. I BELIEVE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD BEEN IN THE VEHICLE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TIME TO ESCAPE. THERE WAS NO SMOKE - ONLY FIRE AND THEN THE EXPLOSION. THE SHOCK IS STARTING TO WEAR OFF AND I KEEP ASKING MYSELF HOW IN THE WORLD A CAR COULD "JUST EXPLODE". PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD ANY PROBLEM LIKE THIS OR IF ANYONE CAN SUGGEST WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS CATASTROPHE. THANK YOU. *TR

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I WAS DRIVING AND I'M NOT SURE IF I HIT A PATCH OF ICE OR STEERING FROZE UP. I WAS TRAVELING 35 IN A 40 MPH ZONE AND ON A CURVE, THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE ROAD INTO A BOG. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SINK AND I WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR A FEW MINUTES. I TRIED PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO GET OUT OF THE WATER AND ICE. THEN I NOTICED A FLAME COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. I PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN AND BEGAN SWIMMING AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. AS I WAS ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE VEHICLE, IT EXPLODED. I WAS IN THE WATER AND ICE FOR APPROX. 10 MINUTES. THE FIRE DEPT, POLICE, AND EMT'S ARRIVED AND PULLED ME FROM THE WATER AND TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL. I HAVE 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON MY ARM AND LEGS. MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS AND THE ADJUSTER SAID THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE SALVAGED WAS 1/2 OF MY LICENSE PLATE. I ASKED WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS AND THE ADJUSTER SAID THAT PERHAPS IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND WATER MIXED WITH THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE. HE DID STATE THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE AND EXPLOSION. THE VEHICLE IS SITTING AND I HAVE ASKED THAT IT NOT BE DESTROYED (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT) UNTIL THE CAUSE CAN BE DETERMINED. THIS CONCERNS ME GREATLY BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. THE SHOCK IS STARTING TO WEAR OFF AND I KEEP ASKING MYSELF HOW IN THE WORLD A CAR COULD "JUST EXPLODE". PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD ANY PROBLEM LIKE THIS OR IF ANYONE CAN SUGGEST WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS CATASTROPHE. THANK YOU. *TR

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WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND AUDIBLE WARNINGS SOUNDED. THE CAR STARTED SHAKING. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP OR STEER MY CAR. I HAD A LOW SPEED COLLISION WITH A PROPERLY PARKED CAR. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS INJURED. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON AN OPEN ROAD THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. I HAD REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO MY DEALER PREVIOUSLY. THEY APPLIED AN EXISTING RECALL SAYING THAT IT FIXED THE ISSUE. THAT WAS ON THE 20TH OF OCTOBER 2015. THE CAR IS BEING TOWED TO MY DEALER'S BODY SHOP FOR INSPECTION BY USAA. I NEVER WANT TO DRIVE IT AGAIN. I AM TOLD TO TRADE IT IN . HOW IN GOOD CONSCIENCE CAN I DO THAT??

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