1988 Ford F-150 Electrical system Problems

“The contact owns a 1988 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle was hesitant to start and would sporadically overheat. The contact called the dealer who stated that their records only went back as far as ten years and they could not verify whether the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA campaign id number: 96v071000 (electrical system:ignition). The contact called the manufacturer who verified the information provided by the dealer and provided no further assistance. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired for the failure. …”

“Pick-up was driven less than 2 miles that day parked for about an hour, then driven back home, and parked in front of my house on the street I locked it and went inside . About 30 to 45 minutes later my neighbor informed me that my pick-up was on fire. The fire department arrived and put out the fire within minutes. My pick-up was a total loss I could not understand why it caught fire because it was running fine and it had been recently smoged without any leaks showing. I was insured with aarp- hartford (pl-pd only) did not cover losses. Also just wondering if anybody else had these problems. …”

“Module that fits on distributor usually stalled when engine got to normal temperature. First time it happened while consumer was driving 25-30mph, and engine was at normal operating temperature. Took vehicle to a personal mechanic, and problem was fixed, problem has not reoccurred yet.”

“Vehicle was parked for about 30 to 45 minutes when it caught on fire around the steering column area, destroying the vehicle. Also recall repairs on ignition switch were done prior to the fire. Please provide any further details. (96v-071).”

“Truck was parked and caught on fire. Consumer states vehicle had been parked for 20 minutes when all of a sudden it began to smoke, fire was concentrated on driver's side interior, consumer was recently informed that manufacturer that tere was a faulty ignition switch and they would replace it,consumer notified manufacturer and advised had already been replaced and he is requesting reimbursementconsumer has not heard from manufacturer.”