Ford F150Expedition and Explorer
Ford
Motor vehiclesFire
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
Overheating of the cruise control deactivation switch can cause the vehicle to catch fire, not only while travelling but also when parked. No accidents or fires are so far known to have occurred.
Measures taken
- Other Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The vehicles concerned were manufactured between the following dates:Explorer: 25.04.97 – 20.10.98; Expedition: 29.03.99 – 06.08.00; F150: 27.04.99 – 06.08.00; Only vehicles with a cruise control system are concerned.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0616/06 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2006-38
- Published
- 28 September 2006
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-11435
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