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Structure
01/21/2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO PLOW SNOW, THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE BENT WHEN CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE SNOW. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED NEAR THE FRONT END. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TOW THE VEHICLE, BUT IT FLATTENED WHEN IT WAS RAISED ONTO THE TOW TRUCK. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
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Electrical System
02/01/2011
1995 FORD F250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEM WITH SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE, OR FROM NEUTRAL TO REVERSE THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF
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Service Brakes, Hydraulic
01/03/2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND THE HOOD, FENDER WALLS AND WIRES WERE DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT TO WAIT UNTIL THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CONTACTED HIM BEFORE ANY REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ UPDATED 12/19/2011 *LN
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Engine And Engine Cooling
06/26/1981
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE ON A PARKED 1995 FORD F-250. THE FIRE SPREAD RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND CAUSED A CAR PARKED NEXT TO THE TRUCK TO CATCH FIRE. THE VEHICLE IS TOTALED. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR FOR MOUNT PROSPECT, IL, INDICATED THAT IT WAS LIKELY AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAULT. *TR
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Engine And Engine Cooling
06/13/2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS AWAKENED BY THE HORN OF HIS VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SOUNDING. THE CONTACT THEN OBSERVED FLAMES SHOOTING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE, INCLUDING THE METAL, HAD MELTED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 133,000.
