Engine compartment fires

What NHTSA investigated

EA05-005 is closed with ford?s actions in recalls 05V-017, 05V-388, and 06V-286, recalling approximately 6.7 million vehicles equipped with texas instruments speed control deactivation switches (scds).the brake systems in these recalled vehicles generate a vacuum that can potentially cause the scds to fail and, in certain switch installation orientations, catch fire.ford is also including the entire population of 1998 explorers.ford has informed odi that testing to determine the cause of failures in the 1998 explorers will continue after this investigation is closed.odi believes that the vehicles exhibiting the factors causing scds failure described in this report correlate well with the observed failure rates on these vehicles by model and model year.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist in the non-recalled vehicles manufactured with scds that are not included in ford?s recalls.odi will continue to monitor the non-recalled population for incidence of engine compartment fires.the agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.see attached closing report for details.

Recalls that followed

1. Newmar — Vehicle Speed Control08V02500024 January 20085,575 vehicles
2. National Rv — Vehicle Speed Control07V48800017 October 20070 vehicles
3. Mazda — Vehicle Speed Control07V3470007 August 200776,000 vehicles
4. Ford — Vehicle Speed Control07V3360003 August 20073,600,000 vehicles
5. Ford — Vehicle Speed Control07V0780006 March 2007155,584 vehicles
6. Ford — Vehicle Speed Control06V2860001 August 20061,200,000 vehicles
7. Ford — Vehicle Speed Control05V3880007 September 20054,500,000 vehicles

Vehicles covered

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.