Engine compartment fires

An NHTSA Engineering Analysis into Ford vehicles. Closed 14 October 2009.

Investigation
EA08021
Type
Engineering Analysis
Opened
17 September 2008
Closed
14 October 2009

What NHTSA investigated

EA08-021 is closed with ford's actions in recall 09V-399 recalling approximately 4.5 million vehicles equipped with texas instruments speed control deactivation switches (scds).with this recall ford has now recalled all of the approximate 16 million ford model vehicles that were manufactured from my 1992 through 2003 with a texas instruments scds.nhtsa will continue to monitor the recalled vehicles to ensure remedies installed by ford tomitigate the potential for scds related fires are effective.the agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.see attached closing report for further details.

The recall that followed

  1. Ford — Vehicle Speed Control09V39900013 October 20094,500,000 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
FordWINDSTAR1995–2003

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.