Arsonsit targeting Ford Escorts

[Porsche Monkey]

If I remember correctly, quite a few Fords from around MY 2000 had problems with catching fire. Something to due with the cruise control circuitry shorting itself. Apparently the car could be at rest in your garage for days and then just go poof. There was a recall on some of em.

Linky
http://trucks.about.com/od/carsafety/a/ford_cruise.htm

[swampduc]

We had a Fiesta with the 1300cc pushrod engine.  I could not decide whether it was one of the world's worst good cars or one of thew world's best bad cars.  I had to put a tach on it because it was always running out of speedometer.  The car had no torque steer and handled great even though there was so much body flex I pressure cracked the windshield going around a corner.

Didn't know that was possible.

[NeufUnSix]

Damn, they guy beat me to it. I've often fantasized about loading up on molotov cocktails and going on a ricer-hunt.

[Drunken Monkey]

Probably the same guy that's doing this:

http://cbs5.com/local/porta.potty.arson.2.893983.html

I bet he just can't tell the two apart 

[the_Journeyman]

Probably the same guy that's doing this:

http://cbs5.com/local/porta.potty.arson.2.893983.html

I bet he just can't tell the two apart 

That's just shitty.

JM

[Mother]

my pops used to run the 2.0ltr out of old pintos with 4 Mikuni's in his super mod, that motor screamed and was damn near bomb proof. as to the fires in Methford, that place is the filter for folks moving north

[Langanobob]

The car had no torque steer and handled great even though there was so much body flex I pressure cracked the windshield going around a corner.

I once  had a '67 Lotus Elan roadster.   Conventional door hinges were apparently too heavy  and complex so it came equipped with plastic ball and socket joints pressed into service as hinges.  Occasionally under hard cornering the body would flex enough that a door would pop completely off.  That car had a lot of "Character" and still rates as the best car I ever owned, if not the best vehicle period,  by a factor of about 10.

To stay on topic I think they were also known for spontaneously combusting and I always carried a fire extinguisher.

[NAKID]

If I remember correctly, quite a few Fords from around MY 2000 had problems with catching fire. Something to due with the cruise control circuitry shorting itself. Apparently the car could be at rest in your garage for days and then just go poof. There was a recall on some of em.

That was the only recall on my 02 F150. Nothing ever happened with mine, but it was an easy 1 hour fix. They replaced a wire harness...

[geoffduc]

 
Now tell me Nate are you really into ford's or just having us on