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1987 Ford RANGER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	872573
Internal NHTSA #	10417308
Manufacurer	FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	FORD
Model	RANGER
Model Year	1987
File date	15/04/98
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Truck was bought used and dealer maintained, it sat parked for 3 days without being touched due to son being in a pica cast from chest to feet, at approximately 2 am the locked truck honked and woke me up, when i went outside i could see flames in the passenger seat so got kids out of the house as there was gas line close and called the fire department which was unable to save the vehicle, as soon as the door opened it exploded into a big white ball not even the tires were any good. Fire department said it was the computer that shorted out and caught it on fire. Contacted dealer and was told there were no complaints of this happening before with the computers but they would notate it. Location of occurance and was rupert,idaho and reported to ford dealer in burley,id
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Source of the issue	PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF)
City and State	SAINT ANTHONY, ID
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
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Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
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Vehicle speed	0
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1987 Ford RANGER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1987 Ford RANGER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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What is Failure?

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