THE IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT WHEN TRYING TO START VEHICLE AND ACTUALLY BEGAN TO MELT ON TOP OF THE STEERING COLUMN. REPAIRS NOT DONE. VEHICLE STILL SITS WHERE IT WAS WHEN THE SWITCH FAILED. NHTSA RECALL #96V071000 AFFECTING 7.9 MILLION TRUCKS BETWEEN 1987 AND 1992. FORD DENIES A RECALL. *NM
1990 Ford F250 HD
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition › switch. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsElectrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Feb 2, 2006154,467 milesOH
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.