04-25-2006, 03:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
they were in the garage when they caught fire? is this like a spontaneous combustion type thing??
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Originally Posted by SmokingSS
actually Ford has admitted it is a bad switch and that the switch can cause a fire, even if the vehicle has been parked for several days. The problem is with the switch itself, where as gm uses a vacuum switch to turn off the cruise control, ford explained that they use a pressure switch in the brake line itself to turn it off. Texas instruments made the switch and replied basically with that the problem is that the switch is always powered and the brake fluid gets into the switch and corrodes it, resulting in it shorting out and heating up, then that ignites the brake fluid. And the truck is usually gone within 10-15 minutes.
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- Justin
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1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
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