Truck Electrical Fire

[BurntTruck]

I live in California and have a 1992 Ford F-150 truck. Last week while driving down the road, the straight connector on the alternator caused an electrical fire. The Sheriff on the scene used to be a mechanic and said that Ford had issued a Technical Service Bulletin on the part because they were having problems with it causing electrical fires. I searched the Internet and was able to come up with very little. As far as I can tell, Ford put replacement instructions and new connectors in with new replacement alternators, so that when you replaced yours you would get the information. I have not been able to find any other information on the topic.

My truck is a couple hundred miles past warranty and the damage is estimated at at least $2500. Is there any way I can make Ford pay for the repairs since it was a serious problem they knew about, but didn't conduct a full recall? Is it possible to claim that they did not put out enough effort to inform consumers about something that could potentially be a very dangerous situation?

[This message has been edited by BurntTruck (edited August 03, 2000).]

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[lawrat]

I am a law school graduate. What I offer is mere information, not to be construed as forming an attorney client relationship.

This is what you do. Either hire a products liability atty or if you cannot afford to do so, go to the freeadvice.com homepage. In the middle of the page there are lots of links to different subject areas. Go to the one concerning products liability (i think it is a subset of a main heading). Do that and perhaps you can write your own letter and demand the problem be fixed at Ford's expense.

Hope this helps.