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20152015 Ford Mustang Catches Fire With Only 6k Miles


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“Just picked my car back up from the dealership for some warranty issues. Driving on the freeway and noticed some white smoke coming from the hood. It progressively got worse so I pulled over into the shoulder. Instinctively thought the car was over heating and it was steam from the radiator. So I proceeded to pop the hood as flames burst from the edges of the hood. Here's the outcome. Insurance is going to love me."




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Are you suggesting sabotage? That would be fucked up if that turned out to be true.

 

Of course not! All you have to do is leave the oil cap or radiator cap off or something loose on the fuel system and those liquids can easily start a fire. Nobody was implying it was intentional.

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Of course not! All you have to do is leave the oil cap or radiator cap off or something loose on the fuel system and those liquids can easily start a fire. Nobody was implying it was intentional.

Sometimes you gotta make sure! The problem with text is its almost impossible to tell inflection at times.

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Now Boldride has advertised the fire today on the Yahoo website. Top news story. Hopefully, it's isolated and quickly resolved. Remember the Tesla fire. We don't need bad publicity.

 

It was just in for service. That's the most likely cause of the fire, not a manufacturing defect.

 

Ahh...who am I kidding? They don't care about accuracy, just clicks.

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Could be a number of things. However, 6k miles sounds like it was in for service and something was left loose or incorrectly installed such as oil cap or oil filter. The mustang has been out for a while now, so I think this is an isolated incident. Remember the 13 escape 1.6 fire risk recall. It didn't take long at all to show up. Truthfully, I would be glad it was not fixable. The only reason you have a fire extinguisher is to beat the guy who's trying to put the fire out. The crap part is finding out who should pay.

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