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1998 Lincoln NAVIGATOR Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	582861
Internal NHTSA #	10153275
Manufacurer	FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	LINCOLN
Model	NAVIGATOR
Model Year	1998
File date	01/03/06
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Woke at 4:00am to the smoke and fire of our vehicle fully engulfed in flames from the engine compartment. The vehicle was located in our driveway. It was parked at about 9:50am the day before.. Roughly about 18 hours before it caught on fire. My wife and mother in law got our three kids out into the back yard. Two of the kids were within 20-25 ft. Of the fire when they were sleeping. I went out to the garage and tried extinguishing the fire with a fire extinguisher, but was unable to do any good. I then hooked up the water hose and began using the hose on both the car and the side of our house with most of my efforts on keeping the house wet since the vehicle was only about 8ft from the house. I got hit in the leg and chest with material that flew when one of the tires blew out. Later, the other front tire and windshield blew. The vehicle was totally destroyed, mostly from the front. The siding on the house was buckled from the heat, and the garage doors and concrete bib around the driveway needed to be pressure cleaned to remove all the smoke residue. Our insurance company took the truck on a flatbed and declared it a full loss. The fire department told me that had i not stuck it out and risked my life keeping water on both the house and the vehicle that the house would have definitely caught on fire, although i was told that i shouldn't have taken the chance. *nm
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	92000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	MIDLOTHIAN, VA
VIN pattern	5LMPU28L8WLXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	12/06/00
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	8
Drive train type	4WD
Transmission type	AUTO
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Date of manufacture
Type of child seat code
Type of restraint
Dealer's name	ANTWERPEN DODGE
Dealer's telephone number
Dealer's city	BALTIMORE
Dealer's state code	MD
Dealer's ZIP code

What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
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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1998 Lincoln NAVIGATOR Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1998 Lincoln NAVIGATOR Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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