No, cruise was many years after the Pinto.

It didn't just catch fire...

Owner realized he should have bought a Ford

My first car was a 1979 Mercury Bobcat (same thing as a Pinto). :icon_redface:

Really though, I feel bad for that guy (gal)

Id hate to have my truck go up in flames. I'm sure he loved his truck like I love mine.

I remember my old 2001 Explorer Sport had the cruise control fire recall. I've seen something like this happen only twice in my life. Hope the driver and passengers got out ok.

There ya go - the real reason comes out!!!
Like Paul Harvey used to say "Now, the rest of the story".

1 thing all of these machines have in common is the human element.

That's a HUGE unknown!!


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Wow.. that's scary!

I think that is what got my wife's 89 Thunderbird. It just spontaneously caught fire. Right beside the house. Makes you rethink a garage a little!

The cruise control fires were started by a brake pressure switch either on the master cylinder or just below inline, never understood how that could start a fire but I changed them by the handful every day for at least 2 years.