1994 ford explorer FIRE in the power mirror control switch

I haven't heard of any recalls on this condition but you can PM me with your VIN and I'll run OASIS to be sure....

The car is 11 years old... surely to God the manufacturer can't be held responsible for any "unauthorized" modifications or repairs....

I had a 12 year old Black and Decker toaster oven go up in flames.... coulda took out my whole house. It was a 12 year old toaster... I dealt with it.

Ed

Sounds like maybe I can get my power mirrors working again now :-) They haven't worked since the last muddy season.

I don't know Jim.

I wouldn't buy anything that said 'after x years, this product may catch fire'.

The car is 11 years old... surely to God the manufacturer can't be held responsible for any "unauthorized" modifications or repairs....

I had a 12 year old Black and Decker toaster oven go up in flames.... coulda took out my whole house. It was a 12 year old toaster... I dealt with it.

Being realistic, there are few modern products that use fuel of any sort (including electricity) that such a sticker would not be appropriate. Things break. That's reality.

Thanks for all your replies. The recall number is 97V083000 and I got it from the nhtsa webpage. I called Ford and they give me the expected runaround. Does anybody has a clue what I can do? They can be happy that nobody got killed and I got my kids out in time.

Sure. Go to a salvage yard and get a replacement door w/internals . Have a body shop replace it for you, if you can't do it. H