I left my car at one my companies premises today and travelled with a colleague to a meeting. Five minutes after leaving it i was phoned to tell me there were flames coming out of the boot and i turned round and headed back not believeing it was really on fire. When i got there the flames were out but the back window had burst and the inside rear door trim was melted and the car full of smoke. On the road this morning the rear wiper wasn't working properly and it must have overheated and caused a fire after i had left the car.

Not the best day i have ever had but no one was injured and the car is on its way back to the dealer in Scotland. A hire car will be delivered to me tomorrow and we'll see what happens next.

Has anyone else had this happen and what was the result.

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I left my car at one my companies premises today and travelled with a colleague to a meeting. Five minutes after leaving it i was phoned to tell me there were flames coming out of the boot and i turned round and headed back not believeing it was really on fire. When i got there the flames were out but the back window had burst and the inside rear door trim was melted and the car full of smoke. On the road this morning the rear wiper wasn't working properly and it must have overheated and caused a fire after i had left the car.

Not the best day i have ever had but no one was injured and the car is on its way back to the dealer in Scotland. A hire car will be delivered to me tomorrow and we'll see what happens next.

Has anyone else had this happen and what was the result.

No, this has never happend to my car or my wifes car.

Glad your OK

Not heard of that one before

keep us informed and hope it's sorted sharpish for you Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Sorry for your troubles, thats defo something for the rest of us to look out for.
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Thank goodness no one was hurt.

Is this the "Ford problem" making itself felt on this side of the Atlantic, I wonder?

When you say that the rear wiper wasn't working properly, can you elaborate. Yesterday, I started the car in the morning and the front wipers were frozen to the screen. I heard it attempt to start wiping but couldn't move them. This made me think about what safety/cut-out measures there are in place for such problems. They worked fine once defrosted so no apparent harm but a jammed mechanism could lead to a hot motor which could cause fire???

Have noticed rear wiper not self parking when I switch rear wiper off. It stays 1/3rd up screen until I switch on and try again.
There is an ignition controlled live feed to wiper motor to allow self park so if wiper not in parked position current still passing to motor although switched off at column. An internal system inside motor switces off current when wiper in fully parked position. All FL2's (3) Gone
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Hi druand

That sounds exactly the problem i was having and would explain why the motor overheated and went on fire.

I would get yours checked or make sure it parks before leaving the car.

Ive noticed on a couple of rare instances that when switching off the rear wiper it stops about 2 inches up the window, being a bit of a perfectionist I always switch it back on and off until it goes back in its correct position - never had much concern over it before - perhaps I now should?

shilen wrote:

Ive noticed on a couple of rare instances that when switching off the rear wiper it stops about 2 inches up the window, being a bit of a perfectionist I always switch it back on and off until it goes back in its correct position - never had much concern over it before - perhaps I now should?

I do the same with mine wneh it does it.

On the plus side your FL2 is the same colour as 'ad210358's so if his is still in the garage they can use his car as a donor for parts (they have secretly been doing that since it went in 2 years ago!!)

On behalf of ad, I'm pleased to report that he is now enjoying driving his own car again

Is the cars interior smoke damaged? could be written off if thats the case?

On a lighter note 'In which case can AD587487517 have your engine?' At work
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