Total loss... 🤦🏼‍♂️ Engine bay fire burned down my Bronco

[Tex]

Wasn’t a dig at Baja quality. I’m under no delusion he turned his truck off and the Baja wire harness turned flame thrower. Everyone knows Baja makes the highest quality lights, it’s not even debatable (quality). Unless someone hard wires a big ass fuse on a tiny ass wire because they seen on a forum a secret wire goes from here to there. Well then, YouTube happens. That’s just a example on how anything can catch fire, I know nothing about the op’s wiring or blaming him in anyway. .

I think that was a whole lot of something that was hot for a minute. Burning hot enough to ignite but to windy to catch fire. That’s how I read it from the info provided.

I figured when he said anyway possible he was talking free lights for the next rig. You know? Like hey man, we’re sorry your truck burnt up. We saw our lights were on it. If you ever get a replacement shoot us a email. We’ll send ya out a bronco starter kit. Figured you supported us, we could support ya back. Maybe some others will pitch in and make the loss not so painful.

Gotcha, yeah that'd be a great way for BD to give back to their customers.

BS, I’ve seen four 3516 Caterpillar engines burn up because of coolant leaks spraying on hot exhaust manifolds and one 3612 cat And they were a 50/50 mix.

So tell me, what part of this did you not read?

"It would have to be a rather large heat source with a direct path to the leak, such as a leak spraying directly onto a turbo or manifold, but again, with as rapidly as coolant will quench those components, they would have to be running (relatively hard, at that) in order to maintain that autoignition temperature long enough for it to develop a fire. It's certainly possible for a coolant leak to start a fire when you're driving, but I'm not so certain that would be the case with a vehicle that was actively cooling off"

Cats aren't small engines that cool off quickly either, they would certainly qualify as a rather large heat source, running or otherwise. A little turbo on a 2.7L engine that wasn't running, no, not so much. Seems like whoever you were working with needed a better maintenance program or more competent fire prevention measures too, hopefully you've moved on to greener pastures. I was a lease operator for a field that had a lot of Ajax compressors, and seeing how they maintained their equipment, I wasn't there for very long.

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[Lil Red Broncette]

Ouch, that sort of thing is scary. My bet is on a software glitch.

 

[North7]

Ouch, that sort of thing is scary. My bet is on a software glitch.

Flammable "software glitch", that's a new one.

 

[stickshifthappy]

Flammable "software glitch", that's a new one.

Oh yeah..... FSG's happen aaaaaaalll the time

 

[North7]

Oh yeah..... FSG's happen aaaaaaalll the time

Yes, more likely a mechically loose fuel line connection, a rubbed / abraded leak in the fuel line, a short between two uninsulated wires, a bad battery, etc.

 

[M&M Beer]

So this happened yesterday. Had just hit 25k miles on my '22 Badlands Bronco. Pulled into a rest area. Shut the vehicle off. Was gone at most 5 minutes and walked out to see black smoke pouring out of the hood. Fire was contained to the engine bay until the flames were so high the hard top caught fire, and the rest is history. Fire department was unable to determine cause. Up until this point, I have had zero issues with the vehicle. Sad day...

Update: it's a 2.7 Auto

looks like your from Michigan what rest area were you at. Sorry to see you loss

 

[4Fords]

So this happened yesterday. Had just hit 25k miles on my '22 Badlands Bronco. Pulled into a rest area. Shut the vehicle off. Was gone at most 5 minutes and walked out to see black smoke pouring out of the hood. Fire was contained to the engine bay until the flames were so high the hard top caught fire, and the rest is history. Fire department was unable to determine cause. Up until this point, I have had zero issues with the vehicle. Sad day...

Update: it's a 2.7 Auto

Wow, glad you’re ok! Just like most chimneys and foundations-looks like fire department saved your spare tire!

 

[KRoyal080]

looks like your from Michigan what rest area were you at. Sorry to see you loss

Ohio actually... 75 south between mile markers 151 and 152

 

[KRoyal080]

Wow, glad you’re ok! Just like most chimneys and foundations-looks like fire department saved your spare tire!

Lol yes they did

 

[OCNORB1974]

Doesn't look like you made any modifications?

I see pocket lights added in the bumper. Were they wired correctly?

 

[Sweetair]

This is horrible. I hope your insurance handles this properly.

 

[broncobase1]

Everyone modifies these vehicles so we can’t blame ford just yet. Please update with a new thread if you do find the cause so we can all learn from it.

If this is a systemic problem with the Bronco we would have heard about it by now, and NHTSA would be all over it. These fires are rare but they do happen, I saw one a few weeks ago it was a sedan. And yes they often can determine a probable cause even with this kind of damage.

 

[KRoyal080]

I see pocket lights added in the bumper. Were they wired correctly?

Lol...

 

[broncobase1]

2.7 auto... yeah, not sure how anyone could pinpoint the cause in that mess.

They can definietly come up with a probable cause, of course.

 

[broncobase1]

Can't rule out the possibility of echo terroism. I had a guy on a bicycle have a melt down when I was at a stoplight. I didn't do anything to set him off, he just started screaming insults and f-bombs because I was driving a Bronco. Unfortunately its the world we live in, there isn't anything these whackos won't do.

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