A Tri-State woman nearly loses her home after her SUV suddenly explodes.
In May Ford issued a voluntary safety recall for 3.6 million vehicles built between 1992 and 2003. But a Newburgh family knew nothing about the announcement and they say it could have cost them their lives.
Karen Hart was done paying off her 1999 Ford Expedition which she bought in 2005. Not only was it her only means of transportation, but it nearly took down her Newburgh home last Tuesday night.
Hart says, “I live on a curve and thought someone came around and hit my car. I was just in shock because I could just see everything going up in flames. Everything I own was going to be gone.”
Hart says her quick thinking daughter along with neighbors stopped a bigger disaster.
Neighbor Jeff Partain says, “I grabbed my fire extinguishers and ran down to the house. I used to be a volunteer fire fighter. I brought my fire extinguishers down here to keep it away from the house because I know how fast mobile homes burn.”
Fire Fighters extinguished the seven foot flames, but it still caused damage to the front of Hart’s home, cutting off power to half of the house.
After doing some research, Hart believes the fire was the result of a faulty cruise control device. A voluntary recall was issued in May for 3.6 million vehicles built between 1992 and 2003.
Hart says she had no idea, “Never really had any problems with it. Nothing major and never even knew there was a recall of any kind from Ford.”
Hart’s daughter and grandchildren are still shaken by the explosion which could have cost them so much more.
Hart’s daughter Courtney Perigo says, “She said mommy if we had been in that car we would be dead. The thought that she’d think that. Yes that’s a possibility, but that hurts me.”
Hart says she doesn’t want to dwell on the situation, but hopes others will learn from her nightmare, “I think the more people that know about this the better it is.”
Hart says the vin number on her SUV was a part of the voluntary recall.
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