# help wanted : name vehicals that have had a habit of busting into flames **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 18, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626 "2005-08-18T14:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/1 "2005-08-18T14:35:09Z")
ford explorers ford pinto chevy / gmc trucks in side impacts fieros no mater what they were doing @ the time cant think of any else for some reason … ---
**Author:** ![MiniSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minisrt4/32/7225_2.png) [@MiniSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MiniSRT4)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/2 "2005-08-18T14:48:00Z")
pats brand new a4 :lol: didnt the newer f-150’s and ford trucks that size have issues with the brake booster then it starting on fire?? my colt was on fire once ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/3 "2005-08-18T16:13:27Z")
Current F150s and Expeditions… hence the recall on the cruise control switch. ---
**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/4 "2005-08-18T16:17:56Z")
ford aerostars…anyone noticing the ford trend here? ---
**Author:** ![Xman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Xman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/5 "2005-08-18T16:33:19Z")
Ferrari 360s. you cannot remove the gas cap after driving them hard without wearing nomex gloves and the majority of incidents with them at tracks result in fires. ![http://67.19.177.10/newphotos/exotics/3z2360_20050531_001.jpg](http://67.19.177.10/newphotos/exotics/3z2360_20050531_001.jpg) also C5R LeMans racers. Ask Dale Jr. about that. ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/6 "2005-08-18T17:02:11Z")
rx7’s, actually lol hence why all my fuel lines have been replaced with stainless braided ones 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/7 "2005-08-18T17:17:19Z")
![http://home.cwru.edu/~jqt/fire/IMG_4782.JPG](http://home.cwru.edu/~jqt/fire/IMG_4782.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![ecoshardcore](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ecoshardcore/32/7591_2.png) [@ecoshardcore](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ecoshardcore)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/8 "2005-08-18T17:44:13Z")
I was there. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/9 "2005-08-18T19:26:41Z")
yea but thata dsm… i mean thats just another way it breaks ---
**Author:** ![NHRATA01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@NHRATA01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NHRATA01)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/10 "2005-08-18T19:34:50Z")
Chevy/GMC trucks didn’t have any higher incidence. Dateline had to rig the damn things with explosives to get them to blow up. ---
**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/11 "2005-08-18T19:40:02Z")
> [@NHRATA01](#): > > Chevy/GMC trucks didn’t have any higher incidence. Dateline had to rig the damn things with explosives to get them to blow up. :word: i had one of those trucks. yes the tank wasnt inside the frame, but it wasn’t a bomb on wheels by any means. ---
**Author:** ![Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Ninja](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ninja)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/12 "2005-08-18T19:47:10Z")
Porsche Cayenne ( or whatever their SUV was ) … was recalled for incidents where the steering column randomely burst into flames. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/13 "2005-08-18T19:47:48Z")
> [@NHRATA01](#): > > Chevy/GMC trucks didn’t have any higher incidence. Dateline had to rig the damn things with explosives to get them to blow up. i remmeber that, in the video you could see the model rocket engines ignite just before impact, but i had thought that the trucks already had a decent history of going up in flames on side impact, and that dateline rigged the truck just to ensure that they got good video footage ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/14 "2005-08-18T19:50:34Z")
GM wouldn’t let Chevy dealers sell the Aveo for awhile until they figured out why it was blowing up. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/15 "2005-08-19T06:18:32Z")
Older Ford Crown Vics, and probably their Grand Marquis cousins. . .They didn’t exactly burst into flames randomly, if hit from the rear there was a fuel tank safety issue. Dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/16 "2005-08-19T06:37:17Z")
I’ve hear of 2 Dodge Shadows bursting into flames, locally. x… ---
**Author:** ![NHRATA01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@NHRATA01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NHRATA01)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/17 "2005-08-19T08:19:09Z")
1st gen Mustangs had some issues too, because the top of the gas tank served as the floor of the trunk. Though its not really fair to blame the car fully, since safety standards of the early 60s weren’t quite what they are today. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/18 "2005-08-19T08:20:59Z")
didnt old Corvairs and Pintos burst into flames as well ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/19 "2005-08-19T08:32:42Z")
_any car that you hold the nitrous on too long for._ aside from the ones already posted, I haven’t heard of any habitual flamers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-wanted-name-vehicals-that-have-had-a-habit-of-busting-into-flames/1626/20 "2005-08-19T12:31:34Z")
> [@psychopjv](#): > > ford aerostars…anyone noticing the ford trend here? ssssshhhhhhh.