http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/11/03/ford_escape_fires/index.html
How much you want to bet this comes back to the cruise control deactivation switch that they’ve recalled on some odd million other Fords, including my Expedition.
LOl my college roomate had an old tempo that smoked him a few times. Under hood electrical fires RULE. he had smoke that started shooting out of his heater vents while driving.
nothing funnier than haveing a fire extinguisher in the cabin of a commuter car.
looks like ferd was using dell laptop type ABS computers.
fixed 
Not surprising.