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  • Vanity: Ford Focus, Fire Hazard? (Cigarette Lighter Branding Iron)

    08/07/2004 7:37:40 PM PDT · by Robert A Cook PE · 29 replies · 941+ views
    Self | 8/7/2004 | Robert A. Cook
    Rented a late-model Ford Focus in New Jersey a week ago, and got a VERY unpleasant - and very dangerous ! - surprise. When I pressed in the cigarette lighter, it pushed in (exactly as it should have done), energized, and began to heat up. BUT - As soon as it got red hot, the lighter "popped" completely out of the holder, flew away from the dashboard 6 inches, and bounced off my trouser leg (handle end first fortunately!) and (still glowing red-hot) landed on the floor .... where it began melting the carpet. Before I write a safety complaint...