Rig destroyed today!
Ginnie and I have been on the road since mid June. This morning I developed a sudden fuel leak in my 2013 F350. It ignited before I could get stopped. Ginnie, our doggie and I bailed out of the truc...
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LIKE2BUILD wrote:TucsonJim wrote:
We spent quite a bit of time at the towing yard yesterday.
I took a good look at the truck along with a ton of pictures.....we think the original ignition was near the top of the engine. Several of us tried to spray extinguishers up into the engine from the wheel wells. It helped reduce the flames, but as soon as the extinguishers ran out, it would reignite up in the engine compartment.
The insurance company told me an investigation will try to pinpoint the cause. They said they'd let me know the outcome.
Hopefully the insurance company has the resources to perform a thorough root cause analysis (RCA) and get to the bottom of the issue. I would also be sure that all findings are reported to NHTSA. In fact, you might contact NHTSA as they might be interested in performing a RCA on their own.
There is no need to jump to any conclusions on quality or reliability, but you wouldn't expect a truck that new to have a catastrophic failure. One might accept this happening to an older truck that may have worn connections, weak and/or corroded fuel lines, or fuel system components potentially serviced improperly. I wouldn't think any of those scenarios would exist for your 2013. It sure sounds like some component suffered a catastrophic failure.
You mentioned having a fire extinguisher. Just yesterday I saw dashcam video of a multi-car pileup where a vehicle caught fire. Multiple people eventually came in with fire extinguishers to knock down the flames and help the driver escape. My wife and I both commented that is probably would be a good idea to keep a fire extinguisher on hand for that worst case day. Your story confirms that's a good thing to have.
I'm glad you're safe and can hopefully get confident answers to what happened.
KJ
So sorry to hear about your loss and glad that all of the important people are safe. My family wishes the best for you all.
I know that you and a couple people mentioned fire extinguishers, and yours were not very effective in the grand scheme. It is a very good idea for everyone to have at least one extinguisher on hand. We have at least one in every trailer(1 in the FW, 2 in the race trailer) and two in the truck.
Good luck and hope the insurance company treats you well.
