# 2003 DODGE CARAVAN — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
> NHTSA complaint `1009589` · 2013-09-13 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DODGE
- **Model:** CARAVAN
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- **Miles at failure:** 180,000
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED TO CHOCK LIKE IT WAS GETTING NO GAS I DECIDED TO TURN AROUND TO GO HOME BECAUSE I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA WITH NO CELL SERVICE WHEN I STOPPED TO TURN AROUND A MAN THAT WAS BEHIND ME CAME RUNNING OVER TO GET ME OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE HE SAID IT WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS ON FIRE IF IS WAS  NOT FOR HIM I COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OR EVEN DIED THE CAR BURNED UP AND EXPLODED WITH IN TWO MINUTES OF ME GETTING OUT. THE CAR WAS FINE WHEN I STARTED IT THAT MORNING AND THE DAY BEFORE I DROVE IT ABOUT 100 MILES WITH NO PROBLEMS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS CAN BE A CAT SHOULD JUST NOT GO ON FIRE LIKE THAT. THE CAR HAD TO BE JUNKED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF IT. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME BECAUSE THE CAR WAS TOTALED. I HAD NO FIRE ON THIS CAR BECAUSE OF ITS AGE SO NOW I AM OUT A CAR THAT WAS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND I COULD HAVE HAD IT FOR MANY MORE YEARS. DODGE WILL NOT EVEN LOOK INTO THIS MATTER I HOPE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY AS ME TO GET OUT UNINJURED. CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME I AM VERY UPSET WITH THIS AND AM WORRIED THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THIS CAR AND NOW I HAVE NO CAR AND CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ONE NOW AND I LIVE 14 FROM THE NEAREST STORE.  *TR
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