NHTSA complaint: 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, HE WAS ADVISED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, FOUND A FIRE HAD ERUPTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT HAD RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE RECALL NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED LESS THAN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE RECALL REPAIR BECAUSE THEY HAD SENT VARIOUS NOTICES TO THE CONTACT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONLY ONE RECALL NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED, THE SAME DAY AS THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation