# 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE
> NHTSA complaint `1051634` · 2014-04-01 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** GRAND PRIX
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ENGINE
- **Miles at failure:** 140,000
## Narrative
MY DAUGHTER ARRIVED HOME: TEN MINUTES LATER SOMEONE WAS BANGING ON OUR DOOR LETTING US KNOW THE CAR WAS ON FIRE.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTENGUISHED THE FLAMES.  IT IS A TOTAL LOSS AND WE HAD LIABILITY.  WE BOUGHT THE CAR ON FEBRUARY 13, 2014 FROM AN INDIVIDUAL.  WE DID NOT KNOW, BUT ARE NOW AWARE THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL FOR UNDER THE HOOD FIRE.  WE HAD NO WARNING AND HAD NOT DETECTED ANY MALFUNCTION IN THE VEHICLE UNTIL THIS.  WE ARE OUT $3,000.. WILL GM REINBURSE OUR EXPENSES BECAUSE OF THE RECALL?  *TR
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