ON THIS DAY WHILE DRIVING ON 95 SOUTH TO FRANKLIN MILLS MALL FROM UPPER DARBY WE NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. ONCE I WAS AT THE MALL PARKING LOT LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPACE MY SON INDICATES THAT THERE IS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD ON PASSENGER SIDE. I PUT CAR IN PARK IN FRONT OF THE J C PENNEY STORE MY SON JUMPS OUT AND ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE HOOD. BUT IT DOESN'T OPEN. HE THEN SAYS GET OUT IT IS ON FIRE. WE ALL GET OUT AND WHEN WE MOVE SAFELY AWAY FROM CAR WE CAN SEE FIRE UNDER THE CAR WITH WIRES HANGING DOWN TO THE GROUND. MY SON IS A VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER SO HE RAN INTO THE STORE TO GET AN EXTINGUISHER. HE SPRAYS THE HOOD I GUESS IN AN ATTEMPT TO COOL CAR DOWN. THEN AGAIN, BEFORE THE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVE, HE HAD GONE INTO STORE AGAIN TO GET ANOTHER EXTINGUISHER. THIS TIME HE GETS ON THE GROUND AN EXTINGUISHER TOWARD THE FIRE THAT WAS INTENSIVELY SPREADING UNDER THE CAR. FIRE FIGHTERS COME AND EVENTUALLY HAD TO PRY THE HOOD OPEN AND SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOW OUT UNTIL THE MANAGED TO PUT OUT FIRE. NO WARNINGS HOWEVER I DID NOTICE THAT ELECTRICAL BURN SMELL ONCE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. SO NOW MY INSURANCE DETERMINE IT A TOTAL LOSS. THEY PAID $17,000 TO MY CREDITOR BUT I'M STUCK WITH A $6000 BALANCE AND NO CAR TO DRIVE. I WONDER IF I CAN SUE MANUFACTURER IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT FOR @ $10,000 OR SO? *TR