2001 BUICK REGAL — STRUCTURE:BODY

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 BUICK REGAL — STRUCTURE:BODY
Start: 2014-08-23

fire · 1101971 · 2014-08-25

Vehicle

Make: BUICK
Model: REGAL
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: STRUCTURE:BODY
Miles at failure: 100,000

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: Yes
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING FROM RUNNING ERRANDS, THE PARKED CAR WAS OBSERVED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY FLAMES FULLY ENGULFING THE FRONT END OF THE CAR, RESULTING IN THE TIRE EXPLODING AND SCHRAPNEL BEING LAUNCHED. *TR

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10628068
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown