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2003 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT — ENGINE

fire · 1162302 · 2015-03-03

Vehicle

Make
VOLKSWAGEN
Model
PASSAT
Year
2003
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component
ENGINE
Miles at failure
140,000

Severity

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

Narrative

THE CAR RAN OUT OF GAS SO I WENT TO THE GAS STATION TO PURCHASE GAS TO PUT INTO THE CAR. I PUT THE GAS INTO THE CAR. TRIED TO START THE CAR BUT WOULD NOT START. I LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN. THIS TIME THE CAR STARTED BUT I HEARD A LOUD BANG. FLAMES STARTED SHOOTING OUT OF THE HOOD. BEFORE I KNEW IT THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE CAR. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10691938
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown