# 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE
> NHTSA complaint `1246156` · 2015-12-17 · 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:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ENGINE
- **Miles at failure:** 180,000
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## Narrative
W AS DRIVING CAR AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH NEAR THE MANIFOLD AND IT BURNT ALL THE WIRING AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT. I GOT THE FIRE OUT MYSELF WITH FIRE EXTENGISHER.  I ONLY CARRIED LIABILITY SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO FIX IT, AND IT WENT TO A JUNK YARD. APPRASIAL VALUE WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND 1,500.  I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM,OR I WOULD HAVE TOOK PICTURES AND HAD A ESTIMATE DONE. THIS HAPPENED LAST MARCH AND I GRADUATED IN MAY AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SAY ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE.WHEN THE FIRE STARTED I WAS DRIVING AND HAD JUST STARTED UP FROM A STOP SIGN.
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