POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
WHILE DRIVING AT 60 TO 65 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT CONSUMER SAW SMOKE AND PULLED OVER. POPPED THE HOOD AND SAW FIRE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED TTHAT HE TRANSMISSION LINE POPPED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK DOWN ON THE ENGINE AND STARTED A FIRE. *AK