1996 TOYOTA TACOMA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1996 TOYOTA TACOMA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
Start: 1998-09-28

fire · 143532 · 1998-10-07

Vehicle

Make: TOYOTA
Model: TACOMA
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND PARKED CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK ORIGINALLY SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER DASH. THEN OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM BETWEEN CAB AND BODY OF TRUCK. LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SEEN WIRING HARNESS ON FIRE. *YH

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 828660
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown