SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING INSIDE OF A PARKING GARAGE UPON APPLYING BRAKES THE BRAKES DIDN'T WORK HAD TO PUT ON EMERGENCY BRAKES TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE. THEN TRUCK STARTED SMOKING UNDERNEATH HIS VEHICLE. CONSUME R TRIED TO OPEN HOOD AND IT WOULDN'T COME UP. VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIT OUT SPARKS AND FIRE OCCURRED. FLAMES STARTED DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THEN THE TRUCK EXPLODED AND THE TWO FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED. *AK