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2020 THOR MOTOR COACH MIRAMAR — PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE:HYDRAULIC:ACTUATOR

fire · 1754126 · 2021-06-25

Vehicle

Make
THOR MOTOR COACH
Model
MIRAMAR
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Thor Motor Coach
Component
PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE:HYDRAULIC:ACTUATOR
Miles at failure
4,000

Severity

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

Narrative

The contact owns a 2021 Thor Motor Coach Miramar RV. The contact stated while driving at 50 mph, the contact’s husband saw smoke and flames coming from underneath the front driver’s side undercarriage. The driver pulled the vehicle over to the side of the roadway and exited the vehicle and saw a fire underneath the undercarriage of the vehicle. The contact’s husband extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher and bottles of water. No one was injured. The local fire department arrived at the scene however, there was no fire report filed. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer who inspected the vehicle and diagnosed the failure as a hydraulic line oil leak. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,000.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11422330
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown