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2006 HYUNDAI AZERA — ENGINE

fire · 1769576 · 2021-09-21

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
AZERA
Year
2006
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
ENGINE
Speed
65 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

Without warning, my car lost power as I was driving on the interstate. I started changing lanes to get over to the shoulder, and before I got to the shoulder smoke began to come out of the hood then flames started. I was able to pull over and get myself and my special needs son out of the car with the help of others who saw the flames and also pulled over. 911 was called and police and fire came. The firefighters put out my engine fire with their chemical suppressants. My car does not have an active recall on it, but other makes and models with this same engine do, so I never receivedany warming about this problem happening with my same engine. I have always had it serviced at the dealership. This was very traumatic.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11433880
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown