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2020 NISSAN ALTIMA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 1816974 · 2022-06-06

Vehicle

Make
NISSAN
Model
ALTIMA
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

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

Narrative

Driving car on the freeway and car lost power. Turned the car off and checked all the fluids to make sure they were at proper levels and found no issue. Started car back up and then started smoking, open the hood and an electric fire had started, tried putting out with a fire extinguisher and it did nothing 2 min later the whole car was in flames.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11467687
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown