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2016 HYUNDAI ELANTRA — ENGINE

fire · 1819422 · 2022-06-15

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
ELANTRA
Year
2016
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
ENGINE
Miles at failure
67,000
Speed
12 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

The contact owns a 2016 Hyundai Elantra. The contact's wife was driving approximately 12 MPH smelled a burning odor, as she parked at the residence she saw smoke emitting from under the hood and the vehicle ignited and began to burn. The contact stated that the engine caught on fire. The contact stated his wife did not notice any warning light was illuminated. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire with water. The fire department wrote an incident report. The police department was also on scene but did not issue a report. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot. The front of the vehicle was severely damaged. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 67,000.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11469408
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown