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2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — ENGINE

fire · 1839740 · 2022-09-10

Vehicle

Make
JEEP
Model
GRAND CHEROKEE
Year
2014
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
ENGINE
Speed
35 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

I was driving home and my Jeep started making a weird noise and then a warning popped up about battery voltage I was really confused so I pulled over popped the hood it looked fine but just in case I decided I would go to the nearest VIP which was probably 5 miles from where I had pulled over maybe even shorter. As Im driving over there my Jeep starts smoking so I pull into VIP and pop the hood we look at it and my alternator is smoking so we pour some water on it to cool it down. After doing that a little bit and it stopped smoking as bad we let it sit. A couple minutes later the alternator catches on fire so kept pouring water on it till it completely went out and stopped smoking.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11483773
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown