# 2017 TOYOTA RAV4 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1869607` · 2023-01-31 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** RAV4
- **Year:** 2017
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Speed:** 32 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING COMING FROM THE STORE WITH MY GRAND KIDS  AND MY TRUCK STALLED ON  ME  SO I TURNED IF OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON BUT IT KILLED ON ME AGAIN AND THIS POINT MY GRAND BABY SAID HE SMELLED SMOKE  SO I LOOKED UP AND THE HODD WAS SMOKING SO  I GOT MY BABIES AND MYSELF OUT THE TRUCK AND RAN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET AND  THERE  I WATCHED MY TRUCK  START A FIRE  SO I CALL THE POLICE AND  THE FIRE PEOPLE ,   MY TRUCK WAS TOTALED  I CONTACTED TOYOTA MAIN OFFICE TO  LET THEM KNOW THEY SENTED OUR THEIRE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK AND DECIDED  THAT IT WAS NOT THERE FAULT AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME ,  MY TRUCK  CAUGHT ON FIRE  I DID NOT SET IT ON MY FIRE MY GRAND KIDS WERE IN THAT TRUCK   WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN  HAD HE NOT SMALLED SMOED AND IT DID NOT STALL BUT  CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT .  BUT NO ONE WAS TO  DEAL WITH IT  YOU WHETHER JUST WALK AWAY  WHAT IF WAS SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY   THEN WHAT
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