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2021 CHRYSLER PACIFICA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 1923775 · 2023-08-31

Vehicle

Make
CHRYSLER
Model
PACIFICA
Year
2021
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

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

Narrative

This incidet happened on August 30, 10:30am PST. 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plugin Hybrid vehicle while parked in the garage catches a fire due to Plugin Battery. The car was not in charging when incident happened. The car was last used previous dat afternoon around afternoon for a short trip of couple of miles only, and then parked inside the garage. At 9 am in the next day morning I was in the garage, and no smoke identified. At around 10:15am we noticed burning smell inside the house, and when we checked entire house inside and then garage, found garage was filled with smoke, and smoke is coming out of Chrysler pacifica vehicle. We immediately called 911, and fire department came immediately with in couple of minutes and started working on controlling the smoke and fire inside the car. Fire fighters noticed smoke is coming out of plugin battery, and tried to put out the smoke, they were continuously running water entire day, and could not stop the smoke/fire coming out of the battery. If they stop the water for few minutes, smoke starts again. They have been working on the car to put of smoke entire day, even called chrysler to understand on how to control the smoke out of the battery, no luck, At around 8pm, they have setup 2 hoses running water from the home to the car continuously, and check the car often to make sure it is under control. I will be checking all the night to make sure it won't caught the fire and cause additional damage to the house. My garage is filled w

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11541798
Machine
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