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2015 TOYOTA RAV4 — ENGINE

fire · 1964366 · 2024-02-04

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
RAV4
Year
2015
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
ENGINE

Severity

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

Narrative

When I try to start up my car after a full month of parking as usual I knew already it has a dead battery so I jump started then once it started I heard a very small explosion with smoke coming from underneath the glove compartment then I found a very small fire started from the same place so I left the car and I called 911 who came and extinguished the fire after the entire car was already engulfed and exploded in fire. The car closed the other two cars on both sides to melt partially as well. The picture attached has the incident number.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11569829
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown