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2018 DODGE CHALLENGER — ENGINE

fire · 2121813 · 2025-08-19

Vehicle

Make
DODGE
Model
CHALLENGER
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
ENGINE
Speed
5 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

I got the car on 4/13/2025 from a Toyota dealership with about 31000 miles they told me the car fax showed the car had 2 owners a regular customer and another dealership, they also told me they change the battery but they failed to disclosed that they took the car to a body shop to fix a dent and to be repainted, by mistake they offered me the Toyota warranty 5 years or 60000 miles , on 8/10/25 while driving the car it caught on fire luckily nobody got injured , after putting the fire off the fire department told us the cause of it was an engine malfunction only after 4 months and with about 39000 miles ,from the pictures we suspect the fire started by the fuse box and now I'm looking for answers and who's responsible, the dealership, the previous owner or the manufacturer, the car got totaled.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11681493
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown