PONTIAC GRAND AM 1997, ON 5/2/00 CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER BEING DRIVEN DURING THE DAY, IT TURNED OVER ONCE, THEN NOTHING SAW SMOKE TRAIL COMING FROM TURN SIGNAL ARM CUT IGNITION SWITCH OFF, GOT OUT OF VECHILE, WENT INTO THE HOUSE, ABOUT 3MINUTES HEARD THE HORN OF THE VEHICLE SOUNDING, WENT OUTSIDE TO CHECK , CAR WAS ON FIRE AT THE DRIVERS SIDE, OPENED UP DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, FLAMES WERE IN THE STEERING UNIT, AND ON THE DRIVERS SEAT , AND STEERING WHEEL AND TOP SUN VISOR, RAN AND GOT A FIRE EXTINQUISHER, PUT OUT THE FIRE, HORN STILL GOING OFF, POPPED HOOD RELEASE AND DISCONNECTED THE HOT CABLE FROM THE BATTERY. CAR IS NOW AT DEALERSHIP PENDING INVESTIGATION, CONCERNED THAT THIS MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING THE VECHILE, WAS JUST LUCKY IT DID NOT HAPPEN DURING USE.*AK