1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2000-05-11

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Vehicle

Make: BUICK
Model: PARK AVENUE
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Severity

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

Narrative

VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT, JUST HAD VEHICLE SERVICED FOR AN OIL CHANGE. STARTED VEHICLE AND ENGINE EXPLODED, FLAMES ENGULFED VEHICLE. BUICK HAD RECALL FOR SAME PROBLEM IN 96 & 97 MODELS. *AK *ML

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 862711
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown