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2020 HYUNDAI TUCSON — ENGINE

fire · 2148810 · 2025-11-14

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
TUCSON
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
ENGINE
Speed
20 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

My adult son was driving and under the hood started to smoke. He pulled over and opened the hood to take a look and then a fire started under the hood! The fire department was called and they put out the fire, cut the gasoline and duct taped it up so the fuel line would not further ignite the hot engine. My insurance is looking into what would have caused a random under the hood fire. Luckily no one was injured. However the engine section of the car is melted beyond belief. My insurance has not told me if the car is repairable or not.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11699488
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown