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2017 VOLVO XC90 — ENGINE

fire3 injured · 2157366 · 2025-12-15

Vehicle

Make
VOLVO
Model
XC90
Year
2017
Manufacturer
Volvo Car USA, LLC
Component
ENGINE
Miles at failure
150,000
Speed
70 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
3
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

The contact owned a 2017 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that after driving 35 miles at 70 MPH on I-95 South in South Carolina, the contact started smelling an abnormally gasoline odor inside the vehicle entering through the AC vents. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact and her husband continued driving, believing that the odor was coming from the outside because the air recirculation switch was set to recirculate the air inside the vehicle. The contact stated that after driving an additional 5 miles, the gasoline odor grew stronger, and the contact suggested to her husband to pull over so that they could exit the vehicle. The contact stated that her husband pulled over and they both exited with a child. The contact stated that while running away from the vehicle she could see flames underneath the vehicle coming from the engine before the vehicle exploded and was engulfed in flames. The contact and her husband ran away from the vehicle and there was grayish white smoke coming from the vehicle. The Fire Department arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire. The contact stated that Fire Department and Police Department filed incident reports, but the contact had not yet received the documents. The contact stated that the entire front of the vehicle including the engine compartment had melted down to the wheels. The contact sustained soreness to the neck and left shoulder, as well as a headache from the fuel odor. The contact, her child, and her husband were

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11705066
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown