PE99063, VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A MALL AREA ,IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. , CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, AND THEN SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, HEARD CRACKLIN GNOISE COMING FROM A SMALL BOX BETWEEN THE ENGINE BLOCK AND RADIATOR , AT THE SAME TIME CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM LEFT SIDE OF STEERING COLUMN ,RIGHT NEXT TO TURN SIGNALS. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. INSURANCE COMPANY DID INSPECT VEHICLE, AND IT WAS LISTED AS UNDETERMINED CAUSE. BUT, SUGGESTED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK