1989 CHEVROLET ASTRO — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1989 CHEVROLET ASTRO — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
Start: 2000-01-09

fire1 injured · 244548 · 2000-08-18

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: ASTRO
Year: 1989
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 1
Fire: Yes
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SMOKE, ONCE THE HOOD WAS OPENED THEY FOUND THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD CAUGHT FIRE IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE CONSUMER RECEIVED BURNS TO THE FACE. NLM

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 553870
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown