1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1995 OLDSMOBILE AURORA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
Start: 2001-03-22

fire · 286604 · 2001-04-16

Vehicle

Make: OLDSMOBILE
Model: AURORA
Year: 1995
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
Miles at failure: 80,000
Speed: 5 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FIRST, HEARD POP, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THEN THE DRIVER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT IN REVERSE GEAR THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 885974
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown