2000 MERCURY COUGAR — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2000 MERCURY COUGAR — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
Start: 2000-07-20

fire · 287686 · 2001-04-20

Vehicle

Make: MERCURY
Model: COUGAR
Year: 2000
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
Speed: 60 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING AT 55-60 MPH CONSUMER TURNED ON AIR CONDITIONER, THEN SMELLED SMOKE. TURNED AIR CONDITIONER OFF. WENT TO PULL OVER, AND BRAKES HAD FAILED. WHEN VEHICLE CAME TO STOP, CONSUMER OPENED HOOD AND SAW FLAMES. PUT FIRE OUT, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT STARTER HAD CAUSED FIRE AND REPLACED STARTER.*AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 886363
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown