2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2001-06-11

fire · 299245 · 2001-06-20

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: IMPALA
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Speed: 55 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

ACCELERATING ONTO FREEWAY, NOTICED SMOKE OUT OF BACK OF CAR- PULLED OVER AND FLAMES COMING OUT OF ENGINE. FIRE DEPT. PUT OUT- FIRE MARSHALL INVEST. STARTED- HAD TO CUT BATTERY LINES TO STOP FIRE AND TOOK 45 MIN TO PUT FIRE OUT, GAS SPRAYING THROUGHOUT ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM. CAR TOTALLED..

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 747149
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown