2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2001-05-18

fire · 310534 · 2001-07-23

Vehicle

Make: MITSUBISHI
Model: GALANT
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEGAN SPUTTERING, CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO SEE FLAMES AND SMOKE, THERE WAS A RECALL, C0104C, REGARDING SPARKING IN THE ENGINE WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE, ALSO, TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE, THE FIRES CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *SLC

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 562173
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown