1996 BUICK CENTURY — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1996 BUICK CENTURY — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2001-06-09

fire · 313787 · 2001-08-14

Vehicle

Make: BUICK
Model: CENTURY
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Severity

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

Narrative

CONSUMER PULLRED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD, NOT 100 YARDS FROM DRIVEWAY SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF THE VENTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER EXITED VEHICLE THEN IT CAUGHT FIRE, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE MAY HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. NLM

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 562500
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown