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2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE — VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

fire · 332124 · 2002-01-30

Vehicle

Make
MITSUBISHI
Model
ECLIPSE
Year
2000
Manufacturer
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Component
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

Severity

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

Narrative

CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING THROUGH AIR CONDITIONING VENTS, VEHICLE LOOKED TO BE ON FIRE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAD CAUSE THE FIRE. *AK PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE ENGINE WOULD START, AIR CONDITION WAS INOPERATIVE,SUNROFF WAS INOPERATIVE, MIRROR WERE INOPERATIVE, EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS INOPERATIVE NEEDED TO BE READJUSTED,FOG LIGHTS STAYED ON EVEN WITH THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION, WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS INOPERATIVE, CARGO COVER WAS LOOSE, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
8003231
Machine
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