1987 OLDSMOBILE 88 — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1987 OLDSMOBILE 88 — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2001-09-01

fire · 332273 · 2002-01-17

Vehicle

Make: OLDSMOBILE
Model: 88
Year: 1987
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Speed: 65 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, DRIVER NOTICED THAT SPEED STARTED TO DECREASE, DRIVER HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE, WITHIN MINUTES SMOKE FILLED THE CAR WITH MORE POPPING NOISE AND THEN FIRE STARTED, NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE, OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *TT

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 564041
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown