1997 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1997 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Start: 2002-01-06

fire · 333189 · 2002-02-06

Vehicle

Make: MITSUBISHI
Model: ECLIPSE
Year: 1997
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Severity

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

Narrative

DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. DRIVER STOPPED VEHICLE/ PUT VEHICLE IN PARK/ LOOKED UNDER CAR AND SAW OIL WAS LEAKING. WHEN PRESSING GAS CONSUMER COULD SEE A FLAME OF FIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A HEAD GASKET. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 8003685
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown