POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
Speed
5 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
WHILE BACKING UP A STEEP HILL TRANSMISSION (FORD F53 SUPERDUTY MOTORHOME CHASSIS) OVERHEATED, TRANSMISSION FLUID APPARENTLY DISCHARGED FROM VENT ON FRONT/TOP OF TRANSMISSION THEN FALLING ONTO EXHAUST HEADER CROSSOVER PIPE IMMEDIATELY BELOW FRONT OF TRANSMISSION CAUSING A FIRE. FORTUNATELY, FIRE WAS DETECTED BY PERSON OUTSIDE OF THE MOTORHOME AND DRIVER WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY EXTINGUISH WITH A DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER.*AK