WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD SMELL EXHAUST, SMELL BECAME WORSE AND VEHICLE STALLED, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE, HE HAD TO HIT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES WITH HIS SHOULDER UNTIL THE DOOR GAVE WAY, AT THIS TIME THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED WITH SMOKE, WAS TOLD ALTERNATOR STARTED FIRE AND THIS WAS JUST PUT ON VEHICLE, CLAIM 01-6150-358. *SLC