POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD SEE SMOKE, AFTER PULLING OVER CONSUMER COULD SEE THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FIRE ORIGINATED WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM THE IGNITION OF TRANSMISSION FLUID EXPELLED FROM THE TRANSMISSION COOLER HOSE ONTO HOT SURFACES OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, CLAIM 13-7494-462. *SLC