1996 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1996 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2002-02-18

fire · 336707 · 2002-02-28

Vehicle

Make: PONTIAC
Model: BONNEVILLE
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Severity

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

Narrative

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IT BACKFIRED AND CAUGHT FIRE IN ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA RECALL 96V116000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 97C02. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AKCONSUMERS CAR BACKFIRED, CAUSING THE MANIFOLD TO FRACTURE ALLOWING WATER INTO THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED AND WARRANTIED. *JG

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 8004791
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown