NHTSA complaint: 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
AS I PUT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION - TURN THE KEY - A LOUD BANG CAME FROM THE CAR - WHEN I LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD - SO, I POP THE HOOD, EXIT THE CAR, LIFTED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS IN FLAMES - CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PUT THE FIRE OUT - FIREMEN STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation