2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2002-12-04

fire · 385107 · 2002-12-05

Vehicle

Make: PONTIAC
Model: GRAND PRIX
Year: 2000
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Miles at failure: 70,000

Severity

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

Narrative

DROVE AND PARKED. SMELLED ODOR; I THOUGHT IT WAS FROM THE CAR NEXT TO MINE. I THEN WENT INSIDE THE BUILDING. TEN MINUTES LATER, SOMEONE SAID A CAR WAS ON FIRE; IT WAS MINE. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND TOTALED THE CAR.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 770497
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown