2000 BUICK LESABRE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2000 BUICK LESABRE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2003-03-09

fire · 398026 · 2003-03-15

Vehicle

Make: BUICK
Model: LESABRE
Year: 2000
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

ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE BY TURNING KEY IN IGNITION. LOUD SOUNDING "POP" UNDER ENGINE HOOD WAS HEARD. TURNED KEY TO "OFF" POSITION, REMOVED KEY, EXITED VEHICLE. SECOND LOUD "POP" OCCURRED. SMOKE AND FLAMES OBSERVED. LEFT GARAGE TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM SAFE LOCATION. *NLM

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10010521
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown