1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 OLDSMOBILE 88 — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2003-02-25

fire · 416618 · 2003-07-07

Vehicle

Make: OLDSMOBILE
Model: 88
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Miles at failure: 73,000

Severity

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

Narrative

IN FEBRUARY I WENT TO START MY ENGINE IN THE MORNING AND IT BLEW UP. I TURNED THE KEY, NO ENGINE TURNOVER BUT SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD, FLAMES CAME OUT. THE FIRE DEPT. PUT OUT THE FIRE AND SAID THE CAR WAS TOTALLED. SOME OF THE VINYL SIDING ON MY HOUSE WAS SLIGHTLY MELTED.*AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10025571
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown