1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Start: 2003-07-18

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Vehicle

Make: PONTIAC
Model: GRAND PRIX
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Miles at failure: 82,307
Speed: 30 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

BATTERY BLEW-UP AND STARTED SMALL FIRE AFTER I NOTICED THE POSITIVE TERMANAL LEEKING AS I DICONECTED THE BATTERY IT BLEW ACID ALL OVER THE CAR AND MYSELF CAUSING A SMALL FIRE AFTER REPLACING THE FACTERY AC DELCO BATTERY THE TRANSMISION SLIPS WHEN SWITCHING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR.*AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10029229
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown