NHTSA complaint: 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2005-09-21
description: DT: THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2005. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER HEARD A POP SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA. THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A CLANKING NOISE AND SURGING. WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOOD. AND WHEN HE LIFTED THE HOOD IT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED. A HIGHWAY PATROL REPORT WAS TAKEN, CHP LOG NUMBER 1217. AND FIRE REPORT ENGINE NUMBER 74 INCIDENT NUMBER 390. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE INSURANCE AGENCY, THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE WIRING HARNESS. THIS RECALL SAID THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF ENGINE FIRE. WHEN HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK
organizer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 555674

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