1989 BUICK REGAL — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1989 BUICK REGAL — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
Start: 1996-10-11

fire · 59834 · 1996-10-30

Vehicle

Make: BUICK
Model: REGAL
Year: 1989
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

Severity

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

Narrative

DIGITAL DISPLAY CONSOLE; INSIDE THE DASH LOCATED AT TOP WHERE DISPLAY CONSOLE IS DRIVER HEARD A POP, THEN SMOKE APPEARED. OWNER OPENED WINDOW AND SMOKE CLEARED BUT RETURNED ABRUPTLY FOLLOWED BY FIRE. DASH BOARD HAD TO BE DESTROYED DUE TO FIRE RESTARTING.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 804282
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown