# 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `603172` · 2006-11-15 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** IMPALA
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 65,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL, I WENT TO PUSHING MY CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND WHEN I DID I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN ODD SMELL COMING FROM THE CAR, THEN I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE CONSOLE WHERE YOU PUT THE CAR IN GEAR, THEN I HAD TO PULL OVER THE CAR BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH SMOKE THAT I COULDN'T SEE AND I COULD HEAR A CRACKLING SIZZLING NOISE, SO I PULLED AT THE PIECE THAT COVERS UP THE GEARS AND SEEN THAT THE WIRES WHERE BURNING IT LOOKED AS IF WHERE THE SPRING THAT LIGHT DYNAMITE OR SOMETHING SO I DID THE ONLY THING I COULD DO I POURED MY SODA ON THE WIRES BECAUSE I WAS SCARED THE CAR MIGHT HAVE BLOWN UP WITH ME AND MY 10 MO. OLD BOY AND 3 YEAR OLD GIRL RIGHT THERE. *NM
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