# 2002 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY DL — STRUCTURE:BODY
> NHTSA complaint `638825` · 2007-09-16 · Winnebago Industries, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** WINNEBAGO
- **Model:** JOURNEY DL
- **Year:** 2002
- **Manufacturer:** Winnebago Industries, Inc.
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY
- **Miles at failure:** 50,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
FIRE HAZARD ADD TO 10202950 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY D L,:, MODEL # 2002 WKP36GD, WITH UNDER 50,000 MILES. CLIMBING THE 21 MILE GRADE WAS NO PROBLEM FOR THIS 330 CAT DIESEL,  AT LESS THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR I NOTICED THAT THE LEFT REAR BEDROOM SLIDE WAS OUT 4 INCHES.   I FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OF THE ROAD. THE TURBO CHARGER HAD BEEN WORKING PRETTY HARD COMING UP THE HILL SO AFTER SETTING THE PARK BRAKE I LET THE ENGINE IDLE WHILE I WENT TO THE REAR OF THE COACH TO RETRACT THE SLIDE, FORTUNATELY MY WIFE REMAINED IN FRONT. THE BEDROOM HAS NO WINDOW ON THE LEFT SO I SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL WHEN I PUSHED THE RETRACT SWITCH EXCEPT THE SLIDE DID NOT MOVE. MY WIFE INSTANTLY HOLLERED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM THE REAR LEFT SIDE. I RAN TO THE FRONT, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WE BOTH EXITED IN A HURRY. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE REAR OF THE COACH GREY SMOKE WAS COMING OUT THE BACK PRETTY HEAVY. A TRUCK DRIVER HAD ALREADY STOPPED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ME. HE RAN BACK TO HIS TRUCK AND CAME BACK WITH A LARGE, 30 OR 50 POUND EXTINGUISHER.  MEANWHILE THINGS ARE HAPPENING FAST. A LOUD POP CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF A LOT OF AIR BEING RELEASED. THE FIRE ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND TURNED BLACK WITH SOME YELLOWISH BROWN SWIRLS. ANOTHER LOUD POP CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY A COUPLE OF QUARTS OF A BROWNISH CLEAR, OILY LIQUID DUMPED ON THE GROUND UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ANOTHER LOUD WOOSH WAS HERD, THE SMOKE GOT LIGHTER IN
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