NHTSA complaint: 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2007-11-05
description: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR TEN MINUTES, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS OVERHEATING AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SHE WALKED TO THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A SMALL SOUND BEFORE FLAMES SHOT OUT OF THE HOOD AND UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. BOTH FRONT TIRES AND ALL THE WIRING UNDERNEATH THE HOOD WERE COMPLETELY MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SHOP AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. AN INVESTIGATION WAS FOUND THAT EXPLAINED THIS EXACT FAILURE, BUT NO RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 160,000.
organizer: General Motors, 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: 645080

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