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1993 CHEVROLET S10 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

fire · 6536 · 1995-03-29

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: S10
Year: 1993
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED LIGHTS DIMMING, LOOKED TO REAR SAW SPARKS, SMOKE CAME IN THROUGH VENT, FOUND ALTERNATOR HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND BELT WAS GONE. TT

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 962724
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown