# 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
> NHTSA complaint `657450` · 2008-02-13 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** GRAND PRIX
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- **Miles at failure:** 98,000
## Narrative
ON THE MORNING OF FEB 11, 2008 , I DROVE MY CAR TO THE STORE (APX 5 MILES)  I THEN RETURNED HOME DROVE MY CAR INTO THE GARAGE SHUT IT OFF AND WENT INSIDE.  I WAS PUTTING MY GROCERIES AWAY AS OUR SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF. I SMELLED SMOKED AND RAN AROUND THE HOUSE TO TRY AND FIND THE SOURCE. I OPENED MY GARAGE DOOR AND FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT OF THE HOOD. THEY REACHED TO THE CEILING. MY NEIGHBOR RAN AROUND THE CORNER TO MY HOUSE I HANDED HIM A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND   HE YELLED AT ME TO TRY AND OPEN THE HOOD. I DID HE THEN EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  *TR
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