1986 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1986 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 1997-01-10

fire · 66850 · 1997-01-15

Vehicle

Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Model: VANAGON
Year: 1986
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STOPPED ON ITS OWN, TRIED TO RESTART, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM REAR, MOMENTARILY FLAMES WERE EMERGING FROM BACK OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE LITERALLY EXPLODED, FIRE DEPT RESPONDED, VEHICLE TOTALED, CAUSE UNKOWN, AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 807697
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown