# 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
> NHTSA complaint `672589` · 2008-06-04 · 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
- **Miles at failure:** 190,000
## Narrative
MY FIANCE DROVE OUR 2001 GRAND PRIX GT HOME YESTERDAY MORNING AT 6:17 AM - THE CAR WAS DRIVING AND ACTING THE SAME WAY IT ALWAYS DID - IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION NO SIGNS THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG. HE PARKED THE CAR & CAME INSIDE- THE CAR SAT IN THE DRIVEWAY TILL 6:45 AM WHEN I DROVE TO WORK WHICH IS 10 MILES (AT THE MOST) AWAY - I PARKED IT AND GOT OUT  - I DROVE IT THE SAME AS I ALWAYS HAD & THE CAR ITSELF ACTED & DROVE THE SAME WAY AS WELL - LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT - ABOUT 7:12 AM WE GOT A PHONE CALL SAYING SOMEONE'S CAR WAS ON FIRE - AFTER THEY DESCRIBED THE CAR & WHERE IT WAS PARKED I IMMEDIATELY KNEW IT WAS MINE & RAN ALL THE WAY TO THE PARKING LOT - AS SOON AS I WALKED OUTSIDE YOU COULD SEE A HUGE CLOUD OF SMOKE POURING OUT OF THE HOOD OF THE CAR - AS I GOT CLOSER YOU COULD SEE PIECES OF MATERIAL MELTING & DROPPING TO THE PAVEMENT, ALSO ORANGE FLAMES WHERE VISIBLE UNDER THE HOOD-  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME & PUT IT OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY - THE DAMAGE OF THE CAR WAS CONTAINED TO EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD! BUT IT IS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS!!  I HAVE SEEN BY BROWSING ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ALOT OF PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT'S.  *TR
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