# 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
> NHTSA complaint `684342` · 2008-08-21 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** IMPALA
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- **Miles at failure:** 140,000
## Narrative
I HAD DROVE MY CAR ABOUT 10 MILES, PARK MY CAR AND WENT INSIDE THE WATERPARK. THEY CALL FOR THE PERSON DRIVING THE CHEVY IMPALA TO COME UP TOP,. I WAS THE TOLD MY CAR WAS SMOKING, I PROCEEDING OUT THE DOOR AND THEIR WERE FLAMES COMING OUT FROM UNDER MY HOOD. I WENT BACK IN AND TOLD THEM TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.. MY WHOLE MOTOR WAS IN FLAMES BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE. MY CAR WAS THEN TOTAL OUT AND WE STILL DON'T  KNOW WHAT CAUSE THE FIRE.  *TR
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