# 1999 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO — EQUIPMENT
> NHTSA complaint `689392` · 2008-09-23 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MONTE CARLO
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** EQUIPMENT
- **Miles at failure:** 189,457
## Narrative
I WAS AT A FRIENDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS PROCEEDING INCIDENT.  I DROVE MY 1999 CHEVY MONTE CARLO Z34 ABOUT 1 MILE FROM MY FRIENDS TO TACO BELL.  THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING GREAT.  I WENT INSIDE TO ORDER  I WAS IN THEIR 10-15 MINUTES.  WHEN I CAME OUT  SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD.  I OPENED THE HOOD AND THE TOP OF THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE.  TACO BELL EMPLOYEES CALLED 911 AND THEN PROVIDED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE EXTINGUISHER AND THEY CANCELLED THE 911 CALL.  I CALLED A TOW COMPANY AND HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME DUE TO THE HOUR AND MY ENGINE BEING MELTED. *TR
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