2001 NISSAN XTERRA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 NISSAN XTERRA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Start: 2009-07-26

fire · 729362 · 2009-07-29

Vehicle

Make: NISSAN
Model: XTERRA
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Miles at failure: 60,000

Severity

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

Narrative

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25 MINUTES ON THE TURNPIKE AND PULLED OFF FOR GAS, THE SECOND I TURNED OFF THE CAR SMOKE STARTED TO POUR INSIDE FROM THE FRONT AREA AND ALSO POURING FROM THE UNDER HOOD AREA. THIS TURNED INTO AN ACTUAL FIRE NEXT TO A GAS PUMP. FIRE DEPT. WAS CALLED TO PUT IT OUT . ENGINE TOTALLY BURNED UP AND HOOD ETC... *TR

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10278740
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown