1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Start: 2009-06-15

fire · 734017 · 2009-09-02

Vehicle

Make: PONTIAC
Model: GRAND PRIX
Year: 1997
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Miles at failure: 134,000
Speed: 50 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO AN OIL LEAK, THE FIRE SPREAD. DESTROYED THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED ON A DAY IT WAS RAINING. I PULLED INTO A REST AREA. THAT WAS WHEN SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I LIFTED THE HOOD AND THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. *TR

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10282667
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown