POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
Speed
70 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF HIS WHEEL WELL WHEN HE PULLED OVER TO SIDE, BEFORE HE COULD GET HIS FAMILY OUT OF TRUCK, THE FIRE HAD SPREAD TO DASH AREA. THERE WAS A TRAIL OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE ALONG THE ROAD, CONSUMER THINKS THAT A TRANSMISSION HOSE MAY HAVE BURST. *AK