NHTSA complaint: 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IDLE IN FRONT OF HIS RESIDENCE, WITH THE ENGINE ON, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE OIL PAN. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY SIGNS OF AN OIL LEAK. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation