# 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
> NHTSA complaint `86169` · 1997-09-08 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** LUMINA
- **Year:** 1991
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROX. 25MPH WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN  STALLING.  SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM HOOD AREA OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER THEN PULLED TO SIDE, THEN FLAMES BEGAN TO ARISE IN AREA.  WHEN FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED THEY WERE UNABLE TO DISCONNECT HOOD LATCH. VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS DUE TO FIRE.   *AK  THE ORIGINAL ENGINE AND HOOD LATCH HAD FAILED AND WERE REPLACED.  THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY LACK OF OIL, EVENTHOUGH OIL CHANGE WAS DONE RECENTLY AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF OIL LEAK.  WHEN THE VEHICLE COUGHT FIRE, THE HOOD LATCH WAS INOPERATIVE.  *YH
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