# 2007 CHEVROLET HHR — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
> NHTSA complaint `878935` · 2011-09-11 · 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:** HHR
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- **Miles at failure:** 110,000
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
PROCEEDING AT NORMAL SPEED ON HWY 14.  THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY AN ILLUMINATION OF THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT.  THERE WAS A LOUD POP SOUND EMANATING FROM THE FRONT THE  VEHICLE.  AT THIS POINT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY ON FIRE BY THE TIME I REACHED THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.  BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS FULLY INVOLVED IN FIRE AND WITHIN A MATTER OF TWO OR THREE MINUTES THE REMAINDER OF THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.  I DID NOTICE OTHER HHRS HAVE BEEN ON FIRE AS SHOWN ON THE INTERNET AND THE ADJUSTER STATED HHR FIRES ARE COMMON.  I BARELY MADE IT OUT OF THE CAR.  *TR
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