2005 HONDA ELEMENT — VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2005 HONDA ELEMENT — VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
Start: 2011-09-10

fire · 879153 · 2011-09-12

Vehicle

Make: HONDA
Model: ELEMENT
Year: 2005
Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Component: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

Severity

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

Narrative

ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011, UPON STARTING THE IGNITION OF MY 2005 HONDA ELEMENT, I NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. AFTER HEARING SOME CRACKLING NOISES FROM THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH, IT SOON POPPED INTO A SMALL FIRE WHICH WENT OUT ON IT'S OWN, PROCEEDED BY MORE CONTINUOUS SMOKE. *TR

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10425047
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown