NHTSA complaint: 2002 MINI COOPER S — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AFTER AN APPARENT SHORT OUT OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM A FIRE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER TWO TO FIVE MINUTE LATER THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY GONE, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AS WELL AS KEYS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT BOTH GAVE THEIR CONCLUSION OF THE CAR BEING ABSOLUTELY TOTALED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPPED AND OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE THE VEHICLE. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation