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2008 SATURN OUTLOOK — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 885746 · 2011-10-17

Vehicle

Make
SATURN
Model
OUTLOOK
Year
2008
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Miles at failure
44,396

Severity

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

Narrative

ON 8/26/2011, I REPLACED MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT BULB AND NOTICED A BURNT WIRE SMELL BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING VISUALLY, APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER I NOTICED THAT MY LIGHT WAS OUT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY I BOUGHT A NEW BULB. I STARTED THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OUT THE BULB BUT NOTICED IT WAS BACK ON SO I STOPPED. A FEW DAYS LATER THE BULB WAS OUT AGAIN SO I CHANGED THE BULB AND NOTICED THAT THE BURNT SMELL WAS VERY BAD AND THE PLUG ON THE WIRE HARNESS AND THE WIRE INSULATION HAD MELTED. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE AT HTTP://WWW.SATURNFANS.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=165895&GOTO=NEXTOLDEST , HTTP://WWW.SATURNOUTLOOKFORUM.NET/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=818.80 AND OTHERS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10430429
Machine
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