1987 BUICK LESABRE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1987 BUICK LESABRE — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 1998-02-16

fire · 98851 · 1998-02-18

Vehicle

Make: BUICK
Model: LESABRE
Year: 1987
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Speed: 35 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

VEHICLE STARTED WITH A CRACKLING SOUND, THEN A LIGHT WHITE SMOKE APPEARED. SMOKE CAME FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE DASBOAD AND TURNED TO A HEAVY DARK SMOKE. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH FIRE WHICH CAME THROUGH THE FLOORBOARDS.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 530950
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown