NHTSA Complaint #10157936 — 1994 MAZDA MX-6

I WAS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL ONE NIGHT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ABOUT 5-6 MINUTES LATER I WAS GETTING OFF OF THE FREEWAY WHEN MY CAR STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON ALTHOUGH THE RADIO AND ALL OF MY INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE FLASHING. I DROVE IT ABOUT 5 MINUTES UP THE ROAD TO THE LIGHT IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT AND IT STOPPED AGAIN. BY THIS TIME, IT WAS SMOKING BADLY! SO I GOT SOME HELP AND PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY ACROSS THE STREET. I WAS TOLD TO GET MY STUFF OUT BECAUSE IT LOOKED AS IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO BLOW. I GOT MY STUFF OUT AND CALLED THE POLICE. THE CAR EVENTUALLY COOLED DOWN. I LATER FOUND OUT THERE WAS A CRACK IN MY COOLANT RESERVOIR AND COOLANT WAS SQUIRTING AND SPLASHING ALL OVER THE PLACE. MY CAR HAD BLOWN A HEAD GASKET FROM RUNNING HOT. *NM