NHTSA Complaint #10205559 — 1999 BUICK REGAL

WELL FRIDAY, I WENT TO WORK IN THE REGAL, LIKE ALWAYS, ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER PUNCHING IN AT WORK SOMEONE CAME RUNNING IN AND SAID THERE'S A BLUE REGAL OUT THERE WITH SMOKE POURING OUT THE HOOD, SO I WENT OUT AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS ME, I POPPED THE LATCH FROM THE INSIDE, WENT AROUND THE FRONT AND PEERED IN * WITHOUT OPENING IT* AND SAW FLAMES, I GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, OPENED THE HOOD AND DOWSED IT, MEANWHILE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. SINCE I GOT TO IT SO QUICK THE DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT SOMEHOW STARTED ON THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE OR POSSIBLY BY THE FUSE BOX, I DON'T KNOW... BASICALLY ALL THE WIRES WERE ON FIRE!, THEY MELTED THE COOLANT BOTTLE, SOME OF THE FUSE BOX, THE FRONT VALVE COVER AND OIL CAP, PASSENGER ENGINE MOUNT, WINDSHIELD WASHER RESERVOIR CAP, BOOST BYPASS VALVE AND THE BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER,..SPARK PLUG WIRES WERE TOAST AS WELL. THE HOOD HAS TWO SMALL SPOTS WHERE THE PAINT JUST STARTED TO BUBBLE AS WELL. I'M SO BUMBED OUT. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS BEING INVESTIGATED ON 99-02 CARS WITH THE L67, AFTER DRIVING AND PARKING THE VEHICLES.. THEY CATCH FIRE!!!! WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. MINE IS A 99 BUICK REGAL GS WITH THE L67 WHAT DO I DO, IS GM GOING DO ANYTHING OR AM I JUST SCREWED????? *JB