NHTSA Complaint #10241228 — 2002 CHEVROLET BLAZER

AUGUST 24, 2008, MYSELF AND MY THREE DAUGHTERS HEADED TO CHURCH TRAVELING ALONG 91N IN CT TO EXIT 35 WHEN ANOTHER PASSENGER CAR WAIVED AT US TO GET OFF THE EXIT - NOT KNOWING WHY WE GOT OFF THE EXIT ANY WAY SINCE THAT'S THE ONE WE NEEDED AND AS WE SLOWED DOWN AN ABUNDANCE OF SMOKE CAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR - I PULLED OVER AND THE GENTLEMEN CONTINUED TO WAIVE AT US - NOT KNOWN TO ME WHY UNTIL WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SAW FLAMES BREWING UNDER THE CAR...IMMEDIATELY I SOUGHT AFTER MY CHILDREN TO GET TO A SAFE DISTANCE AND CALLED 911 - STATE TROOPER WAS AT EXIT 33 SO HE ARRIVED QUICKLY HOWEVER FRONT OF CAR ALREADY HAD FLAMES COMING UP TOWARDS WINDSHIELD - FRONT OF CAR WAS COVERED WITH FLAMES BEFORE FIRE TRUCK ARRIVED (PICTURES AVAILABLE) - INSURANCE COMPANY HAD INSPECTION COMPLETED AND ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTION (REPORT AVAILABLE) REFERENCE WAS MADE TO THE POINT OF ORIGIN BEING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM...OUTSIDE OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (SEEKING THERAPY) NO PHYSICAL INJURIES OCCURRED. THIS FIRE LEFT ME WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT MY VEHICLE IS EVERYTHING...THIS VEHICLE ALSO WAS OUR FAMILY CAR. *TR