NHTSA Complaint #10396761 — 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED RECALL 08V118000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE IN LATE 2009. WHILE PARKING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HE WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. HIS INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE FIRE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE RECALL AND THAT IT WAS DONE INCORRECTLY OR NOT DONE AT ALL. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 86,086.