NHTSA Complaint #10413307 — 2005 MAZDA MAZDA6

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 MAZDA MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. AFTER THE CRASH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE B POST ON THE FRAME WAS ON FIRE, THERE WAS ON DAMAGE TO SIDE OF CAR. WHY DID IT CATCH FIRE? A TOW TRUCK APPEARED ON THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INSURANCE LOT WHERE IT WAS CLASSIFIED AS DESTROYED. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO APPEARED ON THE SCENE TO FILE REPORTS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 09/14/2011 *LN