NHTSA Complaint #10564946 — 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVY IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE FIRE HAD COME FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT PRIOR TO PARKING THE VEHICLE, A SLIGHT ODOR OF BURNING OIL WAS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.