NHTSA Complaint #10811891 — 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM THE UNDER THE FRONT HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED WITH FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT RECENTLY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 04/14/16*LJ; UPDATED 05/14/18*JB *CN