NHTSA Complaint #10874851 — 2016 HONDA ACCORD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. WITHIN SECONDS OF STOPPING, FLAMES EMITTED UNDER THE HOOD AND EVENTUALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.