NHTSA Complaint #11020522 — 2004 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT ARRIVED HOME AND WAS NOTIFIED BY AN EYEWITNESS, APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES LATER, THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED MAJOR SMOKE AND FLAMES UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE ENGINE AREA. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE OWNER'S HOME. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.