NHTSA Complaint #11127898 — 2010 CHEVROLET CAMARO

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 CHEVY CAMARO SS ON THE INTERSTATE HOME FROM WORK ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST POWER ALL MY INTERIOR LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS STARTED TO FLASH ON AND OFF CAR WOULD SURGE THEN LOSE POWER THAN SURGE LOSE POWER STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT HAD NO BRAKES MERGED OVER TO THE SHOULDER TO TRY TO GET INTO A SAFE POSITION AND WAS CALLING NINE-ONE-ONE WHEN I NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE LEFT FRONT COMPARTMENT OF THE CAMARO UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN THE SMOKE TURN TO A RUST BURNT LOOKING COLOR AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE HOOD WAS STARTING TO BANNED FROM THE HEAT UNDERNEATH IT AND AT THIS TIME I TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE BUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS BURNT AND HAD TO USE A PAIR OF PLIERS TO OPEN UP THE DOOR LOCK BECAUSE MY INTERIOR DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT FUNCTION GOT OUT OF THE CAR CALLED NINE-ONE-ONE AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES THERE WAS FLAMES COMING UP FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD THE HOOD KIND OF POPPED OPEN AND FLAMES TOOK OVER THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE TRUCK OF COURSE GOT THE FIRE OUT BUT THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS