NHTSA Complaint #11221170 — 2015 KIA SOUL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE. PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE, THE EMISSIONS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP (LAKESIDE CHEVROLET 2005 S GOLIAD ST, ROCKWALL, TX 75087, 972-638-8377). A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED SEVERAL WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON HIS VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 100,000.