NHTSA Complaint #11222042 — 2014 DODGE CHARGER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND BATTERY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN RESTARTED THE CONTACT WAS LEFT STRANDED THE CONTACT BELIEVES THE FIRE WAS CAUSED DUE TO BATTERY FAILURE THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH WITHOUT WARNING, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRUNK WAS UNLOCKED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BATTERY WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WAS NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR INSPECTED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. PIIR = Y. AH