NHTSA Complaint #11268738 — 2014 NISSAN SENTRA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN SENTRA. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE AND BATTERY INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL, AND SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HER DESTINATION WHERE THE VEHICLE ULTIMATELY CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE CAUSED THE BLAZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A RECALL; HOWEVER, NO RECALL COULD BE DISCOVERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT AN INVESTIGATION WOULD BE CONDUCTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 37271771. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *LN CONSUMER STATED DEALER DID NOT SEND HER ANY NOTIFICAITON CONCERNING RECALL.*JB *JS