NHTSA Complaint #11300138 — 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY MADE AN ABNORMAL LOW GEAR NOISE. THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS EMITTING FIRE FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, SHE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND NOTICED A CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE, WITHIN A FEW SECONDS LATER THE VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SMOKE INHALATION BUT WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.