NHTSA Complaint #11476493 — 2013 KIA RIO ENGINE

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11476493
Vehicle	2013 KIA RIO
Component	ENGINE
Date of Incident	May 4, 2022
Date Filed	July 29, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	Yes
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	PA

Consumer Description

Driving car home Going about 35 Smelled car in front of me, that car smells, seems it was my own car try to do brake To pull over. No breaks loose able to coast into parking lot use emergency brake, stop flames shut up through Car into car got out people tried to help put it out fire trucks were called.

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