NHTSA Complaint #756931 — 2000 PONTIAC SUNFIRE

SON (DENNY HEROLD) DROVE CAR TO WORK AND TO A FRIENDS HOUSE, SHUT OFF CAR, WENT INSIDE, AND CAME BACK TO FIND HIS CAR FULL OF SMOKE (WINDOWS DOWN) SMOKE ROLLING FROM CAR. FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE CALLED JUST MISSED BY 15 MINUTES HAVING HIS PREGNANT WIFE AND 2 YEAR OLD SONE IN THE CAR WITH HIM. GM NOTIFIED, GREEN CHEVROLET NOTIFED, FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT, STATE FARM LOOKED AT, GM FIRE INSPECTOR LOOKED AT FIRE STARTED ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR ON FLOOR NEAR CONSOLE. CAR TOTALLY DESTROYED. FIRE DEPT AND STATE FARM SAID ELECTRICAL. OFFICE OF DEFECTS NHTSA HAS A ODI ID: 717953 ON 1/23/2000 WHICH REPORTED A SIMILAR INCIDENT WHERE FIRE OCCURRED IN CAR BECAUSE OF SHORT IN LEAD WIRE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR AND BURNED THROUGH CARPET.*AK