This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Drove vehilce all day. In town-various job sites. Parked vehicle in front of office. Approximately 45 minutes later heard loud popping. Found vehicle's front end completely engulfed in flames. Fire department said most likely due to wiring. Cruise control had stopped working month prior.
The vehicle was parked inside the garage and it caught on fire. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. Vehicle was towed and totaled out by the insurance company.
Fire in engine compartment after sitting parked for 2.5 hours. Fire started near the master cylinder. Cruise control was not working since the purchase of the vehicle in November 2003. Please contact fire investigator mike beres 214-946-8989.
Vehicle was parked in a carport and about one pm that night consumer heard something that sounded like thunder. When the consumer looked outside vehicle was on fire along with the carport. While attempting to extinguish the flames consumer slipped an suffered a back sprain. The fire department extinguished the fire. Vehicle was totaled, and the carport had to be replaced.
- Mcallen, TX, USA
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Consumer parked vehicle in driveway at 2:30 pm. At 5:30 pm consumer was awakened by a popping sound outside. When consumer got outside the front end of the vehicle was on fire. Consumer put the vehicle in neutral and rolled it back from the house. Fire department arrived, but the fire eventually consumed the vehicle. Consumer felt that an electrical problem caused the fire. The conusmer stated that the fire was an electrical fire that started under the hood.
The engine rattled on a cold start, which was commonly called a slapped piston, a ground wire was replaced under the hood, and a fuse was replaced for the cigarette lighter.
The vehicle caught on fire, which originated in the engine compartment.. the fire was caused by a defect in the wiring, which caused the electrical fire.
Vehicle will begin to honk and then it stallout while driving down the road. Sometimes vehicle will start backing up, and sometimes it will not.dealer cannot determine cause. Computer has been replaced and wiring has been repaired, but defect stills occurs.
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- Savannah, GA, USA