10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 3
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 99,750 miles
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About a week prior to incident, I got a whiff of a burning smell, 2 days in a row, short quick scent. Next 4 days, smelled nothing (even drove car 80 miles one way and back). Day of incident, I was traveling about 10 mph when white smoke came from the heater vent. I increased speed to about 30 mph to get to a safe spot, and black smoke billowed out of heat vent on top of dashboard, and front of dashboard. Turned corner to get out of traffic, came to a stop and flames shot out of cigarette lighter, and air vent in front of dash. Heater was off, radio was off, and cigarette lighter was not being used. Car fully engulfed in approximately 2-3 minutes. Car totaled.
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
While driving 30 mph, the center of the dashboard caught on fire. The driver pulled over and fought the flames with an extinguisher. The cause has yet to be determined. The manufacturer denied that the fire was due to their vehicles components and that the source of the fire was from external sources. An electrical expert believes that the lead from the cigarette light caught on fire. The fuse was blown but that could have happened after the fire. The consumer's cell phone was charging in the cigarette lighter at the time of the fire.
- Casco, MI, USA
When the vehicle was started, it caught on fire.
- Salem, IL, USA
- San Angelo, TX, USA