| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002098960 | Incident Date: Aug, 12 2002 |
| Consumer's City: EL CERRITO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: QUEST | Model Year: 1993 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Equipment:appliance:air conditioner |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4N2DN11WXPD | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 31 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Dec, 31 2097 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Air conditioning system caught on fire, blowing flames from burning plastic into passenger compartment, while driving on residential street w/ ac on. problem diagnosed as leaves crumbling then falling through area where windshield wipers sit into the ac blower intake, then sitting in the blower. resistor sits next to blower, gets "almost red-hot" when ac is on; the heat ignited the leaves in the blower, the plastic caught on fire, and fumes from leaves and burning ac system were blown into passenger compartment. the shop (albany hill auto) said the blower should have had a grate over the intake to keep leaves out and the intake was poorly positioned to begin with.*ak |
