Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / MONTERO / 1997
0 Injured
0 Death
Yes Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003233708 | Incident Date: Aug, 31 2003 |
| Consumer's City: LOUISVILLE | Consumer's State: KY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: MONTERO | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring:interior/under dash |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JA4MR41R1VJ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 03 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Jun, 05 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While sitting in traffic, passenger (wife) moved her window visor, a flame shot out towards her face coming from upper right corner of window visor, where wire for vanity mirror had chaffed over time, due to a plastic covering edge to hide wire.*ak flame was 4-5 inches long, 1 inch thick and flamed for 6-8 seconds, then large amounts of thick grey smoke came from area. wire for vanity mirror had chaffed away the wiring cover and was touching the metal rod used to hold up visor. fuse did not blow. this could have easily caught fire inside my headliner, behind dash, etc. |