| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005014430 | Incident Date: Jan, 27 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ASHEVILLE | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: TL | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 19UUA56913A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 06 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Jan, 03 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I started the acura 3.2tl type s at 6:45am, the acura had not been started or driven the previous 14 hours. engaged transmission in reverse, the gear locked up and rapidly accelerated backward and at the same time a fire started in the engine compartment, i managed to stop the acura after 30 feet where i was on and off my parking area at my house. by the time i had stopped the car flames, smoke & fumes were filling the passenger compartment, i could not get the drivers side door opened, my neighbor noticing the large amount of smoke coming from under the hood rushed to my aid for he could see that i was in the car and i was pushing on the door with my feet in an effiort to escape the burning acura. i was overcome from the fumes and smoke when he pulled me out of the now the rapidly burning acura, the flames having advanced to the front seat. he pulled me out with my heavy jacket on fire and the bottom of my pants aflame. he managed to get my jacket off and the flames out on my pants and we managed to get away from the burning acura then in thirty to fourty seconds the fire had progressed to the rear of the acura and the gas tank exploded and the whole car was a fireball. i suffered 2nd & 3rd degree burns on my legs. appletree acura, fletcher, nc had performed recall (campaign id #: 04v176000) on december 8th, 2004 at 42,000 miles in which they did not replace transmission but performed a revision to the oil cooler return line. the acura was a total loss. *ak |
