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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005016969 | Incident Date: Mar, 07 2005 |
| Consumer's City: WILLOW GROVE | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: EXPRESS | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCEG15W521 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 25 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Dec, 17 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Van is used in a municipal parks and recreation department for maintenance duties. operator started vehicle at beginning of day to warm up. operator left the vehicle. operator returned approximately five minutes later and saw smoke coming from inside the passenger area. operator called 911 and retrieved a dry powder extinguisher. operator saw flames coming from an area in the rear of the driver's seat. operator turned off ignition and used extinguisher on the fire, putting it out. investigation shows area of origin to inside the driver?s side seat belt channel. plastic molding covers this channel. a wiring harness is located in this channel. heaviest burn of the harness is directly at the connection of the harness to the driver?s side seat belt mechanism located at the floor. fire partially consumed harness and plastic molding. there are pictures of the damage and harness. harness was cut back to clean wiring on both sides of damaged section and is available for inspection.*ak |
