1991 CHEVROLET CAPRICE

1991 CHEVROLET CAPRICE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING IT HOME. HE FURTHER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD OVERHEATED AND HE STOPPED TO LET IT COOL DOWN PRIOR TO THE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0151-90) *JB UPDATED 05/13/10 *BF

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 1991 CHEVROLET CAPRICE. THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND HEARD A LOUD ROAR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND BEFORE THE CONTACT COULD APPLY THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE STRUCK A BUILDING. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN . THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. *AK ALABAMA INCIDENT REPORT PROVIDED. UPDATED 08/03/07 *TR

Mileage: 63,000

MY CAPRICE CLASSIC WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND HAD NOT BEEN MOVED FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR. AFTER AN HOUR FROM MY CAR BEING MOVED, MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DASH WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE THAT MY CAR WAS EVEN ON FIRE FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD KID. I QUICKLY TRIED TO PUT IT OUT AND DID SO. BY THE TIME IT HAD DIED OUT AND THE SMOKE WAS GONE, THE ENTIRE MIDDLE AND PARTIAL LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH HAD MELTED TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. MY CAR DID NOT HAVE THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION AND NOTHING WAS LEFT O

Mileage: 300,000

1991 CHEVROLET CAPRICE CLASSIC/AUTO ACCIDENT/ AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

PAINT PEELING ON VEHICLE. MR

PAINT PEELING ON VEHICLE. MR

PAINT PEELING ON VEHICLE

PAINT PEELING ON VEHICLE

DURING FRONTAL COLLISION THE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK THERE WERE 2INJURIES.*NLM

CONSUMER HAD CANCELED CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH TO COME OFF THE INTERSTATE, CONSUMER CAME TO A PARKING LOT AND PARKED VEHICLE, WHEN GETTING BACK IN VEHICLE AND PUTTING IT IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE HIT A BUILDING AT 70 MPH, THERE WAS ONE INJURY, CONSUMER FEELS THE CRUISE CONTROL GOT STUCK. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT, CONSUMER SIFTED GEAR INTO REVERSE AND VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARDS. THEN, HE SHIFTED GEAR INTO DRIVE AND THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. DRIVER DID NOT PUSH GAS PEDAL WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE HIT A PARKED CAR AND THEN A TRAILER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TOTALED THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT, CONSUMER SIFTED GEAR INTO REVERSE AND VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARDS. THEN, HE SHIFTED GEAR INTO DRIVE AND THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. DRIVER DID NOT PUSH GAS PEDAL WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE HIT A PARKED CAR AND THEN A TRAILER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TOTALED THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME.*AK

ANTI- LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAR SKIDDED TEN FEET THEN ROLLED ABOUT TWENTY FEET INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER CAR THAT HAD PANIC STOPPED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. BUMPER WENT UNDER OTHER CAR CRUSHING MY CAR TO THE WINDSHIELD. BOTH CARS WERE THE SAME SIZE SO BUMPERS SHOULD BE AT SAME HEIGHT. THE OTHER CAR IS A EARLY NINETIES LINCOLN TOWN CAR.*AK

THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 12 HOURS AND A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

OWNER STARTED THE ENGINE, PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF IN FULL SPEED, CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE ABOUT 3 FEET AWAY. MINOR DAMAGES WAS DONE TO THE BUMPER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPACE AND VEHICLE SUDDENDLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END CRASH, VEHICLE HIT CORNER OF 16 FT WIDE SHED, HIT TELEPHONE POST. ACCORDING TO INSPECTOR FOR CHRYSLER, NO DEFECT IN AIRBAG. VEHICLE TOTALED. DUP OF 814630, ADDED 0N 25-FEB-98. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE VEHICLE A COUPLE OF FEET OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, FOOT WAS ON BRAKES BUT DID NOT STOP AUTMOBILE, CONSUMER DAMAGED NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE DOOR. *AK