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Pontiac Grand Am Electrical System Ignition Switch Safety Report | June 16, 2002
Reported on June 16, 2002
| WHILE STARTING VEHICLE, WOULD CONTINUE TO RESTART BY ITSELF UNTIL CONSUMER SWITCHED IGNITION SWITCH TO ACCESSORIES. STARTED TO STOP, BUT SPARKS AND SMOKE WERE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, THE BACK OF CONSUMERS PANTS WERE ON FIRE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITON WAS RECALLED, AND CONSUMER SUFFERED 2ND DEGREE BURNS.*JB | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | 1 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | Y |
| Location: | TUCSON AZ |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NW12M3VC |
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| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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