how can a car catch fire on the parking lot?
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I am Pretty sure BMW did a recall many years ago on the E46's due to a faulty electric fan switch? There were i believe a few instances of fans staying on and catching fire.....
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Mafioso said:
AndrewW-G said:
collect the insurance check and move on 
God this is such an Americanised thread: "parking lots" and "checks".Car parks and cheques would be nicer.
I'd go for wiring, had a 04 plate BM go up all on it's own on the back of me recovery truck once, fire brigade said it's a common thing something to do with the window switches buring out cos the window relays stick?
Twas a fe wyears ago and TBH i was more concerned about saving my truck than the motor on the back.
Twas a fe wyears ago and TBH i was more concerned about saving my truck than the motor on the back.
Two friends have had this.
One was a bodged immobilizer - started a fire while he was driving along... he actually called me:
"Hi, there's smoke coming from out of the dash, what should I do ?"
"Stop, turn it off and get the hell out !"
Another was a wire that some genius had installed years before and wrapped it around a screw. After several years of vibration it cut through the insulation and it caught fire when parked up.
One was a bodged immobilizer - started a fire while he was driving along... he actually called me:
"Hi, there's smoke coming from out of the dash, what should I do ?"
"Stop, turn it off and get the hell out !"
Another was a wire that some genius had installed years before and wrapped it around a screw. After several years of vibration it cut through the insulation and it caught fire when parked up.
amzamz said:
... a few days ago, my car burnt down in a private gated parking lot. It happened a few minutes after I parked it there, and went away. How can this happen? The fire didn't start in the engine (the front half was untouched by the fire), and it also didn't start at the battery (in the back, no damage there). Look at some more pictures here...
You tried to use the indicators, didn't you?
I bought my Astra van off a salvage co. with fire damage from an unknown starting point, some years later early one morning the alternator light came on & the power steering stopped working. I carried on home thinking that the alternator had given up which I was going to check once it got light, about 30 minutes later as it was becoming light I looked out through a window & saw smoke billowing from the sides around my bonnet.
Armed with a fire extinguisher I ran out & sprayed it through the rad grill & from underneath before opening the bonnet, I was lucky & all that was glowing red was the sound proofing material along the firewall but my electric power steering pump where the fire started was toast. Another few minutes & I think the flames may have really got a hold & my whole van would have been toast.
Armed with a fire extinguisher I ran out & sprayed it through the rad grill & from underneath before opening the bonnet, I was lucky & all that was glowing red was the sound proofing material along the firewall but my electric power steering pump where the fire started was toast. Another few minutes & I think the flames may have really got a hold & my whole van would have been toast.
Range rover P38 DHSE
Wife parks it on the drive, comes into house, stood in Kitchen having a glass of wine, looks out of the window, flames and smoke coming from under the bonnet. Alternator by all accounts. Know fault just not accepted by Land Rover. cost the insurance co. over £5k to put right (Wiring loom, FIP etc. etc.)
Wife parks it on the drive, comes into house, stood in Kitchen having a glass of wine, looks out of the window, flames and smoke coming from under the bonnet. Alternator by all accounts. Know fault just not accepted by Land Rover. cost the insurance co. over £5k to put right (Wiring loom, FIP etc. etc.)
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