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Old Apr 7, 2010 | 03:06 AM
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i was on my way driving to meet up my friend and my car shuts off after this happen i decided to go back home and just call it a day and try to figure out what was wrong with the car when i got home smoke started coming out of the vents and coming out from under the steering wheel i stepped out the car and opened the hood in a matter of seconds i smelled something burning and noticed that my car caught on fire to make a long story short my car exploded
i had just gotten my cluth replaced and and a new slave cylinder replaced on my car like 2 weeks ago and i also had gotten the recall done for my car about a week ago do you think any of the people that fixed my car couldve been the cause of all this?
 
Old Apr 7, 2010 | 08:56 AM
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im really sorry to hear that!
 
Old Apr 7, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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Damn that really sucks. Perhaps they messed up your wiring harness to the coilpacks causing a short. my car did that once but luckly no fire. just a fuse blew. But i can imagine if it was shorting pretty bad and cuaght some fumes it could ignite. pics on the engine compartment might help figure the cause.
 
Old Apr 9, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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I say coil pack harness shorted somewhere after you shut off, causing a small fire to begin in the engine area furthere spreading to firewall and through it. Man that just ******* sucks.... Your insurance going to cover it?
 
Old Apr 10, 2010 | 12:23 AM
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Well that sucks to hear. They will have to look at the car to find out where the fire started and what caused it.
 
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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that's going to be a tough one to get someone to admit they caused your car to burn up... do you have any pictures of the carnage?
 
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