Complaint 1723210
2016 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM • incident Jan 22, 2021
Crash
No
Fire
Yes
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 1723210
- Make
- FREIGHTLINER
- Model
- CASCADIA
- Model Year
- 2016
- Component
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Incident Date
- Jan 22, 2021
- Date Received
- Jan 28, 2021
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Owner Narrative
I AM A FIRE INVESTIGATOR WITH ONONDAGA COUNTY FIRE INVESTIGATION UNIT. RECENTLY I HAD TWO FIRES WITH SIMILAR VEHICLES BOTH WERE 2016 FREIGHTLINERS CASCADIA 125 BOTH WERE PARKED AND NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE EVENTS. BOTH ORIGIN AND CAUSE INVESTIGATIONS APPEARED TO REVEAL A FAILURE/MALFUNCTION AT THE WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME AS BEING THE POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULAR (PDM). BOTH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLES BEING DESTROYED BY FIRE.*DT*JB*JB*JB*JB*JB
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.
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