Complaint 1902880
2011 CHEVROLET HHR • FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM • incident May 25, 2023
- Complaint ID
- 1902880
- Make
- CHEVROLET
- Model
- HHR
- Model Year
- 2011
- Component
- FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- Incident Date
- May 25, 2023
- Date Received
- Jun 17, 2023
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Owner Narrative
I left vehicle running on my concrete driveway while I ran in the house to get my father for an errand. When I came outside and went to get into the vehicle I noticed a fire in the front of the rear wheel on the driver's side kind of dripping flames from the vehicle on to the concrete. Luckily I reacted quickly enough to release the parking brake. [Car is a manual transmisson]. The car drifted forward [driveway has small downhill pitch]and I turned the motor off. Then I [luckily] ran over to a hose and brought it to the vehicle to extinguish the fire.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.