This car is HOT!!!
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 12,606
From: Mentor, Ohio
Gib DTD, those pics are horrible. Just glad you are safe!! Have you learned what the source of this fire was?
If you were to contact GM, it would be BEST to know the cause for the fire first. The big question is, did this first result in a recent service (such as having that oil fire recall addressed), was it the result in a bad design flaw? Bottom line, if you contact them and say "my car caught on fire" you need to tell them what their interest in this is.
Also, in my experience with customer service issues, I've written the CEO's of companies with well written and polite letters (not e-mails) and got great responses. You can get the CEO's name and the headquarter's mailing address for publicly traded companies (like GM) just by looking them up on Yahoo Finance.
If you were to contact GM, it would be BEST to know the cause for the fire first. The big question is, did this first result in a recent service (such as having that oil fire recall addressed), was it the result in a bad design flaw? Bottom line, if you contact them and say "my car caught on fire" you need to tell them what their interest in this is.
Also, in my experience with customer service issues, I've written the CEO's of companies with well written and polite letters (not e-mails) and got great responses. You can get the CEO's name and the headquarter's mailing address for publicly traded companies (like GM) just by looking them up on Yahoo Finance.
I was planning a top swap and have new heads, LIM, and and the supercharger and a few additional parts needed to do the swap. I was trying to save up for injectors, intercooler and whatever other miscellaneous parts I needed.
Im gonna tear the engine apart once I finish fixing the rust forming on the chassis. Should be next week sometime.
Im gonna tear the engine apart once I finish fixing the rust forming on the chassis. Should be next week sometime.
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 211
From: San Antonio, TX
Glad you're OK my friend.. I gotta wonder if this was an electrical issue or if it was oil leaking on the exhaust manifold (the infamous 3.8L recall).
A link for more info on the 3.8L V6 recall..
GM recalling 1.4 million passenger cars over potential engine fires
It's also a "Sticky" in the MC Forum.
I was in a bad car fire once in early 2005, but it was mainly due to the age of the vehicle.. It was a 1971 Mercury Cougar that belonged to my mom. I had gone out to the street to move it, and when the engine turned over, smoke and flames shot out of the dash and around the shifter. The door became stuck, and I eventually forced it open. Fortunately, the only thing I lost was arm hair on my right arm. At the time, I still had the '82 Olds 98, and she was safely in the driveway away from the blazing cat.. She bought the car when it was new (to this day I still say "Why didn't you get an Olds 442, Buick GS, Dodge Charger, or a Monte Carlo?) Ironically this wasn't the first flammable cat that we had; In 1982, another Cougar burnt up (1978 model I think) and my folks bought the Oldsmobile as a result. This one from what I heard (me not being born yet) was due to a defect with the A/C and Heater blower.
When Ford discontinued Mercury last year, a part of me said "Good Bye, you won't be missed."
The Olds is more than likely still running (checked on it late last year, since I have the VIN still..
) while both Cougars are in the junkyard for sure. The Olds probably either has a dead battery from sitting, since it would cost over $100 to fill it (87 octane), or it might be driven to shows with big rims on it looking gangsta like so many early '80s Cadillacs.. Heck, it might be driven every now and then looking the way I left it in 2006- stock, but about 70% restored.
A link for more info on the 3.8L V6 recall..
GM recalling 1.4 million passenger cars over potential engine fires
It's also a "Sticky" in the MC Forum.
I was in a bad car fire once in early 2005, but it was mainly due to the age of the vehicle.. It was a 1971 Mercury Cougar that belonged to my mom. I had gone out to the street to move it, and when the engine turned over, smoke and flames shot out of the dash and around the shifter. The door became stuck, and I eventually forced it open. Fortunately, the only thing I lost was arm hair on my right arm. At the time, I still had the '82 Olds 98, and she was safely in the driveway away from the blazing cat.. She bought the car when it was new (to this day I still say "Why didn't you get an Olds 442, Buick GS, Dodge Charger, or a Monte Carlo?) Ironically this wasn't the first flammable cat that we had; In 1982, another Cougar burnt up (1978 model I think) and my folks bought the Oldsmobile as a result. This one from what I heard (me not being born yet) was due to a defect with the A/C and Heater blower.
When Ford discontinued Mercury last year, a part of me said "Good Bye, you won't be missed."
The Olds is more than likely still running (checked on it late last year, since I have the VIN still..
) while both Cougars are in the junkyard for sure. The Olds probably either has a dead battery from sitting, since it would cost over $100 to fill it (87 octane), or it might be driven to shows with big rims on it looking gangsta like so many early '80s Cadillacs.. Heck, it might be driven every now and then looking the way I left it in 2006- stock, but about 70% restored.
