Nissan Quest fire or smoke problems

Filed Dec 20, 2023 · Airbags · TN · crash · fire · 1 injury

The contact owned a 2009 Nissan Quest. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, she did not notice that the traffic light had turned red and continued driving. Another oncoming vehicle made a left turn in front of her. The contact stated that she swerved and the front end of the vehicle hit a pole. The contact saw smoke coming from underneath the hood. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact hit her chest against the steering wheel. Bystanders assisted the contact out of the vehicle. The contact was transported to the local hospital. The contact was then transported to the Trauma unit of another hospital. The contact sustained a broken sternum and broken left and right ribs. The contact stated that she spent 10 days in the trauma unit, and she also received home health assistance. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot, where it was totaled. A police report was filed. The contact later received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number:Â 23V067000Â (Air Bags) that she related to the failure. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Dec 17, 2021 · Electrical · AZ · fire

Car had internal fire with the push start system. Brake switch caught fire when the car was started melted electrical underneath

Filed Sep 11, 2020 · Engine · 30,000 miles · TX · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2012 nissan quest. The contact stated while his son was driving at approximately 65 MPH, an explosion was heard in the engine compartment and black smoke was seen coming from the rear of the vehicle. The driver stopped on the side of the highway and the family exited safely however smoke filled the inside of the vehicle immediately when the doors were opened. The contact stated that the family members noticed that the engine compartment was on fire as flames were exiting the front of the vehicle. The sheriff attempted to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher however was unable to. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire. The contact stated more than half of the vehicle was on fire. The contact was unaware if a fire or police department report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The insurance company was notified and was awaiting to inspect the vehicle. The dealer trophy nissan ( 5031 n galloway ave, mesquite, tx 75150) was made aware of the failure however, the offered no assistance. The contact attempted to notify the manufacturer but was transferred to roadside assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000. *ln

Filed Oct 17, 2018 · Electrical · 245,000 miles · TN · fire

While van was parked, turned off, and no key in ignition, the lights started flashing and wipers started going. Started to smoke. A witness called fire department and it was in flames before they got there. Apparently electrical system malfunctioned and caught fire. We were inside a mall when this happened. Fire department called us and fire was out before we got to vehicle. Van is totaled.

Filed Jan 20, 2016 · Electrical · 136,000 miles · OK · fire

Car fire. Our minivan was parked, the engine shutoff and the keys were removed from the ignition. The car sat for three hours in very cold weather in a residential neighborhood. Based on the videos, it appears the electrical system started sparking and set the engine area on fire. Eventually the cab was on fire and the entire minivan was burned and completely lost. It took 7 minutes for the fire department to arrive and an additional 11 minutes for the firemen to extinguish the raging fire. All this was caught on a neighbor's security camera. The video files are over 5 mb so this website will not allow me to upload the video files. I should also mention we drove the van earlier in the day without problems.

Filed Sep 18, 2015 · Engine · NJ · fire

I was pulling into a partking lot and I started to smell something. I thought it was in the air but then I noticed that there was smoke coming from under my front hood. I immediately pulled over, got out of the van and saw smoke then fire coming from under the hood. I moved quite a distance away and call 911 as I was standing looking at the van, I saw something dripping with fire from the right passenger front end. Car was toast. It burned immediately. No warning sign, engine light alert nothing ... Very scarey!! Will not buy another quest.

Filed Jun 1, 2014 · Electrical · 121,012 miles · MI · fire

Drove it to a park about 1:00 p.m. Stayed there til about 3:00 pm got home parked in front of house on street. Went in back yard for a bbq about 20 to 30 minutes later noticed it started to smoke under hood toward the rear of engine compartment on passenger side about where pass. Feet would be or behind glove box. Within 5 minutes we had flames and by the time the fire dept got here it was a total loss.

Filed May 25, 2014 · Body, Engine · 100,000 miles · NY · fire

I got out of the car, turned it off and went on the house minutes later the car was on fire. The flames were big and they were in the front passenger side of the engine. I had just drove the car about an hour, there was no smell no sound no indicator lights nothing. The flames were big and car went up fast.

Filed Dec 4, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 147,000 miles · VA · fire

On november 27, 2013, while parked outside of my home, my 2004 nissan quest burst into flames. The car within seconds was completely engulfed in flames, and there was nothing anyone could do but get as far away from it as possible and hope there would be no injuries or fatalities. The car is totaled, and I need answers as to how a car that is parked all of a sudden bursts into flames. I believe that this needs to be investigated. My 2004 nissan quest cut off on me at a stop sign on october 31, 2013. When I got out of the car I could smell antifreeze. I had it towed to cowls nissan that evening. When I got to cowls nissan they were about to close, but I was able to rent a car from them while mine would be getting looked at and hopefully fixed the next day. The next day a representative from cowls nissan called me and told me that the rear coolant pump needed fixing and that'?s why the car cut off and wouldn'?t start. They replaced the pump and refilled it with antifreeze. I had my windshield wipers fixed because they said as they did a courtesy multipoint inspection the wipers weren'?t working because of a wiper link issue. When I went to pick up the car I noticed on the receipt that there was an oil leak issue and air filter issue that was discovered in the multipoint inspection. They also noted that my timing chain was noisy at startup and that it would need to be diagnosed further to get to the root of the problem. At no time was I told that the car wasn't safe to drive. On november 10, 2013 I noticed that there was a humming sound coming from the car, off and on, and then the passenger side headlight went out. I took the car in to fix the headlight on 11/22/2013, but I wasn't hearing the humming sound then. I started hearing the humming sound again close to thanksgiving (11/26/2013) and planned to take the car back in after the holiday.

Filed Jul 18, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 86,413 miles · IL

On june 26th 2013 the vehicle experienced total loss of power while driving and there was a corresponding strong electrical burning smell. Fortunately the vehicle was able coast off the main road and the family was able to exit safely. No fire started but car would not restart. Car was towed to nissan where they identified the problem as the ground battery cable being pulled off the transmission mounting point. The battery cable was replaced with a modified design that prevents this from occurring, the damage caused by the ground wire breaking was $2,871 which included the ground wire, 6 ignition coils, ECM, ipdm and labor. There is a tsb ntb06-075 for quest models 2004-2007, however the 2008 had the same design as indicated in the tsb. The vehicle had been in at st charles nissan as recently as 6 weeks earlier and the 27-point nissan inspection had been performed which was supposed to included the battery cable. No issues were found with the battery cable so either the inspection was not thorough or there was catastrophic wire failure caused by excessive drivetrain movement. The vehicle smelled like it could have caught on fire which it unfortunately did not. Losing all power instantaneously without any prior symptoms or service engine lights is concerning for this could have just as easily happened in an intersection or where the vehicle was not safely able to avoid other vehicles. The damaged parts have been retained in case the federal safety agency would like to inspect.