1996 pontiac trans sport, motor seized up and began to smoke, motor caught fire. *bf prior to the fire, the driver noticed the vehicle was leaving some type of fluid behind. According to the police report, the engine was leaking oil. (ohio traffic crash report # 10-0409-90)*jb updated 08/05/10
Pontiac Trans Sport fire or smoke problems
23 of the 971 owner complaints about the Pontiac Trans Sport describe fire, smoke or burning smell, most of them for the 1994 model year.
- owner complaints
- 23
- worst model year
- 1994
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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1995 pontiac trans sport caught fire under the vehicle. *kb the consumer stated the vehicle did have an oil leak. Ohio traffic crash report# 10-89-0648.
Van started on fire, in driver's door originating from power window controls. Parked in driveway next to house,not running. Van was a complete loss,only vehicle was only one for a family of four.
While driving vehicle stalled. Consumer pulled over and noticed smoke coming from the hood. Vehicle caught on fire. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. No injuries reported. Vehicle was towed and totaled by the insurance company.
Stalls when gets warm. Abs braking light comes on every now and then. I was rolling up window it has electric and window shattered in side door. I have put a new module in and a newrotor cap and the new coil. The old coil caught on fire when the van stalled on me. Now it has no spark. I had it in sadlers motors and they told me the module was bad. I put it in. It studders going down the road when it gets warm gas quit coming out of injectors then when I put module on injectors work now I was wondering if there was recalls on any of that stuff I baught the van used. Warranty doesn't cover any of this. They said the warranty was in with the price of the van but to find out they charged us for the warranty. Somtimes when we hit a bump it has a rattling noise from rear; it sounds like from front somtimes.
Consumer was traveling about 65mph on highway and without prior warning consumer noticed black smoke coming from underneath van. He was able to pull over to shoulders. Lifted hood and flames were coming out. Within a second vehicle bursted into fire. The vehicle was totaled. Dealership was aware of problem.
On 3/20/01, I was driving my van eastbound on rt. 33 in hocking county. My van stalled, so I pulled to the side. I attempted to restart the vehicle, and while it would continue to start, as soon as I put it in gear, it would stall again. A passerby stopped, and pulled the hood latch, then told me to try to start it again. Almost immediately, we saw smoke which we quickly determined was coming from under the vehicle. The vehicle burst into flames fueled by the gas from the fuel pump. The van is a total loss, and the logan fire dept. Stated it was caused by the fuel pump igniting. I am continuing to pay for this van as I only have liability insurance. I feel if I was driving my vehicle down the road, never came in contact with another car, and did nothing wrong, why should I be out my van? I contacted pontiac and was given a confirmation # for a report, but have heard nothing. Please help me determine if they are liable for faulty electrical equipment.
When driving on highway consumer was alerted that vehicle was on fire underneath the vehicle. Consumer then depressed the brake pedal with no response. Got vehicle to stop and noted that transmission was on fire within the engine compartment. Vehicle was a total loss. Consumer was unawear of the recall. Please provide any further details.
Ignition assembly switch in column caught fire, began to spread up the column into the passenger compartment.
While driving and looking for a parking space, when driver was about 3 parking spots away from her spot, she saw smoke. After that, in about 2 minutes, vehicle was engulfed in flames. Fire department was called.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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Which Pontiac Trans Sport years have fire, smoke or burning smell problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1994 (6 complaints), 1993 (5 complaints) and 1995 (3 complaints).
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