I park in the parking garage charging spots with my plug in hybrid, if it's a lucky day and it's not all taken. Often it is. Mostly Teslas which is annoying as they can go supra charge somewhere and leave the rest of us level two'ers alone. If you get close to a Tesla it starts recording you and announces it. You can see it on their big screen. I don't know if the fires happen during charging so much. The worst is when you drive out in a neighborhood, the car catches fire, and you can't find the door handle as they don't know how to design a car. Then there is this fireball rolling down the street. No matter I want to go buy one and do 0-60 in under two seconds for some reason.
Chevy Bolt fire risk
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I remember that my Explorer had the recall done, where they have added a fused harness on that circuit. I wasn't even the original owner, they got it in for annual inspection and just added that free of charge.
You know, Toyota is actually more behind than the domestic in EV these days because they bet incorrectly that fuel cell would be the future.
I checked my policy documents and was not able to find any reference to this.
11083 F150’s caught fire last year out of 16m on the road
More concerning new Ford F150s 2018-2022 are under recall for fire.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.motor1.com/news/486681/ford-super-duty-fire-video/amp/
Gas cars burn so often nobody cares, it’s not even newsworthy unless a bus full of children burn, just the nature of copy pasta culture.
Millions of tweets and social media posts and news articles about 13 cars but el zilcho on the 11083 F150’s that burned, gotta dig to find anything on it even though it’s an active situation
And yes Toyo is have flame problems in certain vehicles, nobody talks about it so they must be doing a good job of hiding the problem
Do you have a parking garage?
Only when involved in a very violent crash. Not when parked.
Friends A4, a few weeks ago. FD seem to indicate an electrical issue; he was not driving it, it just went up in flames in his driveway.
okaaaaay. j/k.
40% of gas cars light up without a collision
New F150s have lit up idling and not moving
No, but I insure a few.
The Mustang Mach-E is made in Mexico.
The Bolt's final assembly is in Michigan but manufacture of the battery, motor, and drive unit is at LG, Incheon, South Korea. t has only 20% domestic-parts content.
So, depending on your definition, those cars are not American. I don't consider them American.
My Tesla Model 3 is the most American car you can buy. That's one reason I bought it.
What??? 11k?? What from? I almost bought a bolt till I read of the batt issues. Bought the Prius instead....now what of the toyo fires??? lol
Your response shows a general lack of awareness of how common vehicle fires are, I can’t say that an F150 burns any more often than another model (in fact it’s dead average)
The Prius was not a model that has fire issues.
Most of Toyota’s troubles are 2nd Gen + RAV4s
Newish fords that have fried are due to a defective grounding system that shorts out and are under recall
The majority of the non-collision fires were in old Ford F150s, needless to say the reason a hoopie 1975 F150 lites up is very different than the reason a 90’s model might burn versus a 2022 with a factory defect
I wasn't being a smart ass it was an honest question, I didn't realize there were that many.
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I guess we need to have a separate "who's had a car self-immolate" thread... (raises hand!) my pride and joy '88 CRX--my first new car, caught fire and burned to a crisp. I was "just driving along"... Got a recall notice about some electrical issue about 2 weeks later. Oops...
In my mind, the manufacturer country is where the HQ and CEO is located and where most of the profits are going back.
Not where the slaves are working to build the tincans.
Can you go through exactly how Toyota hides burning car problems from us so we can’t talk about it?
They are also supposed to come out with a solid state battery.
this includes fires like arson that have nothing to do with the car.
https://insideevs.com/news/501729/number-tesla-vehicle-fires-2020/
https://insideevs.com/news/501729/number-tesla-vehicle-fires-2020/
I've been reading a lot about this lately. Bummer because the Bolt EV is my favorite EV out there right now and I've come close to picking one up on more than one occasion.
I'm still getting recall notices for that for my F350! I have brought it in a few times and it still doesn't have cruise control *or* the switch that catches fire. But they keep telling me
I'm still getting recall notices for that for my F350! I have brought it in a few times and it still doesn't have cruise control *or* the switch that catches fire. But they keep telling me
I'll believe it when I see it.
When your brand is new and expensive, you automatically eliminated the biggest fire risk: idiot and reckless owners.
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