Chevy Volt catches fire....again.

[Fordmuscle1965]

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/18/r...es-fire-again/

Chevrolet Volt owners Storm and Dee Connors were reportedly woken up by the sound of fire alarms in their Barkhamsted, Connecticut home for the second time in a week. As you may recall, the Connors family escaped injury when a garage fire consumed both their new Volt and a home-converted electric Suzuki Samurai on April 14. Now, local news outlets are reporting that the remains of the Volt reignited while still in the charred remains of the garage. The vehicle was not plugged in at the time of the second burning.

Local authorities are currently investigating the source of the re-ignition, though some members of the media-at-large have been quick to single out the Volt as the cause of the first fire, even though fire investigators have yet to speak up with their findings.

General Motors, meanwhile, is sending its own experts to investigate both incidents. The automaker originally issued a statement urging the public to refrain from leaping to conclusions about the first fire, asking everyone to allow local authorities and the automaker's own engineers time to uncover the origin of the trouble. You can find the full statement here. Thanks for the tips, Kris and Phil!


Interesting...................

[Road_Warrior]

Capacitor discharge?

EDIT:

While the Volt's battery pack sustained damage, it was not extensive enough or of the type that would suggest that it caused the fire. In addition, there is clear evidence based on moderate damage to the cordset and charging system that neither component caused the fire.

Sounds like someone might have lobbed one of Vyacheslav Molotov's finest in there...

[stevz]

What is the point of this thread? It appears that the fire started from another source and the car had nothing to do with it. Just another excuse for blind GM bashing if you ask me.

[stang65]

NO, it is said they would investigate whether it was because of the Volt.

[vztrt]

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/18/g...let-volt-fire/

General Motors updates official statement about Chevrolet Volt in CT fire

by Dan Roth (RSS feed) on Apr 18th 2011 at 11:59PM Breaking

While some have been quick to point fingers at the 2011 Chevrolet Volt involved in two separate incidents at the Barkhamsted, CT home of Storm and Dee Connors, General Motors has updated its earlier statement to improve the clarity of the situation. "While the Volt's battery pack sustained damage," says General Motors Global Electric Vehicle Executive Doug Parks, "it was not extensive enough or of the type that would suggest that it caused the fire."

GM experts are working with fire officials in the small town in the Northwest corner of Connecticut to help determine the cause of the blaze that also destroyed a home-built Suzuki Samurai EV that Storm Connors had been chronicling on a blog. General Motors is confident that the engineering and systems in the Chevrolet Volt provide exceptional safety, and the vehicle's involvement in this situation is one of circumstance, merely a damaged vehicle due to its parking spot, and not the root cause of the fire. Full statement posted after the jump.

[Source: General Motors]

[Deco28]

As if people will suddenly blame the Volt when it's sitting next to a converted home-made Electric Suzuki.... On another forum, people have provided links to webpages showing this Volt owners wiring jobs, and they look extremely shoddy - why would his job on the Suzuki be any different.

The Volt underwent 4million verification miles, what would you trust, the Volt or a homemade electric car?

I'm not surprised the Volt's battery caught fire that second time. It had just sat through the garage burning down. It was bound to be damaged.

[Falcman0o7]

I heard the FLUX-CAPICATOR in these is a cheap chinese unit.

[Bobman]

Originally Posted by Falcman0o7

I heard the FLUX-CAPICATOR in these is a cheap chinese unit.

No surprise. Chinese supplied power units in some (can't recall the brand name) computers in the 1990s caught fire; one fire killed a couple of kids in Melbourne - around 1993 or 1994.

They still don't know how to make things properly. Just look at all the dodgy circuit boards in the cheap tvs.

[DJR David]

Originally Posted by Bobman

No surprise. Chinese supplied power units in some (can't recall the brand name) computers in the 1990s caught fire; one fire killed a couple of kids in Melbourne - around 1993 or 1994.

They still don't know how to make things properly. Just look at all the dodgy circuit boards in the cheap tvs.

oh dear............

[Falcman0o7]

Originally Posted by DJR David

oh dear............

LMFAO!

[jpd80]

Somebody has stolen my MOJO........

Speaking of things on fire, I wonder if the Caprice PPV will get the "wet match" award for 2011.......

[ivorya]

I'm surprised GM haven't blamed Barack Obama for the fires. They'd probably state that he cut back funding for the car....