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2020 RAM 3500 — POWER TRAIN

fire · 2244574 · 2026-09-08

Vehicle

Make
RAM
Model
3500
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
POWER TRAIN
Speed
30 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

We were pulling camper to Nashville TN. We pulled off I24 toward I65 North. I noticed the engine was raving and it felt like I was missing gears on the transmission. I was roughly 4 miles from my destination when I noticed smoke coming from under the hood on passenger side and flames coming from under hood on passenger side of the hood. I stopped the truck/ camper. Three of us had extinguishers trying to put fire out. The entire engingine compartment burned and fire intruded into driver compartment.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11762938
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown