# 2024 KIA EV6 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `2250914` · 2026-09-26 · Kia America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** KIA
- **Model:** EV6
- **Year:** 2024
- **Manufacturer:** Kia America, Inc.
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Speed:** 70 mph
## Narrative
I was driving my car on the highway, then I got the message çheck your electrical system'for around a minute. Then there was a rumble or bang as if I hit something with the back, but the road was clean. Then the car started slowing down and I drove to the side. I got out of the car and saw white smoke coming from under the car in the back. I started opening the hood and trunk in the back to find out, where the smoke came from. It was nothing to see. Because it was an electrical car I assumed, that it could start burning, when it smells like smoke and looks like smoke. So I called 911 and told them, that I think my electric car is starting to burn, where I am and that nobody was injured. I took everything out of the car, closed the hood, the trunk and the doors and moved in a safe distance at the side. Around 10 minutes later firefighters arrived and started to put out the fire with a water hose. They opened the trunk, removed the covers there and put water an top of the burned part. The fire wasn't that big. I think, I acted fast enough, to stop it early. I think the battery started to burn. Nothing else was affected. The police called a towing truck and the car is now at the towing yard. It happend 3 hours ago. Police came, I have a filenumber and the insurance has also been informed. I took some pictures of the small fire, the smoke and the melted parts in the trunk after the fire was stopped.
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*