Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problems of the 2000 Buick Park Avenue

The contact owns a 2000 Buick Park Avenue. After the vehicle was started, the manifold exploded and caused the engine to catch fire. The contact extinguished the fire. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

The contact owns a 2000 Buick Park Avenue ultra. The contact stated that he noticed that smoke was coming from the hood of his vehicle he pulled over and could see oil was leaking onto the manifold. The contact has not taken the vehicle into a dealer as of current date. The vehicle has not been repaired as of current date. The failure mileage was 153,000. The current mileage was 161,000. (SC).

While turning the key to start vehicle caught on fire, flames and heavy smoke came under the hood. Fire department extinguished the fire. Insurance report indicated that fire was the result of an improper combustion within the intake manifold. This is because that the fuel vapors in this area were ignited and caused the resulting damage to vehicle.

The vehicle would not start. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and when the technician started the vehicle the manifold blew up resulting into engine fire.