Ineos Grenadier burned down in Germany - Technical defect

[AWo]

I just came by that news. In Wapelfeld, Germany the IG of a lady caught fire and burned down on 03-01-2024. She was able to leave the car and get away safe. The police said it was a technical defect:

Ineos-Geländewagen fängt auf einem Feldweg Feuer – Fahrerin bringt sich in Sicherheit

Glück im Unglück für die Fahrerin eines Geländewagens vom Typ Ineos Grenadier: Sie kam unverletzt davon, als ihr Fahrzeug in Wapelfeld Feuer fing.

www.shz.de

AWo

 

[ADVAW8S]

That's two that have caught fire. Did we ever get causation with the Stockton fire?
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[Zimm]

A good pic for steel v Al panel reference.

 

[TD5-90]

A good pic for steel v Al panel reference.

Yes, was also my first thought.
No, rather: Second. First was: Diesel or gasoline?

 

[Tazzieman]

Unless it was someone lighting a fire inside , or driving over a fire and stopping (or grass getting caught in the undercarriage) , "technical defect" could mean anything.
Electrical , fluid leak(petrol , brake , P/S etc) .
And @ADVAW8S I presume you mean the Stockton beach fire? I haven't heard the result of the autopsy.

 

[DrahthHunter]

over 1200 ° we can deduce that

 

[DenisM]

Unless it was someone lighting a fire inside , or driving over a fire and stopping (or grass getting caught in the undercarriage) , "technical defect" could mean anything.
Electrical , fluid leak(petrol , brake , P/S etc) .
And @ADVAW8S I presume you mean the Stockton beach fire? I haven't heard the result of the autopsy.

IIRC....They're having difficulty fleshing out the report....

 

[Braydo]

That's two that have caught fire. Did we ever get causation with the Stockton fire?
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I've asked twice, 2 different people (agents), and both said the exact same thing - Ineos are taking it (the Stockton fire) very seriously and are investigating. As for whether they will report the findings, they didn't know. I suggested it's better to be transparent than not.

I have a Ford and when they released my model a press car went up in flames during the launch event - of course it was splashed all over the motoring media at the time. But Ford quickly released the findings of their investigation, provided assurances the cause was fixed and would not reoccur, and the vehicle went on to become one of their best sellers. Granted, a few further fires from other causes did occur in that model, but it appears none (in Australia) from the original cause as far as I can tell from monitoring the online forums.

Lack of transparency is worse than transparency in this situation. While uncommon, fires do occur. And while a single person can relatively easily escape a vehicle fire, include children in car seats and it's a different story (not to mention the potential consequences of a vehicle fire during remote travel when all your survival and communications equipment is in the vehicle). A consumer needs to know the areas of risk in the product they own so they can monitor them - lack of transparency is both dangerous and bad business.