Stockton Beach Fire

[Zorro]

If you buy the wrong one, you could wreck your Grenadier by using it, as well. Powder extinguishers bring corrosive powder into every single and smallest gap you can think of.

AWo

True. A lot of insurance companies will write off a vehicle if they use corrosive powder mixes in any fire extinguisher usage. I make sure I buy those fire extinguishers every time - I don't want a car returned as 'repaired' after a fire.

 

[Loc Nar]

Y'all know I love the Grenadier and have one on order, but I just thought of a great DailyMail caption for this picture:

Bing and Bong. Up in Smoke.

 

[Logsplitter]

What chemistry does this extinguisher use (I couldn’t read all print in the photo)?

Sorry I don’t know the chemistry behind this. Maybe further internet search required

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[offender110]

A new Bronco caught fire in downtown Seattle today. Thought this crowd would enjoy

 

[Bruce]

A new Bronco caught fire in downtown Seattle today. Thought this crowd would enjoy

Living nearby I bet Seattle firefighters were probably glad it's not another roadside encampment fire.

 

[AngusMacG]

Saw a Dodge Ram, possibly 1500, on i-91N in CT with an engine fire. No emergency vehicles arrived yet so must’ve started a few minutes before i drove by in the Southbound lane

 

[Mountain4x4]

Any vehicle can catch on fire. How many billions have been lost on sunk transports with EVs already! Oh, god, please do not transport mine on one of those ships! But the main thing is to make sure its not a real design issue in a new vehicle.

 

[Wayneos]

….But the main thing is to make sure its not a real design issue in a new vehicle.

There is a recall for an electrical problem in the upper switch panel with the Grenadier that specifically mentions fire as a possibility. No one knows if that was the cause of the fire at Stockton beach or something else.

 

[DenisM]

There is a recall for an electrical problem in the upper switch panel with the Grenadier that specifically mentions fire as a possibility. No one knows if that was the cause of the fire at Stockton beach or something else.

Can you clarify whether that recall is for all Grenadiers or is it specific to a particular VIN range?

 

[Wayneos]

Can you clarify whether that recall is for all Grenadiers or is it specific to a particular VIN range?

It’s specific to certain vehicles, approx 700 from memory, not sure what the vin range was. The recall notice was posted here on the forum somewhere.

It had to do with a wire being squashed between the overhead switch panel and a bolt/nut and the result being a potential short > fire!

EDIT: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...ntrol-wire-that-may-short-circuit-226958.html

 

[Wayneos]

Can you clarify whether that recall is for all Grenadiers or is it specific to a particular VIN range?

INEOS Recalls Grenadier Station Wagon for Relay Control Wire That May Short Circuit

Masterminded by Jim Ratcliffe and penned by Toby Ecuyer, the Grenadier is best described as the Land Rover Defender for those who cannot imagine the Defe...

www.autoevolution.com

 

[AnD3rew]

There is a recall for an electrical problem in the upper switch panel with the Grenadier that specifically mentions fire as a possibility. No one knows if that was the cause of the fire at Stockton beach or something else.

Of course armchair analysts without all the data can’t give a reliable and definitive cause based in the limited information we have. But from the photos we have available it does look more likely that the fire started in or under the engine bay and not the cabin where it would be if it was a result of the overhead switch panel issue or a Smartpass issue in the battery compartment.

 

[Tazzieman]

"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"
Said Mark Twain I think

 

[Mountain4x4]

"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"
Said Mark Twain I think

I live by that moto!