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Hybrid Vehicles Toyota Prius Anyone Hear of a Prius Catching Fire?
89 messages, Last post on Aug 05, 2009 at 3:25 PM
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I'm looking for any information anyone may have in regards to a Toyota Prius being on fire, or more specifically, a 2005 Toyota Prius (or any other model year) catching fire. I would appreciate anyone's information. Sincerely, Ted |
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Not sure I understand your question..... Are you worried that a Prius might catch on fire because it's a hybrid? Did you hear of a Prius fire and are doing more research? Please let us know more specifically what your informational requirement is..... |
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We're investigating a house fire, which we suspect the vehicle in the garage caused. That vehicle happened to be a 2005 Toyota Prius. So yes, we have seen a fire which a Prius was present, and are trying to rule out all possibilities of the source of ignition. In this case, I am trying to find out if anyone else has actually seen or heard of a Prius actually being the cause of a fire, not just sensationilst rumors.
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Personally, I think it's remote at best. There is nothing inherently flammable about a Prius or the Toyota HSD system. I can honestly say that in almost 3 years of being a fan of hybrids and keeping up almost daily with hybrid news articles, the only Prius fire I have ever even heard about was one caused by a Prius crashing into a convenience store and catching on fire from the result of the crash. And that story was from a reliable news source.
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"Has anyone heard of a Prius on Fire?" would have been a less alarmist and more useful headline.
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Replying to: stevegold (Apr 10, 2007 9:11 am) Feffer37, sorry to hear about your fire. 
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Replying to: feffer37 (Apr 10, 2007 7:29 am) If it would have been parked in our garage, I am certain our house would have been destroyed. If you want to see pictures, then I can e-mail them to you. Good luck.
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Replying to: larsb (Apr 10, 2007 8:44 am) Both our car, and the other prius fire pictures are posted on a prius yahoo group. |
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Replying to: suzikn (Jun 25, 2007 11:47 am) Can you please please please email pictures? We would appreciate it. happy1number1 at aol dot com.
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Replying to: kwatson (Jun 26, 2007 8:15 am)  If you need any help with your CarSpace page, just click on my username and pop me an email, and I'd be happy to get you pointed in the right direction!
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