#701, "You guys are never going to believe this..."
My car caught on fire this morning on the way to work. Just as I get to work, smoke is coming from under the hood. I pop the hood and I have my battery on fire.
#704, "RE: You guys are never going to believe this..." In response to Reply # 2
I don't know what happened, but I think my battery slid forward when i was stopping and my cruise control cable crossed the battery terminal and grounded out. Sparks started flying, as claimed by a lady behind me in traffic, I pulled over, lifted the hood and my battery had huge flames coming out of it. I blew them out, doused the battery with water, pulled it out. I have some wire damage running to the injectors, etc. The battery terminals are toast, the cruise control cable is completely melted through, and one of my I/C pipe connectors is burned through.
#705, "RE: You guys are never going to believe this..." In response to Reply # 3
Originally posted by FlyinEsi I don't know what happened, but I think my battery slid forward when i was stopping and my cruise control cable crossed the battery terminal and grounded out. Sparks started flying, as claimed by a lady behind me in traffic, I pulled over, lifted the hood and my battery had huge flames coming out of it. I blew them out, doused the battery with water, pulled it out. I have some wire damage running to the injectors, etc. The battery terminals are toast, the cruise control cable is completely melted through, and one of my I/C pipe connectors is burned through. I hope this doesn't get expensive.
I think you got lucky personally. That could have been a lot worse. Looks like you just need new injector wiring, battery, and i/c connectors. This is a good reason to get rid of cruise control at least. Defintily the worst part is the injector wires. Good luck!
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#707, "RE: You guys are never going to believe this..." In response to Reply # 5
Damn, that sucks. It sure could have been worse, but hopefully the electrical currents didn't mess up something unseen. Hope you get it back on the road soon.
#708, "RE: You guys are never going to believe this..." In response to Reply # 6
Wow it could have been sooooo much worse believe me about a mouth ago I was driving down the road and my talon esi started to catch on fire I got out just before the car went up in flames it all burned up in to nothing. NO JOKE AT ALL I had no idea what happened. till maybe now.
Well, you can always look o the positive side, it didn't burn to the ground. 
