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Fisker in cooperation with an independent fire expert from Pacific Rim Investigative Services Group has completed an investigation regarding a recent incident in which a Karma plug-in hybrid saloon caught on fire while sitting at a parking lot outside of a grocery store in Woodside, California, on August 10.
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Fisker Finds that Cooling Fan Unit to Blame for Latest Karma Fire Incident, Announces New Recall
Fisker in cooperation with an independent fire expert from Pacific Rim Investigative Services Group has completed an investigation regarding a recent incident in which a Karma plug-in hybrid saloon caught on fire while sitting at a parking lot outside of a grocery store in Woodside, California, on August 10.
The company's engineers and the fire expert said that the ignition source and root cause of the fire was traced to a cooling fan unit located ahead of the left front wheel.
Read more »- Fisker Wraps Investigation Of Karma Fires At New Jersey Port, Blames One Car's Vehicle Control Unit
Last week, Sandy's furious tempest resulted in 16 brand-new Fisker Karma sedans and three Toyota Prius hybrids going up in flames at a shipping facility in New Jersey after being submerged in seawater for many hours. While we have yet to hear from...
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- Fisker Investigating Latest Karma Fire In California, Releases First Findings
Fisker made headlines for all the wrong reasons this past weekend when one of its Karma plug-in hybrid sedans burst into flames at a parking lot in Woodside, California on Friday. Following a short statement on Saturday, Fisker issued a more detailed...
- Officials Say Fisker Karma Was The Origin Of A Texas House Fire
The Fisker Karma is once again under the spotlight following two widely publicized incident regarding a recent recall for its A123-supplied battery pack that posed a fire risk and a car that shut down only a few days after Consumer Reports purchased...
- Fisker To Debut 408hp Karma S 'sunset' Hybrid Concept At Detroit Show
Along with the public unveiling of the production Karma plug-in hybrid sports sedan, Fisker will also takes the wraps off a new concept car at next month's Detroit Auto Show. The concept is called Karma S, where S stands for Sunset - something that...