My s2000 caught fire!
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My s2000 caught fire!
I took my s2000 through a drive through car wash, everything was good untill i was driving and i smelled burning plastic so i pulled over and poped the hood and my fuse box was on fire! and some wire around it. so now my one headlight wont work, and my car wont run or anything, i was just wondering if anyone has heard of this happining before? or how much this will cost to get fixed........... 
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after a closer look, it looks like the one big wire coming from the headlight caught fire at the conector under the fuse box. I hope they dont have to replace the whole wiring harness to fix it. and does anyone know if there is a way to put up my windows manually? when it happend my windows were down and now they wont go back up. Thanks. 
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From: concord
It sounds like some water got into some loose wires and caused a short circuit. The spark created by the short circuit set something on fire. This could happen to any car. It doesn't sound like an s2000 specific problem.
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you should have a case against the owner of the car wash, as it was obviously defective (not supposed to fry you electronics!). He should have known this and warned you. If not against the owner, that the manufacturer. A Couple people here in Tallahassee won similar suits because the carwash snagged on their rear spoilers and ripped them off.
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Originally Posted by jwa4378,Jul 23 2005, 12:10 PM
you should have a case against the owner of the car wash, as it was obviously defective (not supposed to fry you electronics!). He should have known this and warned you. If not against the owner, that the manufacturer. A Couple people here in Tallahassee won similar suits because the carwash snagged on their rear spoilers and ripped them off.
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there's not really anything you can do in that case. it sucks that it happened though
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My lowered car wouldn't make it through a car wash if I wanted. If it's only a main cable that fried, there's chance that a replacement cable can be grafted on. If you take it to Honda, they'll probably suggest a new harness...