"Below are pictures of what remains of our 2007 Suburban. We are all okay but I wanted to warn everyone not to make the same mistake I did.
This fire resulted from leaving an Iphone charger/docking station plugged into the car outlet. It overheated and started a fire, while parked in our garage. PLEASE unplug anything you have in your car outlets once you turn off your car!
We were VERY fortunate that we found the fire, at 11pm, before going to bed and before it spread to the house. None of our garage heat detectors or house fire alarms went off (another item to take care of on my to do list)."
Apparently most makes and models do not shut off the power when the vehicle is off. Please unplug any accessories you have attached. (Phone chargers, radar detectors, ipod's, coolers, gaming devices, etc.)
THIS BE-SAFE TIP BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARKLEY MOTORS!
Written and posted by Tim Northburg - Sales / Internet Manager
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A charger? Never even gave it a second thought until seeing this. I want to personally thank the customers that sent Tom Wadlington this personal story.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the info...I would never have thought of this...scary pix.
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