Burned truck, opinions ?

Whats going on guys, kve been a member for quite some time no but not a lot of posts but a lot of learning and reading. So recently i lost my truck to a fire.and was wondering if anyone has heard if such a cause. My younger brother took my truck to get it alighned by pep boys while i was at work. 10 minutes aftet he got home , he came out tk the driveway and it was in flames. Has anyone heard of such a thing ? I will upload pictures later on tonighg whenni get the chance. Thanks in advance.

 

Any after market lights installed?

 

Could be all kinds of things. Fuel leak. Oil leak getting onto exhaust components. Wires shorted/chewed by rodents. Arson.

I've not heard of specific problems/causes.

 

Any aftermarket alarm, sound system, or lights?
Electrical shorts are the most common cause for car fires.

 

As others have said, non-factory electrical is the most common.

Our trucks don't have any sort of "known fire hazard" that some others get.

 

Yes.

Sorry for your loss. Hopefully you have full comprehensive.

Unless you know a fire investigation pro, you may never know the root cause.

But I don't think it's Toyota specific, even with Infernos. (Sorry, couldn't help myself)

 

Did they use a torch to loosen the adjustment cams?

Lots of shops do it. Not many will admit it.

 

I knew it was a stretch in asking if there would be a specific cause or known issue. Nothing aftermarket. Only thing aftermarket was total chaos UCA and King Coilovers extended travel. I know it isn't electrical but it sucks that I had just finished installing them. Scratch that. Also a sound system.

 

Was the sound system installed by a professional shop, best buy, or backyard job?

 

and this is the bbq

 

Ferraris burn up pretty regularly. Tacomas not so much. Sorry for you. What's the wheel center cap looking thing on top of what used to be the battery?

 

Looks like it started at the battery


I will never put a sound system in my vehicle

 

Again. Alignment. Using a torch to loosen cams. Probably smoldered until it finally fully caught.

Don't discount it.

 

Came with the truck, so I'm not sure. I would need to ask the previous owner. Owned it for 5 years and never had a problem. Could have been the problem.

 

Is there any way to prove that ? Because I went to Pep Boyz after the incident and the manager practically laughed and said " You were praying we did something electrical Huh?" and said they could have not been the problem.

 

Did you say it was electrical? They will deny everything.

Hate hack shops like pep boys.

 

Check if any of your neighbors have security cameras that caught it igniting. That might give you some info.

 

Gas pocket around the battery ignite possibly? rare but it happens.

 

Yeah that is as far as we got into when it came to trying to determine the cause. We think it was a short/battery problem but figured I'd ask if anyone had heard of anything else. We had it under an extended rough so we got lucky in the fact that the house did not catch fire as well; silver lining I guess.