There's nothing like being next to a nice crackling fire...

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victor_2019 said:
So the anti climactic news is that it wasn't the car but a phone charger that was plugged in the 12v socket that caught fire...
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Makes sense and would explain why it would stop when the car was turned off. Was the charger a cheap knockoff from China?
 
There's no smell in the car now.

I did plug the charger back in and as soon as I did the tip started to get hot and smell.

It's something I got for free with my phone, iQ brand so probably cheap Chinese.

It's the usbC plug that melted, the test of the charger still works.

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hobbit said:
Given that you said it was basically coming out of the center console, my
first suspicion would be something in the climate system, maybe a loose
PTC connection or a flap motor jammed and still trying to move. Were
you using the climate stuff at the time? I'd assume yes given your
complaint of freezing. What settings?

If it was a battery fire it would have been a lot more well-developed before
you would have been aware of it, and the car probably *would* be toast.

_H*
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Good pick up on the center console location, my original thoughts were below the floor based on the initial post.
At least all is well with the car and no one was hurt.
 
Not really a surprise, given how much power the newer C gear is expecting
to push through those pitifully undersized wires and connectors. I'm glad
all my stuff is still micro-B... What more people should do, is wander through
their settings and rip down all the useless and privacy-invasive junk taking
processor time on their devices, so they're not having to charge so much.
I plug my android in once a week, if that.

_H*
 
victor_2019 said:
There's no smell in the car now.

I did plug the charger back in and as soon as I did the tip started to get hot and smell.

It's something I got for free with my phone, iQ brand so probably cheap Chinese.

It's the usbC plug that melted, the test of the charger still works.

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Any chance this cable was long enough that it was contacting water/salt on your passenger side floor mats causing a short?

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