Freak Accident

suren181 · 7th September 2006, 16:48

Been motivated to highlight yet another peril while in a car after reading about the bottle and the brake episodes.
This happened to my Bro and a friend of mine a few years ago during a hot summer at Chennai. Wherein the Cigarette Lighter on the Dashboard in my friends old Amby (Non A/c) burst and the Steel piece at the end of the Lighter hit him on the cheekbone just as he was moving the car. Shudder to think what could have happened if they were on the Highway and at breakneck speeds and the projectile hit his eye.

gr8guzzler · 7th September 2006, 19:14

Was there a wiring issue? I had a similar experience in my omni, where the lighter got stuck and burnt a big hole in my dashboard. This happened purely due to bad wiring.

suren181 · 8th September 2006, 11:41

Just that the car was parked in the heat for a long duration and the lighter got heated up too as it was kept on the dasboard and thus burst

IQBAL VEERJI · 22nd November 2009, 15:09

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Originally Posted by gr8guzzler

Was there a wiring issue? I had a similar experience in my omni, where the lighter got stuck and burnt a big hole in my dashboard. This happened purely due to bad wiring.

I has happened to me also due to bad wiring to my fog lamps in my omini some one tear back thank god I was in the car and dissconnected the batttery

akshay4587 · 23rd November 2009, 05:52

I think the cigarrate lighter being mentioned is the normal handy one,not the car one.

bblost · 23rd November 2009, 08:33

After my car got serviced I ran a couple of simple tests.
Having given up smoking the cig lighter in the car was not used.

But as part of the test I simply pressed it in.
The lighter popped out fully and fell on the carpet.

Thank God, I was doing this test in a stationery car.
I shudder to think what might have happened if I was driving.

MX6 · 23rd November 2009, 18:01

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Originally Posted by bblost

Having given up smoking the cig lighter in the car was not used.

Good to hear this. Healthy motoring. Hope many more get inspired by your statement and follow suit.
Cheers.

beejay · 23rd November 2009, 18:07

Suren, Was this the cigarette lighter fixed to the car or a normal one?

condor · 23rd November 2009, 19:35

A common occurance in the gelf .. gas-based cigarette lighters left inside cars parked in the sun are prone to explosion.

Smokers, pls take care.

suren181 · 24th November 2009, 11:34

This was the regular Bic hand held (plastic) gas filled lighter that caused this, and yes as bblost did mention in his post, the in-built cigarette lighter does pop of it's socket sometimes and fall down.

7th September 2006, 16:48	#1
suren181 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 850 Thanked: 11 Times View My Garage	Been motivated to highlight yet another peril while in a car after reading about the bottle and the brake episodes. This happened to my Bro and a friend of mine a few years ago during a hot summer at Chennai. Wherein the Cigarette Lighter on the Dashboard in my friends old Amby (Non A/c) burst and the Steel piece at the end of the Lighter hit him on the cheekbone just as he was moving the car. Shudder to think what could have happened if they were on the Highway and at breakneck speeds and the projectile hit his eye.
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7th September 2006, 19:14	#2
gr8guzzler BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 653 Thanked: 87 Times View My Garage	Was there a wiring issue? I had a similar experience in my omni, where the lighter got stuck and burnt a big hole in my dashboard. This happened purely due to bad wiring.
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8th September 2006, 11:41	#3
suren181 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 850 Thanked: 11 Times View My Garage	Not electricals issue Just that the car was parked in the heat for a long duration and the lighter got heated up too as it was kept on the dasboard and thus burst
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23rd November 2009, 05:52	#5
akshay4587 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chandigarh/Mohali/Ambala Cantt Posts: 4,151 Thanked: 4,525 Times View My Garage	I think the cigarrate lighter being mentioned is the normal handy one,not the car one.
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23rd November 2009, 08:33	#6
bblost Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 11,008 Thanked: 15,355 Times View My Garage	After my car got serviced I ran a couple of simple tests. Having given up smoking the cig lighter in the car was not used. But as part of the test I simply pressed it in. The lighter popped out fully and fell on the carpet. Thank God, I was doing this test in a stationery car. I shudder to think what might have happened if I was driving.
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23rd November 2009, 18:07	#8
beejay Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Nilgiris Posts: 1,963 Thanked: 204 Times View My Garage	Suren, Was this the cigarette lighter fixed to the car or a normal one?
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23rd November 2009, 19:35	#9
condor Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Speed-brkr City Posts: 15,864 Thanked: 16,014 Times View My Garage	A common occurance in the gelf .. gas-based cigarette lighters left inside cars parked in the sun are prone to explosion. Smokers, pls take care.
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24th November 2009, 11:34	#10
suren181 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 850 Thanked: 11 Times View My Garage	This was the regular Bic hand held (plastic) gas filled lighter that caused this, and yes as bblost did mention in his post, the in-built cigarette lighter does pop of it's socket sometimes and fall down.
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