R.I.P. Vitz RS v2.0

[CTScott]

Wow - I saw your post last night on Facebook about it and was glad to hear that you were able to walk away.

Based on your description of the fogs not coming on and then the fire originating from the under-hood fuse panel, it sounds like the fog light wiring within the fuse box was to blame. Did you just have the "standard" aftermarket fogs?

[Treyz]

Thanks everyone.

Glad to see that there are some original members still posting too.

Originally Posted by CTScott

Wow - I saw your post last night on Facebook about it and was glad to hear that you were able to walk away.

Based on your description of the fogs not coming on and then the fire originating from the under-hood fuse panel, it sounds like the fog light wiring within the fuse box was to blame. Did you just have the "standard" aftermarket fogs?

Only thing aftermarket was the wiring used from an aftermarket kit. I got tired of the aftermarket ones breaking with my first and bought factory. The wiring was the same used from even the first Yaris using the awesome tutorial on here to connect (I'm not being sarcastic, it's easy and is basically a factory setup).

Now the only thing is that I went to Mavis to get my driver tire plugged and they had the hood popped open after they said they were going to check the brakes only. Why would they need to do that? To check the fluids? It was opened for a while and down for a while before finally being lifted up.

Either than that, I haven't been under that hood unless for an oil change which I was planning to do this weekend (coming up on the 85000 mile mark).

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Treyz

Thanks everyone.

Glad to see that there are some original members still posting too.



Only thing aftermarket was the wiring used from an aftermarket kit. I got tired of the aftermarket ones breaking with my first and bought factory. The wiring was the same used from even the first Yaris using the awesome tutorial on here to connect (I'm not being sarcastic, it's easy and is basically a factory setup).

Now the only thing is that I went to Mavis to get my driver tire plugged and they had the hood popped open after they said they were going to check the brakes only. Why would they need to do that? To check the fluids? It was opened for a while and down for a while before finally being lifted up.

Either than that, I haven't been under that hood unless for an oil change which I was planning to do this weekend (coming up on the 85000 mile mark).

Hmmm. If they removed the top of the brake fluid reservoir and did not replace it, brake fluid would have splashed out and could easily have caught fire once the engine and manifold heated up.

[Treyz]

Originally Posted by CTScott

Hmmm. If they removed the top of the brake fluid reservoir and did not replace it, brake fluid would have splashed out and could easily have caught fire once the engine and manifold heated up.

Good point, I didn't think of this .. gonna let the insurance company know this.