“After fire, Graham was told his only option was to make insurance claim on nearly new Corsa” WE often hear about bad clutches, shoddy brakes and other mechanical gripes at Watchdog, but fires are more of a rarity. So we were shocked when Graham Johnston, from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, contacted Auto Express for help after his daughter’s 2014 Vauxhall Corsa burst into flames.
According to Graham, the car had been immaculately cared for, and on the night of the fire, was parked as usual on the driveway.
“Later that evening, at about 11.30pm, a neighbour noticed smoke appearing from the passenger side of the Corsa,” he said. “She immediately called the fire brigade.”
The smoke quickly turned into flames, and although the emergency services arrived within minutes, Graham said the Corsa…