Bad Karma, Fisker recalls the Karma due to fire risk from cooling fans

Fox News is reporting that electric-car maker Fisker Automotive is recalling the Karma to fix cooling fans that can catch fire. The recall comes after Fisker and a private fire investigation firm finished investigating an Aug. 10 fire in a Karma in Woodside, Calif. The company said the probe found that the blaze started in front of the Karma’s left front wheel where a cooling fan is located. A sealed component within the fan failed and it overheated, causing the slow-burning fire, Fisker said in a statement issued Saturday.

Fisker said the fire had nothing to do with car’s lithium-ion battery or other new technology components.

“This incident resulted from a single, faulty component,” Executive Chairman and co-founder Henrik Fisker said in the statement.