# 2010 GMC SIERRA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1048887` · 2014-03-23 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** SIERRA
- **Year:** 2010
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 54,000
## Narrative
30 MINUTES AFTER MY WIFE PARKED OUR 2010 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICK-UP IN OUR DETACHED GARAGE, WE HEARD A BOOM AND I RAN OUTSIDE TO SEE THE GMC CAB AND HOOD ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT, MY GOD MY WIFE WAS JUST IN THERE AND THERE IS NO WAY SHE COULD HAVE SURVIVED. I PROCEEDED TO CALL 911 AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A VERY WOODED AREA AND I THOUGHT THE FIRE WOULD SPREAD. IT BURNED THE GMC, MY SUBURBAN, OUR PONTOON BOAT, OUR SONS CHEVY Z-71 PICK-UP AND THE GARAGE TO THE GROUND.   *TR
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