# 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1103544` · 2014-08-28 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** YUKON DENALI
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 136,000
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:54 PM I WAS LEAVING WORK AND I DIDN'T GET ABOUT 1,000 FEET WHEN I BEGAN TO SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA WHERE THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS.  I PULLED OVER INTO A GAS STATION AND TOOK THE CUP HOLDERS OUT TRYING TO SEARCH WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM.  I THEN SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS ON THE DASHBOARD.  I ALSO SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT UNDER THE HOOD.  I OPENED THE HOOD AND MORE SMOKE WITH COMING FROM THE VENT.  I OPENED THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND SAW THAT BEHIND THE CENTER CONSOLE JUST UNDER THE CD PLAY, THE WIRES WERE ON FIRE AND THE FIRE CONTINUED TO BECOME LARGER.  I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT 1:56 PM AND AGAIN AT 1:59 PM WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS BURNING.  THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY MELTED ALONG WITH THE CONTROLS ABOVE BY THE SUNROOF.  THE VEHICLE IS A COMPLETE LOSS.  THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED AT MY JOB FOR MORE THAN 6 HOURS BEFORE I TOOK IT TO GO HOME.  I SUSTAINED SMOKE INHALATION AND HEAT BURNS ON MY FACE.  I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASE.  *TR
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