NHTSA complaint: 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS, SMOKED STARTED TO EMIT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITHIN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V599000 (VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO BUY BACK THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation