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2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 — VISIBILITY/WIPER

fire · 1633131 · 2019-12-30

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SILVERADO 2500
Year
2015
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Miles at failure
72,300
Speed
12 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

REMOTE STARTED MY VEHICLE AND AFTER ABOUT 8 MINUTES INSERTED IGNITION KEY AND BEGAN DRIVING AT LESS THAN 10 TO 12 MPH. WITHIN 2 TO 3 MINUTES BEGAN TO NOTICE SPARKS AND SMOKE FROM THE BACK SEAT AREA AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER WITH CAR STILL RUNNING. UPON INSPECTION FOUND WINDOW DEFROSTER SPARKING AND EMITTING SMOKE. FRONT PASSENGER TURNED OFF REAR DEFROSTER AND FIRE / SMOKE / SPARKING STOPPED. DEFROSTER WAS ON BECAUSE VEHICLE HAD REMOTE STARTED AND NOT BY OPERATOR ACTION. I'M EFFORT TO GET SMOKE OUT - BRIEFLY OPENED REAR SLIDER AND UPON CLOSING A COUPLE SECONDS LATER REAR PASSENGER TEMPERED DEFROST GLASS CRACKED. EXPERIENCED FIRE, SMOKE AS WELL AS A BROKEN REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AS DESCRIBED BY THE CANADIAN RECALL AUTHORITY UNDER N192220470. THIS CANADIAN RECALL ONLY AFFECTS TRUCKS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN CANADA AND ISN'T COVERED BY VIN. APPARENTLY, THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN EQUIVALENT RECALL FOR THIS REAR DEFROSTER ISSUE MADE IN THE U.S. THE RECALL NUMBER IS

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11292194
Machine
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