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2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 1646656 · 2020-02-15

Vehicle

Make
GMC
Model
SIERRA 1500
Year
2016
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Miles at failure
55,000
Speed
55 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

5 MINUTES AFTER STARTING MY TRUCK, I WAS DRIVING ON A SIDE ROAD, TO WORK, WITH THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON, WHEN I HEARD A HISSING SOUND THEN STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, FROM BEHIND ME. I LOOK IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM ABOVE/BEHIND THE PASSENGER SEAT. I QUICKLY PULLED OVER, JUMPED OUT AND AS I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE, I SAW SPARKS JUMP FROM THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST THEN "BANG" LIKE A GUN FIRING: THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED. THE AIR TEMP WAS 3F. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO A CHEVY/GMC DEALERSHIP 4 MILES AWAY. THEY TOLD ME TO REPORT TO THE GMC CUSTOMER CARE LINE. NO MENTION OF A RECALL WAS MADE TO ME. THOUGH IT APPEARS THERE IS ONE. IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT, INFRONT OF THE WINDOW, I DO FEEL THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED THEM HARM. ## VIN PASSED ## GMC 2016 ##

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11309350
Machine
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