# 2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1646656` · 2020-02-15 · 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 1500
- **Year:** 2016
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 55,000
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## 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 ##
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