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2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 — VISIBILITY/WIPER

fire · 1962848 · 2024-01-30

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SILVERADO 2500
Year
2017
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Speed
45 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

I was driving with my front and rear motoried window defrost on because its cold outside right now when I started smelling something burning. I turned down the defrost knob. I opened the driver side window to air our the smell when suddenly the rear motorized window defrost sparked up into flames while I was driving. It was in full on burning up in flames. I pulled over and luckily I was able to put out the fire. I have contacted GM because when I google this issue it states GM put out a recall on 2014-2019 Silverado HD trucks but upon speaking with a GM customer representative my truck there is no such recall on these trucks. I could have been killed or worse killed someone else on the road. I am considering getting a lawyer involved with this issue.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11568772
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown