# 2007 GMC ENVOY 360 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
> NHTSA complaint `657709` · 2008-02-15 · 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:** ENVOY 360
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
- **Miles at failure:** 40,929
## Narrative
I STARTED MY GMC ENVOY SO THAT IT MAY WARM UP. AS IT WAS WARMING UP I STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. I HIT THE ONSTAR BUTTON AND WAS SPEAKING TO THE CUSTOMER REP WHEN THE SMOKE GOT HEAVY AND SPARKS CAME FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR PANEL. I IMMEDIATELY BACK THE CAR OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT MY HOUSE TO BURN IN CASE THE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES.  THE ONSTAR REP CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO CAME AND RIPPED APART THE DOOR PANEL, DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND PULLED OUT A BURNED WINDOW HARNESS UNIT.   THE FIRE CHIEF SAID THAT IT WHAT STARTED THE FIRE.  THE TOW TRUCK CAME AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WAS OVER, MIND YOU THIS IS A 2007 GMC. WHEN I TOLD HIM IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND IT DID NOT MATTER WHETHER OR NOT I HAD WARRANTY OR NOT GMC SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY IF I WANTED MY CAR FIXED.  I HAD TO RENT A CAR BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT EVEN HONOR THEY'RE 5 YEAR 100K MILE COURTESY CAR WARRANT AND I HAD TO PAY ALMOST $1000.00 APART FROM THE RENTAL TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED.   WHEN I FINALLY GOT MY CAR BACK THE RECEIPT CONFIRMED WHAT HAPPEN. THE SERVICE MANAGER EVEN STATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE WIRE HARNESS AND THERE WAS A SHORT SOMEWHERE IN THE CAR THAT THEY HAD TO REPAIR AS WELL. MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED IN ANY WAY.   *TR
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