# 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
> NHTSA complaint `710598` · 2009-03-03 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** TRAILBLAZER
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- **Miles at failure:** 48
## Narrative
MY 2007 NEW TRAILBLAZER STARTED ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS OFF AND PARKED FOR OVER 12 HOURS IN MAY OF 2008. AFTER 2 AND 1/2 MONTHS OF NOT HAVING MY TRUCK IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT.  GM ADMITTED IT WAS A FAULT OF THEIRS SEEING AS MY TRUCK WAS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD AND PURCHASED NEW.  EVER SINCE THE CAR WAS RETURNED BACK TO ME THE INDICATOR LIGHTS GO ON AND  OFF AND TODAY I WAS DRIVING AND THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND A FIRE COULD HAVE STARTED AGAIN HAD I NOT BROUGHT THIS IN SOONER.  SO FOR THE 2ND TIME I AM RISKING MY LIFE EVERYTIME I DRIVE THIS TRUCK! *TR
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