# 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — ENGINE
> NHTSA complaint `922417` · 2012-06-11 · 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:** 2006
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ENGINE
- **Miles at failure:** 165,000
## Narrative
THIS ISSUE STARTED WHEN THE BACK HATCH OF THE TRAILBLAZER WOULD NOT LOCK OR OPEN AND THE REAR WIPER WOULD NOT WORK.  AFTER DEALING WITH THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS THE DOORS, WINDOWS AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT STOPPED WORKING.  ALSO, THE DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK/UNLOCK WITH THE KEYLESS ENTRY.  AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I CHANGED THE LGM FUSE (IT WAS BLOWN).  ONCE THE FUSE WAS CHANGED EVERYTHING STARTED WORKING EXCEPT THE BACK HATCH.  I MANUALLY LOCKED THE BACK HATCH AND CLOSED IT.  ONCE THE HATCH WAS CLOSED ALL OF THE DOORS LOCKED AND I COULD NOT OPEN THE TRUCK.  I MANUALLY USED THE KEY AND OPENED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR.  WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR I COULD HEAR THE ELECTRICAL WIRES BURNING IN THE DOOR PANEL AND THROUGHOUT THE TRUCK.  THE TRUCK WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE AND SMELT OF BURNT PLASTIC. LUCKILY I WAS NOT INSIDE THE TRUCK WHEN THE FIRE STARTED BECAUSE NONE OF THE UNLOCK OR WINDOW BUTTONS WORKED.  I WOULD HAVE BEEN STUCK INSIDE OF A BURNING TRUCK.  I UNPLUGGED THE NEGATIVE CHARGE OF THE BATTERY AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.   ONCE THE FIRE WAS OUT I TRIED STARTING THE TRUCK AND IT WOULD NOT START.  I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE GEARS WITH THE TRUCK OFF, I PULLED UP THE E-BRAKE AND THE TRUCK STARTED.  ONCE I SHUT THE TRUCK BACK OFF IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN.   *TR
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