NHTSA complaint: 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, FOR OVER 48 HRS. THE CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING OVER $7800.00 DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, AND $2200.00 DAMAGE TO THE CONTENTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. NOT BEING AT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, I WAS INFORMED BY THE FIRE DEPT. THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED INSIDE THE CAB OF THE TRUCK, PROBABLY REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER AREA, AND WAS MOST PROBABLY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION.WHEN I CONTACTED THE CHEV. DEALERSHIP. TO REPORT THE INCIDENT, THEIR REPLY TO ME WAS "CALL YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY" THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 5/10/2007. REPEATED COMMUNICATIONS WITH GM, AND CHEVROLET DIVISION RESULTED IN ITS DENIAL OF RESPONSIBILITY, I HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP. SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED, THE FOLLOWING WINTER, WHERE THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER HAS GONE ON WITHOUT THE TRUCK RUNNING, AND THE KEYS REMOVED. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WERE MADE TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THEIR FINDINGS WERE THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS AN ONGOING LAW SUIT AGAINST GM, AS OF YET TO NO AVAIL, AND I AM STILL DRIVING A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. I HAVE DISCONNECTED THE WIRE TO THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER AS I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER FIRE. I DO HAVE THE FIRE DEPT, AND SHERIFF'S DEPT REPORTS ON THE FIRE, PLUS PHOTOS OF THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRE. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation