Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / TRAILBLAZER / 2004

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005037383 Incident Date: Jun, 10 2005
Consumer's City: WESTERVILLE Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: TRAILBLAZER Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GNET16S846 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 06 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Nov, 10 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Our family was driving from columbus, ohio to louisville, ky. we had just crossed the state line going up i-75 hill near florance. when my wife said she seen smoke out her side mirror. i looked in rear view mirror and seen a little myself. i was in fast lane running speed limit, all gauges showed all was ok. i put turn signal on to begin finding a place to stop. other cars near us began blowing horns and pointing at front right side of car. once we got pulled off side of road, we turned vehicle off. i pulled the hood release of our 2004 chevy trailblazer. the fire was already flaming out the front of the hood where you could not touch it to open the hood up. flames were also very bad on the front wheel area. my family exited the vehicle and got safely away. it is now being investigated by gm. was suppose to hear a update by august 31st on investigation. they moved date to september 2 with no response. i contacted them on september 6 and they said they are awaiting pictures of vehicle to be reviewed. they said they would update me on september 7. this vehicle was purchased new and had just turned 20k miles. *nm