Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / SILVERADO 2500 HD / 2001

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005091472 Incident Date: Jun, 09 2005
Consumer's City: BROWNING Consumer's State: MT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILVERADO 2500 HD Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights:high/low beam dimmer switch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCHK29151E Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 10 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 21 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have a 2001 duramax. while driving home one night from kalispel mt, i dimmed my lights for another car and my lights would not go back to bright then my steering wheel started to smoke and my lights went out all together causing me to run off the road. i pulled the cover off the steering column and the dimmer switch was melted. i replaced it at $130. i know my wife's 2002 is doing the same thing. *jb