2015 Chevrolet Malibu: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Nov 28, 2022 · Engine · FL · fire

At 2:30AM car was sitting in driveway and the engine caught on fire burning the engine, front left tire etc.

Filed Aug 22, 2022 · Engine · DC · fire

Vehicle caught fire in the engine compartment while parked and unoccupied.

Filed Jun 27, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 82,000 miles · NC · fire

Car was parked in a parking lot for over an hour when an electrical fire started by the battery and fuse panel. There have been no modifications made to the car at all. Standard maintenance only has been done including new tires about a year ago. There is no reason a parked cool car should catch on fire. There were no oil leaks at all on the car.

Filed Feb 23, 2018 · Electrical · 42,115 miles · GA · fire

On december 10, 2017 around 11am I came out of church, I opened my car door and smoke came flowing out. The drivers side seat and floor mats were covered in black ash and melted as well as the console. The interior was covered in black soot. I had to drive the car home, the exterior lights functioned properly and the car cranked fine. I called gm, they are closed on sunday, so I filed a report with the gm representative on monday, she was totally combative. I heard nothing for 4 to 5 weeks so I called the asme number and complained vehemently. Finally I received an email to contact the dealrship and take the car there. The dealer, steve rayman, was extremely helpful, they advised me how to proceed and in 2 days I was able to receive a rental from enterprise car rental. Four weeks later I received an offer of $13,000.00 and a state that would absolve gm of any liability. Icalled to see if I could simply subsitute a car I found for $11,000. 00 , same make model and year, this would have reduced gm's loss; I was told "no way." I asked why?, they responded "I don't know." the vechile was parked in the church parking lot, it was snowing, around 32 degrees.

Filed Aug 17, 2016 · Electrical, Visibility · 41,000 miles · MO · fire

I purchased my vehicle on march 2015 off the showroom floor of a chevrolet dealership. On june 18, 2016 my car caught a fire while it was parked and I was not in the vehicle. I had been sitting in the car with the air blowing from the defroster for about 30 minutes. I drove to the store and came back home. I got out of the car and stood on the porch talking to my family. Within in 10 minutes of me exiting my car, it was on fire. I ran to the car and could see that the fire was coming from right about where the windshield ends and where the hood of the car begins, right where the windshield wipers are. I called the fire department who put the fire out. They used the jaws of life to ply the hood open and cut the main wire to the car. I then contacted the gm manufacturing company chevrolet and started a claim with them to do an investigation on my vehicle as to what happened and why to this brand new car. Especially considering the fact their was no one in the car at the time it caught fire, thank god and as to no one could of started the fire because I was standing outside the entire time. The alleged investigation took about a month and a half to complete. I received a call a week prior to gm chevrolet manufacturing making a decision from one of their representatives asking me have I ever gotten the windshield wiper motor replaced before. I stated to her no I haven't and reminded her that the car was purchased new off their showroom floor and that I hadn't had anything replaced or altered on that car. On july 29th I was called by a gm chevrolet representative again telling me my claim was being denied because of a windshield wiper issue. I stated to her that I wouldn't have anything to do with that. She then changes the reason and states that gm chevrolet really cant determine what happened and they were denying my claim. Their had been several recalls on gm cars