2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jan 28, 2020 · Electrical · 190,000 miles · KY · fire

The inside and outsides lights started going off by themselves. There was no smoke or burning smell. My husband was going too have it checked out on presidents day, but the truck burnt the day before. Our insurance would not cover it due to normal wear and tear. So here we are out vehicle.

Filed Aug 26, 2018 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · IA · fire

Used aux port to charge cell phone. With in seconds smoke starts coming from dash. After containing fire I removed dash cover to find that the power wire that controls aux port and obd2 port had over loaded and caught fire with caused internal damage to all electrical and internal dash. After doing complete walk through I noticed in fuse box under the hood that the fuse that controls 2 auxs had melted down. Right fuse was installed before electrical fire. During time of incident vehicle was mobile in town on public roads. After cab of pick up started filling with smoke I pulled over and used chemical fire extinguisher to smother flames.

Filed Aug 3, 2017 · Electrical · 138,000 miles · OH · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving approximately 5 MPH, the wiring harness under the steering wheel caught fire and melted. In addition, the windshield wipers started functioning independently and the radio stopped functioning. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact stopped the vehicle in the middle of a residential area and exited the vehicle. The contact's husband used his shirt to extinguish the fire. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact called the manufacturer and was informed that a specialist would call her back. The approximate failure mileage was 138,000.

Filed Jul 31, 2014 · Body, Electrical · 110,000 miles · IA · fire

Drove into the garage and parked. A loud explosive noise came from the truck and fumes began funneling through the hood of truck. Quickly turned off ignition and got out of vehicle. In a few minutes garage was full of intense flames. The heat was so intense it blew open the door into the house and burned/melted the laundry equipment and three rooms, and the second car in the garage, sending smoke damage throughout the entire house. Vehicles melted and everything in them and in the garage- mower, snow blower, small equipment and more, was totally destroyed. The firefighters were able to contain the fire to areas identified above. There was extreme smoke damage throughout the entire house.

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 141,000 miles · CA · fire

I started my truck and turned the air conditioner on its highest setting while I loaded my two children into their car seats. I had one of my children in their car seats and was putting the second one in his when I smelled smoke and quickly realized there was smoke blowing out of the vents. I got my boys out of their seats and shut the vehicle off. I opened the doors and searched for something to extinguish flames. After grabbing the garden hose and returning to the truck I noticed that there was smoke coming from under the dash but I didn't see any flames. I waited to see it the smoke was getting worse but it wasn't. I opened the hood and nothing was smoking in the engine compartment. I felt around the console and noticed that there were a number of areas that were extremely hot. A day later I tried to see if I could find the location of the fire. I discovered that anytime I had the air conditioner on and the blower on above level "3" something would begin to smoke. Before this problem with the air conditioner occurred all of the lights on my instrument panel would periodically turn off while I was driving. There are definitely some major problems with the electrical wiring on this vehicle. I hate to think what could have happened if I didn't catch the problem in time.

Filed Jan 14, 2013 · Electrical · 93,000 miles · LA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving 75 MPH, he noticed in the rear view mirror that the vehicle was on fire. He pulled over and noticed that wires on top of the gas tank were the source of the fire. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. The contact had plans to have the vehicle towed to a dealer. The manufacturer was notified but offered no assistance. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 93,000.

Filed Dec 28, 2012 · Electrical · 60,000 miles · CT · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving approximately 45 MPH with the heater activated, the contact noticed that smoke emitted from the air vents. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road where the engine was turned off. The contact inspected under the dashboard and observed that the wiring harness was melted. There were no flames visible. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

Filed Nov 8, 2012 · Body, Brakes · 92,000 miles · ME

The brake lines ,fuel lines and the frame crossmembers are all severely rusted. It just is a matter of time before I loose my brakes, go up in flames or drop my gas tank onto the highway. The body on this truck is not too bad. It has 92,000 miles on it, and it is cleaned quite often. The undercarriage is rusted very badly. I expected more from something that costs so much. Cant afford a new one and if I could it wouldn't be a gm. Have always owned gm in the past.

Filed Mar 12, 2012 · Electrical · 101,000 miles · VA · fire

Driving down the road and the cab filled up with smoke. It smelled like burning rubber. I had to evacuate my youngest son and found that the wires on the blower/resistor where on fire. There seems to be a known issue with this and I am surprised that nobody had been killed so far. Looks like the recall was done in canada? Http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2005/chevrolet/silverado/electrical_system/problem.aspx.

Filed Nov 24, 2010 · Electrical · 36,000 miles · WA

Last week I smelled something burning in my truck. Investigated and found insulation was melting off heater blower wires at plug under dash. Three of the wires had a half inch of exposed conductor showing at pigtail. At same time, my heater fan switch quit working at the two highest speed settings. After researching this problem on internet, I had to replace blower resistor and wire pigtail. Fan switch works now, but vent selector switch doesn't work now. Melted wires could have caused truck to catch on fire. I have old resistor and melted pigtail.

Filed Oct 1, 2010 · Electrical · 25,000 miles · CA · fire · 1 injury

As we were driving down the street black smoke started to come out of the air conditioning vents. Then I noticed flames and melted plastic coming out of the bottom of the glove box area. We pulled our child from the burning truck and called 911. Fire trucks were there in less than 4 minutes but by that time the entire passenger cab was engulfed in flames and there were at least two separate explosions that blew out all the windows, my husband thinks that the airbags exploded. The truck is a complete loss and we are lucky to have escaped with only minor injuries. We could have been killed or seriously injured.

Filed Jul 10, 2010 · Electrical · 62,220 miles · NV

2005 chevrolet silverado 1500. Operated AC and started to smell something burning coming out of vents. Researched online and identified several other complaints with same issue. Contacted chevrolet and they stated there is nothing they can do to assist.