2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jul 7, 2018 · Electrical · 182,000 miles · AZ · fire

While driving the vehicle in town on a city street at approximately 35 MPH, with the AC on and the blower in the high position, the blower started turning off intermittently. A smell of burning plastic was noted and the blower completely shut down. The compressor for the AC continued to cycle on and off. The other lower settings for the blower did not work either. It was found that the plug that goes to the resistor pack next to the blower had a badly-burned contact for the ground wire going to the blower. The plastic around the plug was melted and burned and the electrical connector was melted off. A serious fire could have potentially started under the dash due to the intense heat and arcing of the electrical contacts putting me and my family in danger. Doing research on the federal safety agency website, this seems to be a common problem with 2005 chevrolet silverado trucks. There should be a recall on this, but I do not find one.

Filed Jun 18, 2018 · Engine · 150,000 miles · MD · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500. When the air conditioner was activated, grey smoke emerged through the vents and flames suddenly appeared under the hood of the vehicle. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire, but the cause could not be determined. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot where it was deemed destroyed. There were no injuries sustained. The dealer and manufacturer were not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000.

Filed Sep 24, 2010 · Electrical · 110,000 miles · ME · fire

Heater harness caught fire in my 2005 chevy silverado.

Filed Jun 23, 2009 · Electrical, Engine · 51,894 miles · IL · fire

The blower motor (for heat & air conditioning) stopped working and was replaced on our 2005 chevy silverado 2500. With in a year it stopped working again and upon inspection we along with raymond chevrolet in antioch, illinois noticed that the blower motor was burned out and the resister harness was burnt. As if it was on fire. Thankfully no further damage was done besides the burning of the motor, wires and harness. This was replaced again on 10-30-08 and now on 06-23-09 again the motor has burnt out again. The dealership service department had no explanation why this has happened 3 times and being aware of this we make sure nothing is close to the dash preventing a spread of fire in case it were to happen again, which it has.

Filed Mar 11, 2009 · Electrical · MT · fire · 1 injury

I own a 2005 chevy 2500 silverado ext. Cab 4x4 since new. Last year in late march the wiring plug and resistor for the heater/AC blower motor shorted out, caught fire and melted right at the resistor. This is located on the passenger side of the pickup, under the dash, visible from below. The same thing, only not as severe this time, (I caught it early) just happened again. This time I took the pickup to the dealer to have them look at it and fix it. They replaced the resistor and semi-melted plug, the same fix I did myself the first time. They had no explanation for why this happened. With minimal searching on the internet, I found numerous occasions of the same thing happening to other chevy pickup owners. When these resistors fail, there is great potential for fire, personal injury. I burned my fingers pretty bad the first time.

Filed Sep 2, 2008 · Electrical · 65,000 miles · TX · fire

Air conditioning blower resistor and harness burned wires at 14,000 miles and was replaced by authorized chevy mechanic. Replaced harness and resistor caught fire a 65,000 miles.

Filed Sep 25, 2006 · Electrical · 15,000 miles · AL · fire

Dt*: the contact stated after parking the vehicle in the carport for two hours, it caught on fire without warning. The fire department was called and the fire was extinguished. There was property damage to the house and the vehicle was totaled. A report was taken with the fire department. The dealer was notified.