2001 Chevrolet Suburban 1500: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Nov 14, 2010 · Electrical, Seats · 172,300 miles · TX · fire

While backing out of driveway, our 2001 chevy suburban 1500 began smoking from under the driver's seat. As I parked to investigate, flames began to came out from under the seat and I put out the fire with a water hose. The fire seems to initiate from the wiring for the seat control. Left minor damage under the seat, burnt rug and water log from putting the fire out. Insurance company to follow up investigation.

Filed Jan 7, 2009 · Visibility · 141,000 miles · TX · fire

24 hours previous the driver side window switch made a clicking sound. The car then caught on fire at the door, burning to the frame.

Filed May 30, 2008 · Electrical · CA · fire

My 2001 chev surban caught on fire in my garage when car was not running. While picking up my daughter from school my ABS warning light came on --I returned home within 5 mins and with 10 mins my car was on fire. --dealership that I bought the car from and have had serviced there has my car. I have been trying to deal with them and it has been a complete nightmare. The saftey of my family is at risk if I contiune to drive the car---they dont know if that will happen again or not they say. At first they said it would cost $2,000 to fix the car --replace parts that were damaged from the fire--after I started asking if general motors should be responsible they said they would only charge me $950.00 since I was a good customer. I explained to them there must be a defect in the car---my car is in excellent condition---2001 70,000 miles and has been serviced every 3,000 miles. They said they have never seen this before. Then they said general motors will pay to have the parts replaced that were damaged and put in a new ABS module, and that I should be okay. I cant risk the safty of my family and my house to park the car in the garage and contuine to drive it.. I would appreicate any help or advise that you might have for me.

Filed Sep 27, 2007 · Brakes · AR · fire

Ltr re his 2001 suburban which caught on fire after noticing the ABS system sensor appearing on the dash board; seeking reimbursement for repairs. *kb when the consumer attempted to start the vehicle, he discovered the battery was dead. After the consumer jump started the vehicle, that was when the vehicle caught on fire. The consumer had the vehicle towed and was informed the ABS was bad, but it was not the cause of the fire. The cause was a computer system that had overheated as a result of the ABS malfunction. The consumer had replaced the ABS module previously. The dealer replaced the electronic brake control module and brake pressure modulator.

Filed Oct 10, 2006 · Brakes · NV

My wife was driving to work and the ABS light came on. This was accompanied by a loud noise from underneath the suburban. After the car was shut off the loud noise persisted. She turned the car off and on several times and there was still a loud noise. She called me and I came over to her work and crawled under the car. I found that the electric motor on the electro-hydraulic control unit (ehcu) was constantly running and the unit was very hot. The only way to stop the unit from running was to disconnect the power harness. The ehcu is right next to the fuel filter and it was so hot that it could have caused a fire in the fuel line/fuel filter if I had not disconnected it. It might have also got hot enough to start the car interior on fire. There should be some sort of shut off mechanism when the ehcu fails. I talked to a number of mechanics and they said that the problem is normally with a relay in the ehcu and this causes the motor to run non-stop. They said this is a very common problem for 1999 + chevrolet silverado, gmc sierra, and the 2000 + chevrolet suburban/tahoe and the gmc yukon/yukon xl. They thought there was probably a recall on them but apparently there is not. The part is only available from the dealer and costs approximately $950. It takes almost two hours of labor to install it so the repair costs about $1150. The suburban is now in the shop being repaired. The car only has 51,000 miles and this module should not fail with such low miles and it should not cost nearly this much to repair.