2005 Chevrolet Tahoe: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Feb 20, 2019 · Engine · 200,000 miles · CA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet tahoe. While the vehicle was idling at a traffic light, there was a strong odor of coolant coming from the vehicle. The contact also noticed white smoke coming through the air vents, which resulted in a burning odor. Upon inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed water in the oil when checking the dipstick. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed Feb 15, 2019 · 210 miles · KY · fire

I was in the hospital truck sat for 2-3 days no one drove it. Woke my wife up at about 9 am on 02/08/2019 engulfed in flames burned truck to the ground . Firemen had to use jaws of life to get doors open burned completely up and I only had liability on it purchased it just 3 months ago from a used car lot. It caught a little bit of our house on fire newborn kept water on it till firemen arrived if not whole house would have burned wife said she heard a pop noise went outside truck was on fire

Filed Aug 9, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · 170,000 miles · CT · fire

While driving for about 3 minutes on street the tahoe started to smell like smoke, we then noticed smoke coming out of the air conditioning vents in a matter of seconds there where flames coming out from underneath the glove compartment. The car caught on fire and the air bag deployed. The dash board was completely melted from the fire, the front windshilled shattered with force towards the back of the truck.

Filed Apr 20, 2015 · 45,200 miles · NJ

Rear lift gate would not unlock via remote or manual key. From the interior, there is no manual override or emergency release to manually open the lift gate door or window. In the event of an accident, escaping from a vehicle that was damaged, overturned or on fire via the rear door would not be possible due to the lack of an emergency rear lift gate release. In my case, I had secured my pet in a pet crate in the rear of the vehicle on a 77 degree day. I could not get him out the rear access, unable to open same by any means. Fortunately I had time and crawled in the back, turned the crate around, folded down rear seats, and removed 100 lb labrador retriever out the second row door. There is a keyed lock blow the lift gate in the rear covered by a plastic door. The key turned and the whole lock cylinder came out. There is no information on this lock in the driver's manual of what it does or does not do. I am having this repaired immediately at my expense. I feel this is a serious safety issue that needs to be addressed by chevrolet/gm. I was lucky because it was not a life or death situation.

Filed Mar 14, 2014 · Seats · 113,000 miles · TX · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the front driver's side heated seat was activated when it short circuited and caused a small spark to ignite under the seat. There were no visible flames and the contact was not injured.the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 113,000.

Filed Dec 29, 2013 · Electrical · 83,102 miles · VA

While driving I noticed a smell of something electrical burning. The heater was on so I immediately turned the heater off. A while later when I turned the heat back on the front blower did not work even though the rear blower did. Being and easily replaceable part, my husband took the panel off to remove the blower motor. While trying to get the motor out he found that the wires were melted together and the resistor plug looked burned. We have owned this vehicle since july of 2005 and were not aware of the gm service bulletin regarding the matter until today, december 29, 2013. If it were not for the internet I would not know it now. I am concerned not only because we own two vehicles that my have this problem but that if I had not immediately turned off the unit that my vehicle would have caught fire. How many people are going to be hurt if this is not taken care of or made more public?

Filed Jul 7, 2013 · Electrical · 116,985 miles · CO

My fan blower stopped working in june. Took my tahoe to local mechanic, who diagnosed a failed blower resistor. He replaced the resistor on 6/19. About a week later, the fan stopped again. On 7/3 he found the resistor corroded after only two weeks. His parts place replaced the resistor on warranty. On 7/4 the fan blower blew up. 1/3 of the blower cover is missing (chards). I was in reverse in my driveway, with the AC running only a couple of minutes, and her a loud bang and a puff of smoke came out the glove box. Gm has special coverage bulletins 11046, 10240 and 10240a on similar problems with similar vehicles, but they say they do not cover the tahoe.

Filed Jan 8, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 98,000 miles · WI · fire

I went to the store aprox at 8pm and go back aprox at 915pm and park my car. Aprox at 11pm my neighbors call us and said that my truck was on fire. The fire department said that this started aprox from the engine part.

Filed Aug 14, 2007 · Electrical · 33,400 miles · CA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet tahoe. While driving 25 MPH, the contact noticed smoke rising from the dashboard area and behind the radio control and air conditioner. By the time the fire department arrived, the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames. The fire department extinguished the fire, but the vehicle was destroyed. A fire report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 33,400. The consumer believed there was a defect within the electrical system. Updated 08/28/07.