2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jun 21, 2022 · Electrical · 206,000 miles · WA · fire

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that while parked in her driveway, the passenger side door caught fire without warning. The fire occurred overnight and in the morning, the contact and her boyfriend discovered both her passenger side door and front passenger seat melted. The contact believed that the fire smoldered overnight and eventually burned out on its own. The fire department was not notified and a fire report was not filed. The contact called the dealer and was informed that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The contact's boyfriend discovered that the wiring inside the door had melted which may have caused the fire. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be serviced or diagnosed. The failure mileage was approximately 206,000

Filed May 5, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · 89,471 miles · NM · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that the ignition was turned to the on position and there was smoke coming from the hood without warning. The contact turned the ignition back to the off position and opened the hood and discovered the head lamp driving module relay on fire. The contact extinguished the fire. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was taken dealer where it was diagnosed that the accessory board failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 89,471.

Filed Sep 16, 2013 · Electrical · 70,000 miles · TN · fire

Incident with my 2008 chevy trailblazer incident reported on sept. 9 at 9:30pm which occurred as I was driving home from a cubscouts meeting, with my 2 sons in the vehicle. As I was driving home around 845pm home from our methodist church,which is located about .3 mile from my house. The lights on the dashboard and the headlights were not working all of a sudden and I could smell something burning as I a driving. The time of the day was dusk and starting to get dark but a clear sunny day before this occurred. My oldest son, who is 9, said what is that smell and then my other son, who is 4 years old also said the same thing. I drove slowly down the hill as this occurred off the road and the red light near our subdivision entrance. I live in hixson tn. I also noticed there was black smoke coming from under the hood area near the fuse box area on the drivers side vehicle. I got home within 5 minutes of this happening and immediately pulled my car into my drive way and told both my boys to get out of the car. I pulled the hood release under the steering wheel and went to lift the hood and could see black smoke was coming from the fuse box area. I popped the end clips that keeps the fuse box in place and opened the fuse box. When I did this, there was a spark of flame and smoke that put itself out when I lifted the lid off the fuse box and you can see what happened(photo attached for you to see). You can see there is significant damage to many fuses that control the electronics in the vehicle. I have not driven this vehicle since this occurred as the person I talked to instructed me not to move the vehicle. I would hate to get legal counsel involved and the national safety and transportation commission involved and would hope chevy would like to get this resolved. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr ## VIN passed ## chevrolet trailblazer 2008 ##

Filed Jun 20, 2013 · Electrical · 47,200 miles · CA · fire

Electrical power distribution box power wiring/ribbon that is under left rear seat overheated and caught papers inside car on fire and caught entire car on fire from overheated copper ribbon that failed to trip circuit breaker to stop wiring ribbon overheating. This defect is common and when the manufacturer changed from wires to copper ribbon foil it created a means for wiring/ribbon overheating and source of fire to begin.

Filed Aug 21, 2012 · Electrical · 74,458 miles · VA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that the front passenger side window was opened and the door caught on fire. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire and informed the contact that the circuit board in the door panel caused the fire. The front driver side window had also become inoperable. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The failure and the current mileages were 74,458. ..updated 11/14/12 *bf updated 11/19/2012