NHTSA Complaint #10159648 — 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION FOR A CUP OF COFFEE WITH MY SISTER AND 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. WHEN I WENT TO PUT MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR I NOTICED SMOKE COMING UP FROM UNDER THE PLASTIC PART IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE DOOR PART. I SAW SOMETHING SPARK AND TOOK THE CASING OFF AND THEN IT SPARKED AGAIN AND IT FLAMED SOME EVERYTIME I BLOW IT OUT IT WOULD SPARK AGAIN. I GOT THE WIRES OFF THE METAL FROM THE DOOR AND THE ONE WIRE CAME APART. THE PLASTIC THAT IS COVERING THE WIRES WAS MELTED OFF AND THE TAPE THAT WAS OVER THAT WAS ALSO MELTED OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN NAZARETH PA TO GET IT LOOKED AT. THEY HAD TO REPLACE 4 WIRES AND 3 FUSES. IT COST ME $100.00 TO FIX. GM CALLED ME AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD IT FIXED AND THAT THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THAT SERIOUS. I TOLD HIM THAT IF I DIDN'T GO GET COFFEE AND DIDN'T NOTICE THE SMOKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE THEN IT WAS AND THAT MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. HE SAID HE WAS SORRY BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HE COULD DO AND HE WAS GLAD NO ONE WAS HURT. THE PERSON THAT I TALKED TO WAS JOE GARCIA # 8667905700 EXT. 21260 CASE # 1-415496321. IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY HAVING IT FIXED IT WAS THE POINT THAT THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING. *NM