NHTSA Complaint #10237773 — 2003 CHEVROLET VENTURE

FIRST WE LOST ONE OF THE SPEEDS ON THE FAN INSIDE THE VAN. THEN ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER WE WERE ON A TRIP AND ALL WAS FINE. WE STOPPED FOR ABOUT 1.5 HOURS AND THEN CONTINUED TO DRIVE. WHEN WE HAD STARTED OUT THE SECOND TIME THERE WAS AN ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING, SO I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THINGS OUT. I LOOKED UNDER THE DASH AND COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. I ALSO FELT THE DASH COMPONENTS TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY THING THAT WAS HOT, TO WHICH I DID NOT SEE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. I STARTED THE VAN BACK UP AND NOTICED THAT I COULD NOT TURN THE INTERNAL FAN OFF AND THE SMELL OF MELTING/BURNING WIRES WAS STRONG. I GOT HOME AND TOOK THE DASH APART AND FOUND THAT THE FAN SWITCH HAD MELTED AND WIRES TO THE FAN SWITCH HAD MELTED THE INSULATION OFF. I TOOK THE SWITCH OUT OF THE CAR SO I CAN ORDER A NEW SWITCH AND WIRING HARNESS. IF I DID NOT TAKE THE DASH APART AS SOON AS I GOT HOME, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. *TR