NHTSA Complaint #10419684 — 2004 GMC SIERRA 2500

RECEIVED A CONDITIONAL LETTER FROM GM STATING THAT MY VEHICLE MY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION RESULTING FROM CORROSION THAT MAY EFFECT THE RELAY RESISTOR MODULE AND WIRE CONNECTOR FOR THE HEATER/HVAC FAN MOTOR. THE LETTER STATES THAT THE WIRE AND/OR RESISTOR COULD OVERHEAT. THIS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BURNING SMELL OR SMOKE. I HAVE FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE THAT A CO-WORKERS TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE ON JULY 26, 2011 DO TO THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED VIA THE INTERNET ABOUT FIRE DAMAGE FROM THIS CONDITION. I HAVE TALKED TO GENERAL MOTORS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY FAILED TO REACT. MY CO-WORKER DID NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO HIS VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE UNDER HIS DASH THAT TOTALED HIS TRUCK. I AM CONCERNED THAT MY TRUCK WILL CATCH FIRE WITHOUT NOTICE AND AS A RESULT POTENTIALLY BURN DOWN MY HOUSE. WHENEVER SOMEONE DESCRIBES A SYMPTOM AS A BURNING SMELL OR SMOKE IT IS POTENTIALLY TO LATE TO FIX THE ISSUE AND COULD CAUSE BODILY HARM OR DEATH. *KB