NHTSA Complaint #10568315 — 2008 GMC SIERRA

THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT HOWEVER AS THE IGNITION PROBLEM UNFOLDS WITH THE GM PRODUCTS I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR OR SO AGO WITH MY 2008 GMC SIERRA. I TYPICALLY PARK MY TRUCK IN THE GARAGE WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. WE HAVE A LIVE CAMERA IN THE GARAGE AND ONE MORNING AROUND 7 AM AFTER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AROUND 3 AM I FOUND ON THE CAMERA THE TRUCK RUNNING WITH FLASHING HEADLIGHTS. I WENT TO GARAGE IMMEDIATELY AND WAS HIT WITH VERY HIGH HEAT DUE TO THE TRUCK RUNNING. WITH THE CARBON MONOXIDE POTENTIAL I DID NOT GO INTO THE GARAGE. I GOT MY WIFE'S KEYS AND TRIED A "REMOTE STOP" AND THE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED FLASHING BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. I OPEN BOTH GARAGE DOORS AND WENT OUTSIDE SO I COULD ENTER THE GARAGE FROM THE OUTSIDE. I OPENED THE TRUCK DOOR AND BARELY TOUCHED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF. IT WAS NOT TURNED ON! WITHOUT A DOUBT IT HAD BEEN RUNNING ABOUT FOUR HOURS SINCE THE STORM. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER. AFTER TELLING THE DEALER THE STORY THEY BASICALLY LAUGHED AT ME AND SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT IN WHEN THE NEXT STORM CAME THRU. THEY LATER RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AT GM REQUEST AND FOUND A MYSTERIOUS IGNITION CODE BUT NO SOLUTION. WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN STRANGER IS THAT WE ALSO HAD A 2010 YUKON THAT STARTED ON ITS OWN ONE AFTERNOON WHEN MYSELF, A SHERIFF DEPUTY AND THREE OTHER NEIGHBORS WERE STANDING NEXT TO IT DURING A SEVERE LIGHTNING STORM. THE GARAGE DOOR WAS OPEN, THE KEYS WERE "NOT" IN THE IGNITION BUT WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD LIGHTNING STRIKE IT STARTED.TO RUN. I DID NOT CONTACT ANYONE AND IT NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN UNTIL THE TRUCK STARTED AFTER A LIGHTNING STORM. I HAVE SINCE SOLD BOTH VEHICLES BUT THEY ARE STILL IN THE LOCAL AREA. I REALLY FEEL THE GM IGNITION PROBLEM GOES A LOT DEEPER!! *TR