2007 GMC SIERRA CLASSIC Electrical System Problems

HVAC SYSTEM BECAME OPERATIONAL WITH THE IGNITION TURNED OFF FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME WHILE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. RELAY RESISTOR MODULE OVERHEATED CAUSING MELTING OF THE RESISTOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD. TRUCK CABIN AND VICINITY AROUND THE TRUCK HAD A STRONG SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC. TRUCK CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. WAS ONLY ABLE TO TURN OFF THE HVAC SYSTEM AND STOP THE BURNING BY DISCONNECTING THE WIRING HARNESS. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR, RESISTOR, MODULE CONNECTOR AND RELAY. BURNING COULD HAVE CAUSED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLES PARKED NEARBY AND THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE GARAGE WAS ATTACHED. ISSUE WAS IDENTICAL TO SCENARIO DESCRIBED IN TRANSPORT CANADA RECALL #2011074. *TR

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" MESSAGE APPEARS IN DISPLAY, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES. SINCE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, LOSE STEERING AND BRAKING. LATEST INCIDENT OCCURED ON HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR. THIS ALSO HAPPENED FIRST YEAR I OWNED THE VEHICLE (I BOUGHT IT NEW), THEY REPLACED THE UNDERHOOD FUSE BOX. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON MARCH 13. THEY REPLACED A BLOWN PCM FUSE AND SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. WHEN IT OCCURED ON 3/29, I REPLACED THE FUSE 5 TIMES TO TRY AND GET OFF THE FREEWAY. AFTER EACH TIME IT WAS REPLACED, I COULD DRIVE 1-2 MILES BEFORE IT WOULD BLOW AGAIN.

OUR CUSTOMER/INSURED WAS DRIVING HIS 2007 GMC SIERRA ON APRIL 23, 2009 WITH HIS CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT, THE AUTO STARTED ON FIRE AS HE WAS DRIVING. HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE AUTO WITH THE CHILD BEFORE FIRE REACHED THE INTERIOR. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AUTO BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD GET TO THE SCENE. OVER 3/4 OF THE AUTO WAS TOTALLY BURNED. OWNERS NAME IS JOHN CZECH. *TR