Car-door fires on GM SUVs draw NHTSA scrutiny
Study follows similar probe of Toyota models
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Regulators have received 12 consumer complaints, as well as field reports, describing the melting or burning of the driver's power window master switch in 2006 and 2007 Trailblazer models. |
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DETROIT (Reuters) -- U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports of driver-side door fires in some 2006 and 2007 Chevrolet TrailBlazer SUVs.
The preliminary investigation covers more than 309,000 vehicles, made by General Motors, according to a posting on the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Regulators received 12 consumer complaints, as well as field reports, describing the melting or burning of the driver's power window master switch in those TrailBlazer vehicles.
Ten of the complaints led to driver-side door fires, which sometimes occurred while the SUV was being driven.
No injuries or accidents were reported, a GM spokesman said.
The TrailBlazer probe comes after another investigation of 830,000 Toyota Motor Corp. RAV4 crossover vehicles and Camry sedans for electrical fires, which appear to have originated from the power window master switch on the driver's door.
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