2008 GMC Yukon Xl 2500

IN A LETTER DATED AUGUST 27, 2008, GENERAL MOTORS CORP. (GM) NOTIFIED NHTSA THAT IT WILL CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL (NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 08V-441) TO ADDRESS A SAFETY RELATEDDEFECT THAT CAN RESULT IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE IN APPROXIMATELY 850,000 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A HEATED WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID OPTION.THE SUBJECT VEHICLES OF THIS INVESTIGATION COMPRISE OVER THREE-QUARTERS OF THE RECALL POPULATION. ACCORDING TO GM, A SHORT CIRCUIT ON THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID HEATER MODULE MAY OVERHEAT THE CONTROL-CIRCUIT GROUND WIRE. THIS MAY CAUSE OTHER ELECTRICAL FEATURES TO MALFUNCTION, CREATE AN ODOR OR CAUSE SMOKE AND IN RARE CASES IT MAY CAUSE A FIRE.AS A REMEDY, GM DEALERS WILL INSTALL A WIRE HARNESS WITH AN IN-LINE FUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE SUBJECT VEHICLES, SEVERAL OTHER GM MODELS WITH THE HEATED WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID OPTION ARE INCLUDED IN RECALL 08V-441: MY 2006-2008 BUICK LUCERNE (MANUFACTURED AUGUST 2005 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2007); MY 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE (MANUFACTURED FEBRUARY 2007 THROUGH APRIL 2007); MY 2006-2008 CADILLAC DTS (MANUFACTURED MAY 2007 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2007); MY 2007-2008 SATURN OUTLOOK (MANUFACTURED AUGUST 2006 THROUGH APRIL 2007); AND MY 2007-2008 GMC ACADIA (MANUFACTURED AUGUST 2006 THROUGH APRIL 2007) VEHICLES.GM IS INSTRUCTING OWNERS TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE IF THEY EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS OF WINDSHIELD WASHER HEATER MODULE SHORT CIRCUITS. GM'S RECALL RESOLVES THE SAFETY DEFECT CONCERNS PURSUED BY THIS INVESTIGATION.THIS ENGINEERING ANALYSIS IS CLOSED.

IN RESPONSE TO AN INFORMATION REQUEST LETTER SENT BY THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION(ODI) DURING PRELIMINARY EVALUATION PE08-010, GM PROVIDED ODI WITH 41 ALLEGATIONS OF NON-CRASH ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES INCLUDING 16 ALLEGATIONS OF FIRES ORIGINATING WITH THE IGNITION IN THE OFF POSITION.ONE OF THE FIRES WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY AN ARSON EVENT.ODI HAS ALSO RECEIVED 5 REPORTS, 4 OF WHICH ARE OF DUPLICATIVE OF REPORTS PROVIDED BY GM, ALLEGING NON-CRASH ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.IN TOTAL, ODI IS AWARE OF 41 NON-CRASHENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES THAT ARE UNRELATED TO ARSON.EIGHT OF THE 41 FIRE ALLEGATIONS ALSO ALLEGE PROPERTY DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE FIRES.THIS PRELIMINARY EVALUATION HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (EA08-010) TO FURTHER ASSESS THE SCOPE, FREQUENCY, ORIGIN AND CAUSE OF THE ALLEGED NON-CRASH RELATED ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.

THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BY GM. MY UNCLE HAS A 2008 GMC YUKON XL 4WD. WHEN IT IS PUT IN PARK IT WILL ROLL AWAY ON ITS OWN. WE FIRST NOTICED IT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, BUT THOUGHT IT HAD TO BEEN THAT IT WAS ON ICE OR SOMETHING AND IT ROLLED ABOUT 40-50 FEET BACK. WELL LAST SATURDAY I WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD GROCERIES OUT OF IT WITH MY MOM AND UNCLE. JUST AS I PULLED THE LAST BAG OUT IT ROLLED BACK. I SEEN THE TIRES ROLLING. IT ALMOST RAN ME OVER, BUT I MOVED JUST IN TIME TO HAVE IT KNOCK ME ON TO MY KNEES. WELL THE DRIVER DOOR WAS OPEN AND IT CAUGHT ME AND DRAGGED ME ABOUT 40-50 FEET. WELL THE TAIL GATE HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD THEN THE DOOR GOT MY ARM PRETTY GOOD. I AM NOW GOING TO THE DOCTOR FOR THIS. TODAY, WE MOVED IT TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD DO AND SURE ENOUGH IT DID IT RIGHT AWAY AS TO WHERE BEFORE IT WOULD TAKE 15-20 MIN. IT WAS JUST PARKED, WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON AND LOW AND BEHOLD IT ROLLED AWAY AGAIN. WHEN IT DRUG ME BEFORE, I GOT IN IT AFTERWARDS AND IT WAS IN PARK. NOT A DRIVER ERROR AT ALL. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE 2 OTHER STORIES SIMILAR TO THIS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY THIS ISSUE IF IT IS NOT DEALT WITH. IF IT WOULD OF RUN OVER ME, I WOULD OF DIED AND IT CAME [XXX] CLOSE. WE ARE GOING TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT MONDAY TO TAKE IT IN. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, LIKE WHERE WHEN AND SO ON? IT LEFT ME IN PRETTY WELL CONSTANT PAIN FROM PUTTING MY BACK AND NECK OUT OF PLACE AND MY ARM HURTS ALL THE TIME. SO PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *LN INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10378307

Incident

Jan 14, 2011

Mileage

25,000 mi

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