# 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `2211256` · 2026-05-29 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO 1500
- **Year:** 2016
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Speed:** 60 mph
## Narrative
Rear power window defrost thermal event.  While rear defrost was on the plastic connector that goes to the rear defrost of the power rear sliding window began to smoke heavily.  In 2020 there was recall number N192265660 for the 1500 series of the same year for the same component that failed and is a fire risk.  2500 had no recall but this vehicle contains the same product and poses the same fire risk as the 1500.
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*