Mesa woman 'fired up' over GM recall - AZFamily
But one General Motors recall may have caused a Mesa woman to actually lose her car. Hook couldn't believe her eyes as she captured footage of her 2008 Chevy Aveo engulfed in flames as it sat in a parking lot. "We parked the car in the lot and proceeded to go inside of the building, and a woman came in and told us that there was a yellow car filling with smoke in the parking lot. The car engulfed in flames was Hook's Aveo. Less than a year after she bought the Aveo, the car caught fire and was ruled a total loss. Hook said the incident left her fuming because GM told her weeks earlier that there was a chance her little Chevy Aveo could catch fire. "They kind of insinuated that I may have lit my own car on fire," she said. In a recall notice Hook received just weeks earlier, GM warned Aveo owners that their cars could go up in flames due to a faulty part. "Heat generated within the headlamp switch or daytime running lamp (DRL) module, which are both located on or near the left side of the steering column, could melt the headlamp switch or DRL module and cause a fire," the GM recall notice read. Hook's insurance covered the damage by totaling out her car and paying off her car loan. 3 On Your Side has learned that GM then reimbursed Hook's insurance company. Source: www.azfamily.com
