Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints (2007)

493 consumer complaints on file.

#10565530February 23, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN LIGHT COMES ON ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AND SHIFTS HARD. WHEN LIGHT GOES OFF IT RUNS FINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564955February 19, 2014
STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS
DRIVING ON A NORMAL PAVED ROAD I HEARD TWO FAIRLY LOUD "POP" SOUNDS. STOPPED AND PULLED OVER TO SEE IF I COULD FIND SOURCE OF THE SOUNDS. NOTHING HAD FALLEN, NO WINDOWS BROKEN, BUT NOTICED 2 CRACKS ON UPPER DASHBOARD WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG RESIDES. PRESSED ON THAT AREA AND WAS ABLE TO SEE THE DASH HAD COMPLETELY CRACKED APART AND WAS "FLOPPING". PROCEEDED TO DRIVE AND IN NEXT MILE ANOTHER "POP" SOUND OCCURRED, THIS TIME IT WAS AN EVEN LARGER CRACK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH NEAR THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THE ENTIRE TOP PORTION OF THE DASH DRIVERS SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOW BOUNCING UP AND DOWN BY ABOUT 1-2INCHES. I FEAR IF THE DRIVERS A-PILLAR SIDE AIRBAG OR THE PASSENGER MAIN AIRBAG ARE DEPLOYED, THAT FRAGMENTS AND LARGE PIECES OF THE HARD DASH PLASTIC CAN BE THROWN AT HIGH-SPEED TO PEOPLE IN THE CABIN...THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS A SAFETY CONCERN. I ATTEMPTED A RESOLUTION THRU GM, WHO WANTED ALMOST $1000 TO DO THE REPAIR, EVEN THOUGH THE ACKNOWLEDGE ITS A COMMON PROBLEM, THEY DO NOT SEEM WILLING TO COME TO A COMMON RESOLUTION. MORE INFO CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS: HTTP://TAHOE-CRACKED-DASH.WEBS.COM/ HTTP://CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM/CAFCNA/INDEX.PHP/TOPIC,121036.0.HTM HTTP://CHEVROLETFORUM.COM/FORUM/TAHOE-SUBURBAN-25/2007-TAHOE-LTZ-DASH-HAS-CRACKED-26133/ HTTP://GMAUTHORITY.COM/BLOG/2012/08/GMT-900-GMC-CHEVY-VEHICLES-SUBJECT-TO-FREQUENTLY-CRACKING-DASHBOARDS/ HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=3IKSCKLF7G8. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564487February 15, 2014
STRUCTURE
MY DASH HAS BROKEN/CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. THE CRACK IS LOCATED BEHIND THE AIR BAG LID STARTS NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE AIR BAG LID AND EXTENDS TO THE EDGE OF THE DASH. THE AIR BAG COULD POSSIBLY RIP IF IT WERE TO CATCH ON THE SHARP EDGE THAT IS EXPOSED. FIRST REPLACEMENT OF THE DASH WAS IN MAY OF 2009 AND HAS CRACKED AGAIN IN THE SAME LOCATION IN FEBRUARY 2014. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562373January 31, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS A MAJOR CUT HAZARD. MY WIFE CUT HER HAND ON THE PEELING PLASTIC OF THE DOOR HANDLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10560175January 16, 2014
STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS
MY DASH IS CRACKED RIGHT AT THE TOP LEFT OF MY PASSENGER AIRBAG. MY DASH IS ALSO CRACKED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH NEAR STEERING COLUMN. THE ARE HUNDREDS OF ONLINE FORMS WITH THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE SAME VEHICLE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TYPE IN AVALANCHE DASH BOARD CRACKS IN A SEARCH ENGINE. MY BIG ISSUE IS I CAN NOT GET ANY CHEVY DEALER TO TELL ME THE CRACK WILL NOT AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. THIS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN IF I GET IN A ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560295January 16, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
UPON ARRIVAL AT WORK AND PARKING MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE IN THE PARKING LOT, I HEARD A COUPLE OF POPPING NOISES COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. I PULLED THE HOOD RELEASE LEVER AND NOTICED FLAMES EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I CALLED EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BEFORE THEY COULD PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559604January 13, 2014
AIR BAGS
MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AT VARIOUS TIMES. I HEARD THAT CHEVROLET HAD A RECALL ON SOME PICKUPS. I HOPE THE AVALANCHE IS INCLUDED. THANKS! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557055December 23, 2013
STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS
THE DASHBOARD ON MY AVALANCHE HAS DEVELOPED A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CRACK RIGHT NEXT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THE CRACK STARTS FROM TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD SIDE AND LEADS UP TO AND TERMINATES AT THE CREVICE WHERE THE AIRBAG IS LOCATED. THIS IN MY OPINION JEOPARDIZES THE INTEGRITY OF THE AIRBAG. THE CONCERNS ARE THAT (A) THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN THE INTENDED DIRECTION (B) MAY GET RUPTURED DUE TO MAKING CONTACT WITH THE SHARP EDGES OF THE CRACK OR (C) MAY DEPLOY UNINTENTIONALLY DUE TO THE WEAKNESS OF THE MATERIAL HOLDING IT IN PLACE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT AS SUCH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10556432December 17, 2013
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ON MY 2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE LTZ HAVE PEELED AND BECOME RAZOR SHARP. OPENING THE DOOR UNDER NORMAL CHARACTERISTICS HAS CAUSED A SLICE, OR PAPER CUT TYPE OF WOUND TO MY HAND??TRUCK FAILED TO START DUE TO DEAD BATTERY AFTER SITTING FOR LESS THAN 24 HRS. THIS VEHICLE STARTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING JUMPED. IT HAS OCCURRED 3-4 TIMES?REPLACED BOTH ALT AND NOW A NEW BATTERY?..CRACKED DASH ABOVE DRIVER & PASSENGER AIRBAG. POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE WHEN AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10555532December 10, 2013
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
AROUND THE MAY 2012 TIMEFRAME I HAD TO TAKE MY 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE IN TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE TO THE CRACKED DASHBOARD NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE DEALERSHIP AGREED THAT THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE ISSUE THROUGH OUT A NUMBER OF OTHER GM MODELS. THE DEALERSHIP AGREED TO REPLACE THE DASHBOARD AT NO CHARGE. THIS WEEK ON 9 DECEMBER 2013 I NOTICED ANOTHER CRACK IN THE NEW DASHBOARD. JUST SLIGHTLY OVER A YEAR THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IN A NEW LOCATION. THIS CRACK IS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE WINDSHIELD NEAR THE VIN NUMBER PLATE TO THE BASE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS CRACK IN THE PAST TWO DAYS IS OPENING MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY. ON 10 DECEMBER THE CRACK HAS NOW FORMED A "V" SHAPE AND HAS SPLIT TO TOWARDS THE DRIVERS DOOR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TODAY AND THE DEALERSHIP, THE SAME DEALERSHIP THAT REPLACED THE DASHBOARD THE FIRST TIME, SAID NO AND THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER HELP ME AND RECOMMENDED TO ME THAT I JUST GET A "COVER" TO NOT SEE IT AND BOTHER ME. I PAID NEARLY $40,000 FOR THE TRUCK AND KEEP VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. I FEEL THAT THESE CRACKS ARE A SAFETY CONCERN THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED. THE DEALERSHIPS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND THEY WILL NO LONGER HELP. OTHER OWNERS LIKE ME ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND WE NEED HELP TO GET OUR VEHICLES FIXED. PLEASE HELP ALL OF US IN GETTING THIS ISSUE FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10554127November 29, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CONTROL PANEL WAS NO LONGER WORKING AND A BURNING ODOR WERE EMITTING FROM THE PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10553760November 25, 2013
AIR BAGS
I WAS INVOLVED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON THE DATE OF NOV 21,2013. I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, I WAS HIT BY AN ON COMING MID SIZED SUV TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CRASH CAUSED A LARGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE SUV AS WELL AS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO MY 2007 AVALANCHE. THE IMPACT HIT MY FRONT DRIVERS CORNER. MY AIR BAGS DID "NOT" DEPLOY!!!! THERE IS NOW A WARNING LIGHT ON MY DASH INFO CENTER. I GOT THAT INFO FROM THE INS ADJUSTER WHO CALLED TO LET ME KNOW THE TRUCK IS GOING TO BE REPAIRED. MY CONCERN IS THAT WHY DIDN'T MY AIR BAGS DEPLOY??? I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME READING AND THERE SEAMS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH GM'S AVALANCHE MODELS AND AIR BAG ISSUES. IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON SEVERAL WEB SITE THREW OUT THE INTERNET. I EVEN FOUND SOME INFO ON SERVICE NOTICES POSTED BY GM TO DEALERS. IF GM KNOWS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A NATIONAL RECALL? I WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND DID NOT HAVE THE ADDED BENEFIT OF THE SAFETY DEVICES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO SAVE MY LIFE I PAID FOR THAT ADDED SAFETY IN THE HIGH PURCHASE PRICE OF MY TRUCK. WHY DIDN'T THEY WORK LIKE THEY ARE INTENDED TO???? THANK THE LORD IT WAS JUST ME IN THE TRUCK!! GOD FORBID HAD MY FAMILY BEEN IN THE TRUCK WITH ME, I CAN'T IMAGINE THE OUT COME!!! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, THERE IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE SYSTEMS. GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO SOLVE IT. WHAT WILL IT TAKE??? A DEATH??? I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT!!!! I SUFFERED SOME INJURIES, NONE INTERNAL BUT I AM STILL RECOVERING, I WONDER IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MINIMIZED HAD MY AIR BAGS WORKED LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE! I AM THANKFUL THAT I'M STILL HERE FOR MY FAMILY AND THAT NONE OF THEM WERE WITH ME IN THE TRUCK DURING THIS ACCIDENT. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOME ONE LOOSES THEIR LIFE OR THAT OF A LOVED ONE! GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS ASAP! PLEASE!!! *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10550004October 29, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHROME DOOR HANDLE WAS PEELING AND BECOMING A HAZARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543115September 11, 2013
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
GM HAS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH DASHBOARDS CRACKING NEAR WHERE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLES. THERE IS ALSO CRACKING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT POD. ALL CRACKS ARE IN IDENTICAL AREAS OF THESE SAME MODEL YEARS AND NEWER. THIS IS MY SECOND DASH BOARD THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10542496September 8, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY DASH HAS CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. THE CRACK STARTS AT THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE AIR BAG LID AND CONTINUES UP THE DASH TO THE VENT OPENING. THE AIR BAG COULD POSSIBLY RIP IF IT WERE TO CATCH ON THE SHARP EDGE THAT IS EXPOSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533601August 5, 2013
AIR BAGS
I HEARD THAT CHEVROLET IS RECALLING CERTAIN PICKUPS BECAUSE OF AN AIR BAG ISSUE. MY AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON OCCASIONALLY. IS THIS A CONCERN? IS MY 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE GOING TO BE RECALLED FOR THE DEFECT. THANK YOU! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533615August 5, 2013
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH CRACKED AROUND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED IT CAN POSSIBLY SNAG ON THE SHARP EDGE AND PUNCTURE THE AIRBAG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533616August 5, 2013
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
INSIDE DOER HANDLE CHROME IS PEELING OFF LEAVING A VERY SHARP EDGE. GM RECALLED THIS ITEM BUT WILL NOT FIX MINE BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 INJURIES RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10532761July 30, 2013
ENGINE
MISFIRE IN CYLINDER 1. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532200July 28, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
CRACKED DASH ABOVE PASSENGER AIRBAG. POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE WHEN AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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