Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints

2,954 consumer complaints on file.

#10862212April 29, 2016
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY TRUCK HAS 2 MAJOR CRACKS ON THE DASH THAT JUST APPEARED WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE JULY 2013. ONE IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT ON THE DASH AND CRACKS FROM MY DISPLAY BEHIND MY STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE SECOND CRACK IN THE DASH IS IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGERS SEAT AND RUNS INTO THE AIRBAG. ALL GM MODEL SUV/TRUCKS FROM 2007-2013 ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM! I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GM WILL NOT RECALL THIS ISSUE. IF EITHER OF MY AIR BAGS HAVE TO DEPLOY, WE COULD GET KILLED BY THE SHARP CRACKED SHARDS BUSTING OUT OF THE DASH AND STABBING US. I BOUGHT THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE WHEN MY FIRST BORN SON WAS 1 MONTH OLD BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING A LITTLE HONDA CIVIC AND WANTED SOMETHING SAFER FOR MY CHILD. NOW HE IS 2 1/2 AND I ALSO HAVE A SECOND SON NOW THAT JUST TURNED 6 MONTHS. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN CHEVY FOR NOT FIXING THIS PROBLEM WHEN ITS GOING TO CAUSE A DEATH! IT WOULD BE REALLY UNFORTUNATE IF MY CHILDREN OR ONE OF THEIR PARENTS GET KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS DASH ISSUE. GM WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND WANTS TO CHARGE 1300.00 TO FIX IT!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862107April 28, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES NEAR THE AIRBAGS. I SEE ONLINE THIS IS VERY COMMON AND CHEVROLET DOESN'T SEEM TO BE VERY RECEPTIVE TO FIXING THIS SAFETY CONCERN. I BELIEVE THE CRACKS JUST HAPPENED OVERNIGHT SINCE I NOTICED THEM FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861597April 26, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACK IN DASH NEXT TO THE AIRBAG. DASH BOARD BECOMES UN ATTACHED BETWEEN MOLDS, CAUSING THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AREA TO BOUNCE AND BECOME UNSTABLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO IMPROPER DEPLOYMENT SINCE THE SHIFTING AND DETERIORATION OF SUPPORTIVE MOLDINGS AND PLASTICS CAN NOT SUPPORT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. THE CRACK HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT A STOPLIGHT ON A FULL SUN DAY, WARM DAY. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 18000 MIES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861128April 24, 2016
AIR BAGS
CRACK IN DASHBOARD BY PASSENGER AIRBAG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860367April 19, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE DASHBOARD STARTED AS A SINGLE CRACK AND PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED OVER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859894April 16, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT THE BRAKES FAILED. HOLDING THE BRAKE WHILE WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, THE PEDAL ALL OF A SUDDEN WENT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN I BEGAN MOVING I HAD TO KEEP THE TRUCK BELOW 30 MPH TO ALLOW THE BRAKES TO WORK WITH INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE FACTORED IN. AFTER ABOUT A 5 MILE DRIVE HOME, CHECKED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED A LEAK FROM RUSTED BRAKE LINES NEAR THE DRIVER'S DOOR. TRUCK CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN UNTIL RUSTED LINES ARE REPLACED. NO ABILITY TO MAKE A REGULAR STOP MUCH LESS AN EMERGENCY STOP IN THE PRESENT CONDITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859783April 15, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY AVALANCHE IS A 2012 WITH 36500 MILES ON IT. I HEARD A RATTLING NOISE AND FOUND MY DASH IS CRACKED ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855523April 14, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. STOPPING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, BY AT LEAST DOUBLE. IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CURVE OR CAR IN FRONT OF HIM THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. PARKED THE TRUCK UNTIL IT COULD BE INSPECTED AND FOUND A LEAK UNDER DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR. ALL OF THE MAIN BRAKE PIPES WERE RUSTED AND FRAGILE. TAKING TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE ALL BRAKE PIPES REPLACED WITH KIT MENTIONED IN (TSB) 13-05-22-001. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT GM IS FIGHTING A RECALL BY SIGHTING THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BRAKE SYSTEMS AND IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT IF THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES FOR BOTH SYSTEMS FAILED. AT THE VERY LEAST IT SEEMS THAT HAVING YOUR STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASE BY ALMOST DOUBLE WITH OUT WARNING IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855175April 12, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE CHROME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR HANDLE HAS BEGUN TO PEEL AND IS VERY SHARP. A PASSENGER CUT THEIR HAND ON THE HANDLE LAST WEEK. I HAVE SINCE HAD TO CUT A PORTION OF THE CHROME OFF AND APPLY TAPE OVER THE HANDLE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10855187April 12, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
CAME OUT TO MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED A CRACK STARTING FROM CENTER SPEAKER IN THE DASH EXPANDING TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD. IS SMALL NOW BUT OVER TIME I FEAR WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND COULD BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854512April 9, 2016
STEERING, WHEELS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
4"TAKATA RECALL" THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE WITH A SET OF CAPITOL PRECISION TRAC LL TIRES ON IT. WHILE PULLING OFF IN THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH YOU COULD FEEL THE BACK END SHAKING AND WOBBLING LIKE THE LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE THE SHAKING ISSUE WHERE WAS FOUND THAT THE TIRES TREAD WAS SEPARATING MAKING HUMPS AND WAVES IN THE TREAD. THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AT 92,207 MILES ON VEHICLE AND 7, 319 MILES ON 265/70R17 CAPITOL PRECISION TRAC LL TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL GETTING TIRES TO REPLACE THE CAPITOL TIRES BUT ONCE THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP TO REPLACE THE TIRES THE FRONT HAD STARTED TO SHAKE JUST LIKE THE BACK AT 92,221 MILES ON THE VEHICLE BUT NOT AS MUCH. WALMART CHANGED THE TIRES AND THE TECHNICIAN REPORTED THE TIRES WERE REALLY BAD WITH TREAD SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE AND ALSO THAT THIS BRAND TIRE WERE RECALLED. I HAVE TAKEN THESE TIRES BACK TO TIRE PROS WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND NOW IS AWAITING THEM TO SEND THESE TIRES BACK TO THE TIRE COMPANY FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TIRE. THE RECALL # IS 14T013-8570 IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854358April 8, 2016
AIR BAGS
THE DASH AREA AROUND AIR BAG ALL CRACKING UP, IF AIR BAG DEPLOYS SHARP PIECES GOING EVERYWHERE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854387April 8, 2016
AIR BAGS
AVALANCHE HAS A CRACKED DASH BOARD AROUND THE AIRBAG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853801April 6, 2016
SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE CHANGING GEARS TO THE DRIVE POSITION, THE GEARS LOCKED UP AND FAILED TO MOVE. THE CONTACT STATED THEY EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V007000 (SUSPENSION), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE CROSS PIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853880April 6, 2016
AIR BAGS
I GOT IN MY VEHICLE TO COME HOME. PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START THE CAR AND AS I DID, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG EXPLODED IN MY FACE. I HAD NOT EVEN PUT THE CAR IN GEAR YET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10853263April 4, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE WINDOW TRIM ON THE REAR WINDOW HAS A KNOWN DEFECT. THE PLASTIC FRAME OF THE WINDOW CRACKS AND SEPARATES ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE CAB. GM IS AWARE OF THE DEFECT BUT IS UNWILLING TO REPLACE WHAT IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852819March 31, 2016
ENGINE
AT 40000 WE NOTICED WE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH MY AVALANCHE BURNING OIL, WHEN WE ASKED THE TECH AT CHEVY HE TOLD ME THAT WAS NORMAL FOR THE NEWER ENGINES TO BURN OIL, AT 130,000 MILE WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEM WITH A SPARK PLUG FOULING OUT, I READ THAT THIS WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. AT 181,000 MILE AND ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD WE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AFTER REPLACING THE SPARK PLUG AND WIRE 3 TIMES THIS COST US $6847. I HAVE READ THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE 5.3 ENGINES AND COULD CAUSE4 MAJOR ACCIDENTS IF THE END UP ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THEY FINALLY GO OUT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850244March 17, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE A 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LTZ MY DASH IS CRACKING AROUND CENTER MOUNT SPEAKER ON BOTH SIDES ALL THE WAY TO AIR BAG COMPARTMENT, THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, AND COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH AIR BAG. THERE IS NO SUPPORT AROUND SPEAKER IS WHAT IS CAUSING ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849587March 14, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CHECKED DASHBOARD AND GM WILL NOT FIX IT,THE AIR BAG IS EXPOSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849644March 14, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE DASH HAS A CRACK ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AS WELL AS IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE AIRBAG. AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT COULD RESULT IN SHRAPNEL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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