Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints (2005)

206 consumer complaints on file.

• #10136815September 16, 2005
  SUSPENSION:REAR

  WHINE IN THE REAR END OF 2005 CHEVY AVALANCHE , DEALER SAYS THEY CAN NOT HEAR IT KNOCKING OR TICKING IN THE FRONT END WHEN YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. *NM

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• #10135718September 7, 2005
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

  WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. THE TRUCK SLOWS BUT JUST PRIOR TO STOPPING THE ABS FEATURE ACTIVATES AND THE BRAKES MAKE AN ANNOYING GRINDING SOUND THEN STOPS. *JB

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• #10131820August 6, 2005
  SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, STEERING, TIRES, EQUIPMENT

  ON JUNE 12TH, 2005, I PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY AVALANCHE FOR MY WIFE FROM BILL HEARD CHEVROLET IN SANFORD, FLORIDA. THE MORNING AFTER TAKING DELIVERY OF UNIT, I NOTICED THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP/BRAKE PROPERLY, THE TIRES WERE RUBBING INTO THE FRONT FENDERS AND THE FRONT END WANDERED AND PULLED TO THE LEFT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THAT DAY AND SPOKE WITH THE SALESMAN. IT TOOK THE DEALERSHIP ALMOST THREE WEEKS TO GET MY VEHICLE INTO THEIR REPAIR FACILITY. THEY HAD ADDRESSED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY DID NOTHING TO FIX THE VEHICLE. I THEN RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP A WEEK LATER STATING MY CONCERNS TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. THE SERVICE MANAGER VERIFIED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. ON THIS VISIT NOTHING WAS FIXED AGAIN. A WEEK AFTER THIS INCIDENT, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THIS DEALERSHIP STATED AND VERIFIED THE VEHICLE DOES HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT THERE WAS NO FIX FOR IT. THIS DEALERSHIP ALSO STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS, AND STATED THE SELLING DEALERSHIP NEVER FIXED THE RECALL. AGAIN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE PROBLEMS, BUT THE RECALL WAS NOW COMPLETED BY THIS DEALERSHIP. I CALLED THE SELLING DEALERSHIP AND SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, THE SALES MANAGER, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER, THE SALESMAN AS WELL AS OTHERS TO TRY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED OR HAD THE PURCHASE VOIDED TO RECEIVE MY MONEY BACK. NO ONE IN THIS DEALERSHIP WILL HELP ME. I THEN CALLED GENERAL MOTORS (CORPORATE) AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THEY WILL NOT HELP ME. TODAY I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, AND NOW WITH YOUR AGENCY. I AM SEEKING HELP BECAUSE I FEEL THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY TO BE IN. *JB

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• #10123833June 1, 2005
  POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

  I OWN A 2005 AVALANCHE WITH 2000 MILES ON IT. WHEN TURNING SHARPLY WHILE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, GOING FORWARD OR IN REVERSE, THE TRUCK BOGS DOWN AND STOPS. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE OWNERS MANUAL ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION FOR SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT REALIZE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. IF I WERE TO MAKE A U TURN THE VEHICLE WILL COME TO A STOP IF THE WHEELS ARE TURNED TWO SHARPLY. MY DEALER DID NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTILL I BROUGHT IT TO HIS ATTENTION.THE DEALER WENT OUT ON HIS LOT AND DROVE AN AVALANCHE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO DETERMINE IF I WAS NUTS OR NOT. WELL I AM NOT NUTS AS THIERS DID EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. THE DEALER THEN CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND WAS TOLD THIS CONDITION IS NORMAL SO THE U JOINTS AND GEAR BOX WILL NOT BE DAMAGED. IF THEY SAY IT IS NORMAL TO LOCK UP WHY DON'T THEY PUT IT THE OWNERS MANUAL? SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT OVER THIS CONDITION AND IT WILL BE MORE THAN U JOINTS OR GEAR BOX.

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• #10122370May 28, 2005
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ON 3/15/05 THE NEW GTO OIL PUMP FAILED. RETURNED TO DEALER ON 3/16/05. ON 4/07/05 THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO US AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS PERFECT!THE NEXT DAY 4/08/05 THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED THAT DAY, AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NOW FIXED!!! TWO [2] DAYS LATER ON 4/11/05 THE CAR WAS AGAIN RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THE CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALER, IT IS NOT FIXED, IT IS A PIECE OF USED AND REPAIRED , BROKEN CAR. WE PAID FOR A NEW 4OO HP GTO, AND NOW AFTER ALL THIS AGONY HAVE HAD TO PAY AN ATTORNEY $4000.00 TO GET THIS MESS TAKEN CARE OF. THIS CAR ON THE FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP HAD A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE WINDOWS, EXECPT THE WINDSHIELD, A SPOTTY AND DISCOLORING. THIS I REPORTED THAT DAY. THIS IS A JOKE, GMC WILL NOT HELP IT'S CUSTOMERS FOR ANY REASON. THE DEALER, EARLY ON IN THIS MESS ASKED GMC TO EXCHANGE CARS FOR ME, NOPE! THEY SAID IT HAS TO GO THRUOGH THE PROCESS. THE PROCESS IS A FAILURE!!!! NOW I WANT MY INVESTMENT PLUS!!! YOUR COSTOMER SERVICE IS A JOKE!! I WAS GUARANTEED ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS AND PROMISED A CALL BACK AND IT NEVER HAPPENED!!! ONE GENTLEMAN MR. JARRET, SAID " I WILL CALL YOU IN 10 [TEN] DAYS . SO I CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. MAY FISRT WAS 10 [TEN] DAYS. I HAD TO CONTACT MR. RICK WAGONER'S OFFICE 7 [SEVEN] TIMES BEFORE MR. JARRET RETUNED HIS PROMISED CALL! I CAN GO ON AND ON WITH DOCUMATION ABOUT THE WAT THIS WAS MISHANDLED. WE WRE TREATED AS LAIRS. WHILE THE WHOLE TIME IT WAS GMC>

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• #10119934May 5, 2005
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

  7/13/03 - PURCHASED NEW 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE VEHICLE FROM PIERRE CHEVROLET IN LAKE CITY, WASHINGTON 7/28/03 - REPORTED SPORADIC LOUD CLUNK NOISES COMING FROM TRANSMISSION TO SERVICE CENTER OF SAME DEALER. SERVICE CENTER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM AND STATED CLUNK NOISES WERE NORMAL IN THIS TYPE VEHICLE. NOISE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND WAS REPORTED BUT NOTHING WAS DONE AND SAME SERVICE CENTER NORMAL CLUNK NOISE EXPLANATION WAS PROVIDED. 1/12/04 - TOOK VEHICLE TO TODAYSCHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER IN BREMERTON, WASHINGTON AND INSISTED THAT CLUNK NOISE BE THOROUGHLY CHECKED OUT. RECEIVED SAME "NORMAL CLUNK NOISE EXPLANATION" AND A MANUFACTURER'S BULLETIN NUMBERED 01-07-30-42A STATING THE SAME. COULD NOT COMPLAIN NO MORE. 4/12/05 - 21 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASED OF THIS NEW VEHICLE IT HAD A TOTAL TRANSMISSION BREAKDOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION ON A RURAL ROAD. ALL GEARS EXCEPT LOW GEAR WENT KAPUT. BECAUSE THE BREAKDOWN OCCURRED ON A RURAL ROAD WHERE TRAFFIC IS LIGHT, THE BREAKDOWN DID NOT CAUSED A FIRE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, DEATHS ETC., BUT IT HAD PLACED US IN CONTINUAL JEOPARDY. ALTHOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOTALLY REBUILD, SPORADIC CLUNK NOISES DO CONTINUE.

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