Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints

2,954 consumer complaints on file.

#10100047November 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, DRIVING DOWN ROAD SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE IS LOCKED IN ALL WHEEL DRIVE, OR 4 WHEEL DRIVE.LIGHT HAS COME ON 6 TIMES, DEALER HAS INSPECTED SEVERAL TIMES, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.NO CORRECTION HAS BEEN MADE SO FAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096743November 9, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. *JB *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098326November 5, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW
2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. FAILURE OF REAR WINDOW FRAME, PRODUCING TWO POINTS OF SEPARATION. GLASS IS INTACT, FRAME ASSOCIATED WITH REAR DEFROSTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101197November 3, 2004
SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
VEHICLE HAS RUSTED BRAKE ROTOR. PROBLEMS WITH FRAME AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM COMPONENTS THE FRAME AND SUSPENSION RUSTED TO THE POINT OF METAL FATIGUE ESPECIALLY AT THE POINTS OF WELD THAT HOLD THE SUSPENSION TO THE FRAME. THE ROTORS WERE TORE UP AND THE PADS WERE GROUND DOWN. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091478November 3, 2004
CHILD SEAT:HARNESS/CROTCH BUCKLE, CHILD SEAT:RETRACTOR
THE CONSUMER PLACED THE CHILD INSIDE OF THE BOOSTER SEAT, THE BOOSTER SEAT SHOULDER BELT GUIDE HAD AN OPENING INSIDE THE LOOP, THAT WOULD CATCH ON THE SEAT BELT. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB IF THE BOOSTER SEAT IS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE THE SEAT BELT SLIDES OUT OF THE LOOP. THE SEAT BELT GUIDE LOOP SLOT SLANTS IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT THE SEAT BELT RETRACTS PULLING THE BELT OUT OF THE GUIDE LOOP. THE ONLY WAY THE SEAT AN BE SAFELY USED IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE LOOP SLOT SLANTS IN OPPOSITION TOT HE SEAT BELT RETRACTION. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094306October 27, 2004
SUSPENSION
WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL A CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVEN TIMES, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK 8NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097626October 25, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE WHILE TWO PERSONS WERE SITTING ON IT. CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR TAILGATE TO BE INSPECTED ON A NHTSA RECALL 04V129000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096137October 20, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW MY VEHICLE AS I APPROACHED AN AREA OF FLOWING WATER. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AS I NORMALLY WOULD. THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW UP, INSTEAD, THE BACK END BEGAN TO BREAK LOOSE AND SPIN AROUND. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND TWICE AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A UTILITY POLE. THE ABS BRAKES OBVOIUSLY DID NOT PERFORM AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. INSTEAD OF SLOWING THE VEHICLE, THEY CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO THE UNCONTROLLABLE SPINOUT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10095671October 13, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
VERY LOUD POPPING, CLANKING, SNAPPING SOUND COMING FROM FRONT END WHILE TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER WITH NO RESOLUTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093901October 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ALL GAUGES, WARNING LIGHTS,RADIO, AND HEAT/AIR CONTROLS START CHANGING ON THEIR OWN ,QUIT WORKING AND DON'T WORK PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. AT TIMES IT SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING IS BURNING. DEALER HAVE REPLACED ALOT OF WARNING SENSORS, REPLACED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TWICE, FUEL SENDING UNIT,CHECKED ALL THE MAIN GROUND POINTS OF WIRING. DEALER HAS THE OLD PARTS. I'M STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY ARE STILL NOT FIXED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095501October 8, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TAILGATE RELEASING AND HAD IT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER TWICE. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON THE TAILGATE FOR THE STRAPS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND MADE THE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS TO THE TAILGATE WHICH RELEASED EVEN WHEN LOCKED WITH A KEY. 04V129000. *JB. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TAILGATE RELEASING AND HAD IT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER TWICE. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER 04V129000 ON TAILGATE STRAPS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND MADE THE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS TO THE TAILGATE WHICH RELEASED WHEN LOCKED WITH KEY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093776October 7, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
TAILGATE STRAP ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS BROKEN. DEALER IS REFUSING TO FIX SAYING MY VEHICLE IS NOT IN RECALL. WAS BUILT IN SEPTEMBER 2001. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093694October 6, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Z66 HAS FAILED PARKING BRAKE. I DO NOT TOW OR EVEN USE THE BRAKE. HOWEVER IN ATTEMPTING TO PASS TEXAS STATE INSPECTION, MY PARKING BRAKE FAILS. WHEN BRAKE IS SET IN ALL THE WAY, TRUCK PUT IN DRIVE, TRUCK WILL MOVE FORWARD AS IF BRAKE IS NOT SET. CHEVYTALK.ORG HAS OVER 5000 POST OF USERS ON THIS SAME ITEM. CHEVY ASE MECHANIC SAID IT'S A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW IN THE CLIPS THAT CAUSES E-BRAKE TO WEAR EVEN IF NEVER USED. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF I NEED IT, DUE TO A HYDROLIC FAILURE, IT DOESN'T WORK. CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY CLAIM IT IS NOT PART OF WARRANTY. Y UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS DEFECT EXISTIS TO PROVIDE GM WITH A COST SAVINGS IN MANUFACTURING, BUT IT IS AT THE COST OF THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS AND THIER FAMILIES. IS THAT WORTH IT?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090136October 6, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE TAILGATE CABLES BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE TAILGATE. AS A RESULT, DRIVER SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO TA HOSPITAL BY CAR. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TAILGATE CABLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10094421September 27, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
REAR BRAKE COVER PLATES RUSTED. VEHICLE DID NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093086September 23, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS REMOVING THE RUBBER MAT IN THE BED OF THE 2003 AVALANCHE TRUCK TO CLEAN IT. TO REMOVE THE MAT YOU MUST FIRST REMOVE THE PLASTIC TRANSITION PLATE AT THE FRONT, JUST BEHIND THE REAR SEAT. TO REMOVE THIS PLATE YOU MUST SLIDE YOUR FINGER UNDER IT TO POP IT UP. AS YOU SLIDE YOUR FINGER UNDER IT YOU WILL SLICE YOUR FINGERS ON THE RAZOR SHARP PLASTIC. I SLICED MY FINGERS TO THE BONE, THE CUTS SHOULD HAVE HAD STITCHES BUT I BUTTERFLY BANDAGED THEM. I HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AS OF YET, BUT I THINK FILING DOWN THE SHARP EDGE WOULD PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10093018September 22, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
MY EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT WORK ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 SERIES. I WENT TO GET IT INSPECTED TODAY AND IT FAILED INSPECTION B/C OF THIS PROBLEM....WHICH I HAD NO IDEA OF! I AM GLAD I FOUND OUT THIS WAY. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHEVROLETS AND IT IS QUITE AN EXPENSIVE PROBLEM TO FIX. I CALLED PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE AND THEY WANT ME TO COME BY NEXT TUESDAY TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND FIXED. BUT IF THIS A COMMON PROBLEM SHOULDN'T IT BE RECALLED OR SHOULDN'T THE VEHICLE TELL ME THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS NOT WORKING?? I THINK THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094131September 22, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
WHILE APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE VEHICLE FAILED. THERE WAS NO BRAKING POWER. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT PARKING BRAKE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, RECALL ISSUED DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090923September 13, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE LOADING A 4 WHEELER ONTO MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE, BOTH TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED AND THE TAILGATE COMPLETELY FELL OFF. THE 4 WHEELER, MYSELF, AND THE RAMPS THAT WERE ON THE TAILGATE ALL FELL TO THE GROUND. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TAILGATE CABLES, BUT THE DAMAGE TO THE TAILGATE HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY ARE WORKING THE ISSUE, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090831September 11, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON INTERSTATE-15 THROUGH ST. GEORGE, UTAH, I EXPERIENCED A TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON MY LEFT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL TIRE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHILE TOWING MY 23 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER. TOTAL TIRE MILEAGE: 26,995 MILES. THE TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE, I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE 2500 TRUCK AND GET STOPPED AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE FOR DAMAGE, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF THE I-15 WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES AT 15 MPH AND INSTALL A SPARE TIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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