Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints

2,954 consumer complaints on file.

#10889139July 27, 2016
POWER TRAIN
PROBLEMS WITH TRAIN MISSION. I'M A 75 YEAR OLD DRIVER. BOUGHT AVALANCHE SLY MODEL. GREAT VEHICLE AND DRIVEN EASY AND IS GARAGE KEPT. HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM DEALER. TRANSMISSION STARTING TO BUMP AS IF YOU COULD HAVE HIIT A SPEED BUMP COMING OUT OF LOW INTO SECOND. WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY CHANGED THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE TRANSMISSION. SAID IT SEEMED OK. AS I PICKED UP VEHICLE. THE FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT CAUGHT AND AS I STARTED UP AT A SLOW TAKE OFF IT WAS DOING THE SAME PROBLEM. WILL RETURN TO DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING. WIRING HARNESS FLUID AND FILTER CHANGE. TOTAL REPAIR TO DATE $596.00
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10888659July 26, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
CRACKED DASHBOARD IN MULTIPLE PLACES.
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No
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0
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0
#10888745July 26, 2016
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I OWN A 2008 CHEVY AVALANCHE THAT HAS THE DASHBOARD CRACKING BY THE AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE DASHBOARD CLUSTER WHICH IS GOING TO RESUL IN SOMEONE GETTING SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN LOST OF A LIFE (DEAF). WHILE DRIVING ON A ROUGH ROAD A SECTION OF THE DASH BROKE FROM BEING CRACKED STRIKING ME IN MY FACE NEXT TO MY LEFT EYE. IF NOT HAVE REACTED IN URGENT MOMENT THE DASHBOARD PIECE THAT BROKE FROM THE DASH WOULD HAVE STRUCK ME IN THE EYE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO LOOSE MY EYE. I CONTACTED GM COPORATE OFFICE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD NOT THERE PROBLEM. U GUYS REALLY NEED TO RECALL THIS DEFECT URGENT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE NEXT OWNER WITH A CRACKED DASHBOARD MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY AS I WHERE MAY LOOSE THERE EYE OR EVEN THERE LIFE. IT'S A SHAME THAT GM DON'T CARE N IT SEEMS AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED HERE NHTSA DOESN'T CARE IF SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR LOST OF LIFE EITHER. SO MUCH FOR OUR GOVERNMENT.
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No
Injuries:
0
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0
#10887961July 23, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH CRACKED BY AIR BAG HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP 1 DASH MAYBE A DEFECT BUT 2 DASH IS DEFINETLY AN ISSUE
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No
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0
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0
#10887869July 22, 2016
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PLASTIC DASHBOARD IS CRACKING SEVERAL PLACES. MOST OF THE CRACKS ARE AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE CRACKS FORM SHARP EDGES IN THE PLASTIC. I FEAR THAT THESE SHARP OBJECTS COULD BECOME PROJECTILES IN A CRASH.
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10887401July 21, 2016
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD NEAR THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACK ON THE DASHBOARD NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG COULD INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V388000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10886255July 20, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH CRACKED AND PIECE IS MISSING BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. COUPLE WEEKS LATER DASH STARTED CRACKING OVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AREA.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885925July 19, 2016
AIR BAGS
THE DASH IS SLIT FROM THE AIRBAG MODULE INSERT TO THE FRONT VENT WHICH WILL CAUSE THE DASH TO FRACTURE IN THE EVENT OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT RESULTING IN HIGH SPEED SHARDS BEING PROPELLED INTO THE CABIN.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10886028July 19, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
A CRACK HAS DEVELOPED ON THE DASH. MAY INTERFERE WITH AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT OR THROW PLASTIC INTO PASSENGER. CRACK SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED ON ITS OWN.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885366July 17, 2016
AIR BAGS
RECENTLY LEARNED THIS DASH CRACK AND AIR SAFETY BAG WAS A RECALL ITEM.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885392July 17, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASHBOARD CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, ONE IS ON CORNER OF AIRBAG COVER. THE OTHER CRACK IS ON DRIVERS SIDE OF DASH ON LEFT CORNER OF WINDSHIELD AIR DEFROSTER VENT. AS I DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE DASH PANEL BOUNCES UP AND DOWN AND I AM AFRAID THE PASSENGERS AIR BAG WILL BE SET OFF BY THE VIBRATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884569July 13, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACKED DASH STARTING AT FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG. .WAS TOLD TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER BY LOCAL DEALER. DASH NOW VIBRATES TERRIBLY .CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ON 7/12/16 . ONLY 42644 MILES ON VEHICLE . HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM MANUFACTURER AFTER TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM .VEHICLE WAS PARKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884567July 13, 2016
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH RUGGED TERRAIN TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75R16. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED, BUT WAS REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,500 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10884685July 13, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN VEHICHLE WAS PARKED NOTICED LARGE CRACK ALONG PASSENGER AIR BAG EXTENDING TOWARD WINDOW IN THE DASH .CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER,WHO TOLD ME TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER .DASH NOW VIBRATES TERRIBLY . CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ON 77/12/16 .HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM MANUFACTURER SINCE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883830July 10, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TOP OF THE DASH IS CRACKING, ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HUMP ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE VEHICLE IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF; OIL CHANGES DONE EVERY 3K MILES, ALL FLUIDS CHANGED AT CORRECT INTERVALS, PREMIUM GASOLINE, NEVER TAKEN OFF-ROAD, NEVER DRIVEN OVER 80 MPH, ETC. IT SEEMS THAT THE CRACK DEVELOPED THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN AND APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. BEING A LIFE LONG GM BUYER AND FAN, I HAVE PURCHASED MORE THAN GM 5 VEHICLES AND PLAN TO BUY MORE, IT DISAPPOINTS ME THAT THEY ARE NOT ISSUING A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883739July 9, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASHBOARD IS CRACKED BY AIRBAG WHICH CAN CAUSE VERY SERIOUS HARM TO THE BODY WITH FRAGMENTS FROM THE DASH IF AIRBAG IF EVER DEPLOYED. IT ALSO CAN RESULT IN DEAF DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. GM NEED TO FIX THIS SOON AND URGENT!
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883653July 8, 2016
AIR BAGS
DASH CRACKING NEXT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DUE A MANUFACTURE'S DEFECT OF POOR QUALITY MATERIAL WITH LITTLE TO NO SUPPORT UNDERNEATH THE DASH AND WITH EVERY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD IT BECOMES WORSE AND WORSE. DASH APPEARS TO BE MADE OF AN INFERIOR MATERIAL AND IS NOT SUPPORTED PROPERLY FOR IT TO CRACK SO EASILY. IF THE AIR BAG INFLATES, THE DASHBOARD MAY EASILY SHATTER INTO THOUSANDS OF SHARDS OF SHARP PLASTIC THAT COULD BE A CAUSE OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. MANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM HAVE SAID THEY HAVE HAD THE DASH REPLACED, ONLY TO HAVE IT CRACK AGAIN. GM SHOULD BE 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING ALL OF THEIR DEFECTIVE DASHBOARDS WITH A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT SINCE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10882955July 6, 2016
STRUCTURE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. ...UPDATED 09/14/16 *BF UPDATED 09/21/16.*JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883021July 6, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883129July 6, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE DASH IS CRACKED ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND AT THE PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAG AND COULD CAUSE INJURY IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED AND DASH BREAKS APART. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND I KEEP IT IN THE GARAGE WHEN NOT AT WORK AND USE A DASH / WINDSHIELD SCREEN A LOT OF THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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