Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints

2,954 consumer complaints on file.

#10427782September 28, 2011
AIR BAGS
REAR ENDED A SUV AT 40 MPH WITHOUT BREAKING AND THE AIR BAGSA DID NOT DEPLOY. *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10427517September 26, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
COMING TO A STOP AND BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR ABS LIGHT CAME ON , FOUND HOLE IN BRAKE LINE LINES RUSTED ALL THROUGH OUT THE VEHICLE . I ALMOST HIT A WOMEN ON FEB 6 2010 ANOTHER HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE LINE ON SEPT 21 2011 BRAKES DID IT AGAIN TO THE FLOOR IT MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP 2 DIFFERENT LINES HAVE HOLES IN THEM AM TRYING TO REPLACE AS MUCH AS I CAN. THERE IS A BOX UNDER THE BODY THAT MY BRAKE LINES GO INTO THEY ARE RUSTED REALLY BAD TO IM NOT SURE WHAT THE BOX IS FOR I HAVE HAD A LOT OF BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN NOT DRIVEN FOR MONTHS AT A TIME DUE TO BRAKE PROBLEMS THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10426440September 20, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE VEHICLE'S SPEEDOMETER WAS STICKING FOR ABOUT 5 MILES. THEN, THE VEHICLE'S SPEEDOMETER STOPPED ON 60 MPH PERMANENTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN STUCK AT 60 MPH AND POSES A SIGNIFCANT SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO, SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL 1500 SERIES CHEVROLET PICK-UP TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424688September 12, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THIS AFTERNOON WHILE GOING OUT SHOPPING I BADLY CUT MY FINGER WHILE OPENING THE DOOR OF MY VEHICLE. THE DOOR HANDLE OF MY VEHICLE IS PLATED IN CHROME. THIS CHROME IS NOW COMING UNDONE, AND IS RAZOR SHARP. I PLAN ON REPORTING THIS TO THE DEALER TOMORROW, BUT WOULD ALSO LIKE REGISTER MY COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10424646September 11, 2011
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SERVICE LAMP FREQUENTLY ILLUMINATES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND STAYS ON UNTIL THE TRUCK IS RESTARTED, THEN THE LAMP WILL STAY OFF FOR DAYS , THEN COME BACK ON FOR NO REASON, WHEN THE TRUCK IS SCANNED NO CODES ARE RETURNED, THE TRUCK SEEMS TO DRIVE FINE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS VERY ANNOYING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10423255September 5, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REAR METAL BRAKE LINE BURST WHILE MANEUVERING IN PARKING LOT, LOSING REAR SERVICE BRAKES. BRAKE FLUID WAS GUSHING FROM BURST LINE ONTO GROUND. A QUICK EXAMINATION REVEALED BURST BRAKE LINE IS COMPLETELY RUSTED. VEHICLE PASSED STATE INSPECTION AND 27 POINT SAFETY INSPECTION PERFORMED BY GM DEALER THIS PAST JULY. DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, I TOWED MY SON'S DISABLED VEHICLE BACK FROM CENTRAL PA.(140 MILES). WITH THE TOW DOLLY AND HIS CAR - I WAS PULLING CLOSE TO 4000 POUNDS. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS LINE BURST ON INTERSTATE 80 AT 55 MPH? WHEN DOES THIS HORROR END? THIS VEHICLE HAS PREVIOUSLY ENCOUNTERED SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO METAL BRAKE LINES RUSTING TO THE POINT OF SUDDEN FAILURE. SEE NHTSA ODI NUMBER: 10268917. ADDITIONAL DETAIL AND PICTURES REGARDING RUSTING BRAKE LINES ON MY VEHICLES CAN BE SEEN AT: HTTP://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/GMBADBRAKES/. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10422849September 1, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN A 2009 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, THE ELECTRONIC POWER WILL SHUT OFF TO THE VEHICLE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH DISORIENTING THE DRIVER, LOCKS SWITCH ON AND OFF, POWER TO THE ENGINE IS INTERMITTENT AND SURGES FORWARD UPON POWER COMING BACK. TRACTION ASSIST AND PARKING ASSIST TOGGLE ON AND OFF IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAUSING DRIVER TO NEARLY LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. INCIDENTS LAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AT A TIME. INCIDENTS HAPPEN IN CLUSTERS AND MAY GO WEEKS OR MONTHS AT A TIME WITHOUT INCIDENT. HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND USUALLY AFTER THE INCIDENT THE VEHICLE HAS DIFFICULTY STARTING AFTERWARDS. POWER WILL BE COMPLETELY OFF. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP AND APPEAR TO BE FINE UNTIL THE NEXT INCIDENT. HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALER (STILL UNDER WARRANTY) ABOUT SIX TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND CONTACT GM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE'S INTERNAL COMPUTER DOES NOT GENERATE A "CODE" THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421669August 26, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC, AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
RECENTLY MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS BEGUN TO SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. ANOTHER IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE, THE BRAKES BEGAN TO PRESS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING. ON AUGUST 3, 2011 WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, HE PRESSED THE BRAKES WHICH WENT TO THE FLOOR AND REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT THAT WAS MAKING A TURN. THE FRONT BUMPER IS NOW DAMAGED ( T-BONED) AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I'M NOT VERY PLEASED THAT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICES ABOUT THE BRAKING SYSTEM. I CAN'T AFFORD TO MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND STILL HAVE TO PAY COSTLY MAINTENANCE FEES. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO JEOPARDIZE MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY GRANDDAUGHTER. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE SAFETY ISSUES: BRAKING, CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING AND NO DEPLOYED AIR BAGS. *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10422115August 23, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE STALLS AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, HIGHWAY DRIVING, TRUCK HESITATES AND JERKS, AND COMES TO THE NEAR POINT OF STALLING, AND LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE DOES THE SAME, HESITATES, AND JERKS, STALLS, ALL SYSTEMS FAIL. STARTS BACK UP UPON SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL. MECHANIC SAYS IT IS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ON THE 8.1 L 8100 SERIES MOTOR, THE SAME MOTOR THAT IS IN THE 2001 MODEL SILVERADO, SIERRA, AND SUBURBANS THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL. LOCATION IS IN THE BACK OF THE MOTOR MAKING IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE OUT WITHOUT MAJOR ENGINE REPAIR WORK, REMOVING INTAKE MANIFOLD AND OTHER COMPLEX THINGS, TO REPAIR AN APPARENT $60 PART. DANGEROUS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATION THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND HAPPENED ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN CARED FOR COMPLETELY. ALSO, DANGEROUS DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TASK OF STEERING IT TO A SAFE PLACE WITH NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MECHANIC SAYS PART IT ALMOST 100% PLASTIC AND CAN SUCCUMB TO HIGH AND LOW VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURE AND BREAK DOWN IN COMPOSITION. WHICH, IT HAS DONE IN THIS TRUCK, AGAIN WITHOUT NO WARNING, AND NO APPARENT COST EFFECTIVE REPAIR. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE 2002 MODEL YEAR AS WELL AS THE SAME 8.1 L MOTOR WAS INSTALLED IN THE CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500 TRUCK (BY THE WAY, THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT IN 2001), WHICH, OTHER THAT THE DIFFERENT BODY STYLE HAS THE SAME CHASSIS AND MOTOR AS THE SUBURBAN. VERY DANGEROUS FOR A WOMAN, WHO CANNOT OR DOES NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH TO STEER A 7,000 POUND TRUCK THAT COMPLETELY STALLED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10420047August 18, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN BRAKING, THE REAR BRAKE WOULD SEIZE AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLCED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE AND THE REAR BRAKE CONTINUED TO SEIZE AND SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURED WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 133,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419798August 17, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER BEGAN WORKING ERRATICALLY AND THEN NOT AT ALL. DEALERSHIP REPLACED "STEPPER MOTOR CLUTCH". CHARGED FOR LABOR ONLY. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419607August 16, 2011
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
DOOR LOCKS FAIL TO LOCK ON CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419632August 16, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE BRAKES, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ADDRESSING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419263August 12, 2011
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
I OWN A 2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE LTZ. I HAVE JUST BROKEN THE THIRD EXTERIOR DOOR HANLDE, TWO HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AT MY COST. THE FIRST TWO WERE THE REAR DOORS, AND NOW THE PASSENGER DOOR WHICH RECEIVES VERY LIMITED USE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10418596August 11, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD STALL AT ANY TIME AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY ON BRIDGES. NEITHER THE DEALER, NOR MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 101,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417970August 8, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE, RUSTED BRAKE LINES, BRAKE LINE BURST(FAILURE), LOSS OF BRAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417998August 8, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WE OWN A 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE AND THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE RIGHT SEAL. WE HAVE REPLACED IT TWICE. MY BEST FRIEND AND HER HUSBAND BOUGHT A USED CHEVY SILVERADO AND HAVE REPLACED THE SEAL 3 TIMES SINCE THEY HAVE BOUGHT THEIRS. THERE NEED TO BE SOME RESEARCH DONE ON THESE SEALS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417776August 6, 2011
STRUCTURE
2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE TAILGATE HANDLE BROKE WHILE OPENING TAILGATE. MANY GM TRUCKS SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. DEALER DID NOT HAVE IT IN STOCK. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED BUT THEY DO NOT CARRY AVALANCHE PARTS. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ON OUR LAST AVALANCHE A 2005, WHEN IT TURNED 4 YEARS OLD ALSO. JUDGING FROM JUST DOING A GOOGLE TAILGATE HANDLE SEARCH, THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THROUGH MANY MODEL YEARS AND TRIM LEVELS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417712August 5, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500 2WD SPEDOMETER BECAME ERRATIC AND STOPED WORKING. THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED WITH THE TACHOMETER ACTING ERRATIC, IT STOPPED ACTIN FUNNY AND THEN THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN ACTING CRAZY AND THEN STUCK. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10417434August 2, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO OVERWHELMING RUSTED BRAKE LINES ,ROTORS,AND CALIPER BOLTS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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