Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints

2,954 consumer complaints on file.

#10252011December 16, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, SHE HEARD A NOISE IN THE ABS. THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED AND THE SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS ABS FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL ON THE ABS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALL CHEVROLET VEHICLES IN ALL STATES, NOT JUST THE WINTER STATES. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED AT THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.
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#10251844December 15, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY AVALANCHE THAT I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAVE RECENTLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. SOME DAYS IT WORKS FINE AND OTHER DAYS IT DOESN'T WORK OR THE SPEED IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. I HAVE HEARD THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ON PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS AND GM HAS NOT DONE A RECALL. NO ONE CAN TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND I DON'T WANT TO WASTE MONEY TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT AND WILL NOT ADDRESS. THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM NEEDS TO RECTIFY ASAP! ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER, REGARDS, MR. ANTHONY TRAPINO *TR
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#10251739December 14, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I HAVE REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER 4 TIMES. 2 TIMES IN 2006 AND 2 TIMES IN 2008, BECAUSE THE NEW ONES PUT IN WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CUSTOMER SHOULD IN NO WAY HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THIS WAS ON A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. *TR
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#10251174December 9, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2005 AVALANCHE SPEEDOMETER STARTED READING SLOWER THAN I WAS TRAVELING ONE MONTH LATER IT DOESN'T WORK. *TR
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#10251185December 9, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER ACTS ERRATICALLY, WILL OFTEN STAY AT ZERO, SOMETIMES WILL START AT 30 AND PROGRESS @ 30 MPH ABOVE THE RIGHT SPEED. AFTER CONTACTING DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW SPEEDOMETER. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL. *TR
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#10251187December 9, 2008
STEERING
RATTLE AND BUMPING NOISE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. *TR
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#10251192December 9, 2008
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
HVAC FAILURE ROUTING HOT AIR WHEN A/C IS ON AND VICE VERSA, ALSO ROUTING TO DEFROSTER AND HEATER WORKS ERRATICALLY. *TR
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#10250933December 6, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRUCK FAILED TO START DUE TO DEAD BATTERY AFTER SITTING FOR LESS THAN 24 HRS. SINCE PURCHASE 5/07 IT HAS OCCURRED 6 TIMES--7 IF YOU COUNT THE DAY OF PURCHASE. TRUCK IS DEAD AGAIN TODAY AND IS AT THE DEALERSHIP (12/6/08). THIS VEHICLE STARTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING JUMPED. THEY CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND NO STORED CODES WHETHER I JUMP IT THEN TAKE IT IN OR TOW IT IN. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I WAS LEAVING ACCESSORY ITEMS PLUGGED IN-OF WHICH I WAS NOT. ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. DEALER/GM WILL NOT ADMIT A PROBLEM EXISTS AND REPLACE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A HUGE FINANCIAL DEBT TO ME. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW, ONE OWNER AND CURRENTLY HAS 19000. ORIGINAL COMPLAINT AFTER PURCHASE WAS 10/07 AND 6475 MILES. *TR
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#10250577December 3, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS A WIRING PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER, TEMP GAUGE READING, AND OTHER CONSOLE READINGS. CHEVROLET HAS RECALLED 2003 & 2004 TRUCKS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY WILL NOT INCLUDE 2005-2008 EVENTHOUGH, THEY KNOW THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS. THIS IS GOING TO COST $350 OR MORE TO FIX. *TR
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#10250156November 29, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT READ ZERO WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED. IT READS APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. *TR
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#10249624November 24, 2008
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY '05 AVALANCHE STAYS AT ZERO WHILE DRIVING OR READS ANYWHERE FORM 20-40 MPH SLOWER THAN I AM GOING. I WAS DOING ABOUT 50 MPH ON THE FREEWAY PASSING EVERYONE (ACCORDING TO MY SPEEDOMETER) AND PASSING EVERYONE IN SIGHT. IT FELT A LITTLE FAST SO I TURNED ON MY GPS AND REALIZED I WAS GOING ABOUT 80 MPH. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND GM NEEDS TO RECALL THE VEHICLE. *TR
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#10249700November 24, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL LEAKING FROM TOP OF FUEL PUMP FEED/RETURN PIPES. PIPES WHERE CORRODED AND LEAKING FUEL ON TO THE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP WHERE FUEL POOLS UNTIL VEHICLE STOPS OR ACCELERATES AT WHICH POINT THE PUDDLED FUEL SPILLS TO GROUND, OR BLOWS UP UNDER VEHICLE CAUSING A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. *TR
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#10249466November 21, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS 40,000. UPDATED 3/3/09 *CN UPDATED 03/04/09. *JB
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#10248865November 14, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2005 CHEVY AVALANCHE WITH 48,975 MILES. AT APPROX 47,000 TACHOMETER STOPPED WORKING. TONIGHT WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY WENT TO 60-80 MPH WHILE I WAS ONLY DOING 40-45 MPH. WHEN I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF THE NEEDLE ONLY DROPPED TO THE 30 MPH LEVEL. WHILE DRIVING SPEEDOMETER IS SPORADIC AS TO SPEED BUT NO COMPLETELY INACCURATE AT ANY SPEED. *TR
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#10248693November 13, 2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
LAST YEAR IN MY 2003 AVALANCHE I WAS CRUISING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER START TO MOVE BACKWARDS UNTIL IT READ ABOUT 25 MPH, HOWEVER, I WASN'T SLOWING DOWN. IT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO ME, SO I FIRST PULLED OVER TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD, BUT I FOUND NOTHING. CURRENTLY THE SPEEDO DOES NOT OPERATE AT ALL, BUT I WENT THROUGH A FEW MONTHS WHERE IT WOULD START TO WORK PARTIALLY AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF DRIVING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY THIS PART WAS SUPPLIED BY GM IN LARGE NUMBERS OF FAULTY PARTS, AND REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED TO FIX THE SPEEDO. I HAD NO MAINTENANCE CONTROL OVER THE LIFE OF THE ELECTRONICS, AND IT'S NOT LIKE IF I HAD CHANGED THE OIL MORE REGULARLY I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. CHEVY'S ARE TOO GOOD OF TRUCKS TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM ON SO MANY OF THEIR TRUCKS. I'M SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING MOVING BACK TO A FORD TRUCK BECAUSE I OWNED A '95 BRONCO THAT HAD 248K MILES AND NEVER HAD AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM. *TR
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#10247559November 3, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMOTER WILL NOT WORK, THEN STICK AND THEN NOT WORK. *TR
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#10247563November 3, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. IT MAY NOT MOVE AT ALL OR IT MAY TELL ME I AM GOING 120 MPH. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OTHER AVALANCHE OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD OR ARE HAVING THE SAVE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 47,000 MILES. I SPOKE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE IS A RECALL ON OLDER MODELS, BUT NOT ON MY 05.
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#10247158October 29, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE STARTING STICKING - AND NOW READS ANY WERE FROM 45 - 65 WHEN I AM AT A STOP AND OVER 120 AT TIMES, VERY SPORADIC OPERATION OF SPEEDOMETER CAN NOT DETERMINE TRUE SPEED OF TRAVEL. *TR
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#10246610October 24, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, STEERING, EQUIPMENT
I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE DUE TO THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM GOING OUT WHICH MAKES THE POWER STEERING GO OUT AS WELL. PRIOR TO THE SYSTEM GOING COMPLETELY OUT IT OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD BE HARD TO TURN THE STEERI NG WHEEL UPON STARTING UP THE VEHICLE I CONTACTED THE RECALL DEPARTMENT IN REFERENCED TO THIS BUT THEY STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE IS THE YEAR AND MODEL FITTING THE RECALL MY VIN DOES NOT FALL IN THE BATCH. WHY IS THIS WHEN I AM HAVING THE PROBLEM WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE BRAKES GOING OUT. CAN THIS BE RECTIFIED. I HAD THE PROBLEM REPAIRED BUT IT STARTED AGAIN. *TR
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#10246037October 19, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. SOME DAYS IT WORKS AND SOME IT DOESN'T. WHEN IT ISN'T WORKING IT WILL SAY I AM DOING ANY WHERE FROM 30 TO 120 WHEN I AM NOT MOVING. THIS IS A GENUINE SAFETY HAZARD AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL DONE ASAP. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND TO SEE IF THE VEHICLE QUALIFIES. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
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