Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints

2,954 consumer complaints on file.

#10091564September 8, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ON THE HIGHWAY LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED, THE SPARE WAS PLACED ON, AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE TIRE DEALER, WHERE THE REMAINING TIRES WERE ALSO FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. MANUFACTURER STATED TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND WAS WILLINGTO REPLACE THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090526September 7, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD VEHICLE. THE BRAKE DOES NOT LOCK THE BACK WHEELS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090512September 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
ON SEPT 5TH 2004 WHILE PARKING MY VEHICLE IT LOST POWER AND VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. I WAS UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE. UPON CHECKING THE ENGINE I FOUND THAT THE BATTERY HAD EXPLODED AND I FOUND THAT THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE HAD COME OFF COMPLETELY ALONG WITH THE BATTERY TERMINAL. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT, BUT I BOUGHT ANOTHER BATTERY AND THE VEHICLE WORKED FINE. I AM JUST WORRIED THAT IT MAY OCCUR AGAIN. HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING SIMLILAR OCCUR WITH OTHER VEHICLES LIKE MINE? I HAVE KEPT THE OLD BATTERY AND WILL CONTACT THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE ON 9-7-04, DUE TI HOLIDAY I WAS UNABLE TODO ANYTHING ELSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090253September 2, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. AS A RESULT, DRIVER LOST CONTRO,L BUT MANAGED TO GAIN IT BACK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089032September 2, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
OUR 2004 CHEVROLET 3/4 TON AVALANCHE STALLS ON THE ROAD WHEN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE 3000 FEET AMBIENT ALTITUDE. ALMOST CAUSED TWO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088944September 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
INTERMITTENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALL WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. ALL DASH GAGES ZERO OUT AND THE ENGINE IS NON RESPONSIVE TO ADDITIONAL THROTTLE. AFTER PULLING OVER AND CYCLING THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON THE GAGES WILL INTERMITTENTLY RESET AND WORK PROPERLY.THIS WAS REPORTED TO LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER. THEY DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM IN A TEST DRIVE AND STATED IT WAS BECAUSE OF A AFTER MARKET AUTO START SECURITY SYSTEM. THE COMPANY THAT INSTALLED THE AUTO START SYSTEM CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE INSTALL OR THE AUTO START HARDWARE. I HAD THEM REMOVE THE AUTO START HARD WARE, THE PROBLEM MANIFESTED AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE IGNITION SWITCH. REMOVED AND REPLACED SWITCH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088849August 30, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I TOOK MY 02 AVALANCHE IN FOR WARRANTY SERVICE WORK FOR SERVERAL ITEMS. ONE ITEM WAS NOT FIXED TO MY SATISFACTION. I REPORTED CONDENSATION IN MY DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS/FOG LIGHT HOUSING. NOT ONLY WAS THERE CONDENSATION, THERE WAS STANDING WATER. WHEN I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE I LOOKED AND THE LIGHTS SEEMED TO BE OK, BUT BY THE TIME I ARRIVED HOME 15 MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS CONDENSATION IN THEM AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T REPLACE THEM, THEY ONLY "CLEANED THEM OUT AND RESEALED THEM". UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THEY SEPARATED THE HOUSING FROM THE LENS AND THEN USED SILICONE SEALANT TO PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER. THE DEALERSHIP I TOOK IT TO STATED THERE WAS A BULLETIN FROM GM STATING THAT SOME CONDENSATION IS NORMAL AND THE FIX THEY PERFORMED WAS ALL THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO. I CONTACTED GM AND RECEIVED THE SAME INFORMATION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN AGAIN FOR THE CONDENSATION, THEY HAVE NOW PERFORMED THE SAME FIX. I TOLD THEM AND THE GM REP ON THE PHONE THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, THAT NO AMOUNT OF CONDENSATION IN MY LIGHT HOUSING IS ACCEPTABLE. NOW I AM UNWILLING TO USE MY FOG LIGHTS DUE TO THE FACT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE LENS AND THE CONDENSATION AS WELL AS THE NOW SILICONE BEING SO CLOSE TO THE HEAT OF THE FOG LIGHTS. GM IS REFUSING TO REPLACE MY LIGHT HOUSINGS, I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088567August 25, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
GAS TANK AND FUEL SYSTEM BECAME CONTAMINATED WITH RUST AND WAS CLOGGING THE FUEL INJECTORS. CHEVROLET DEALER REPLACED 2 FUEL INJECTORS AND FUEL LINES AND CLEANED EXISTING GAS TANK. $1300 WORTH OF REPAIRS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089483August 23, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POPPING/CLICKING NOISE COMING FORM THE FRONT/REAR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088354August 22, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE RUBBER PEELED OFF OF MY REAR DRIVER TIRE DOWN TO THE STEEL CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO MY 02 AVALANCHE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089372August 20, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE LOADING THE VEHICLE BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT STRAPS SNAPPED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087020August 17, 2004
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
BEGINNING ON 06/09/03 AND CONTINUING TO THE CURRENT DATE, MY VEHICLE HAS HAD A RECURRING FRONT DIFFERENTIAL LEAK. FIRST 3 REPAIRS WERE FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL SEALS, UNTIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE VENT TUBE WAS PLUGGED, THE NEXT 4 TIMES FOR REPAIR WERE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ON A TRIP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME ON THE HIGHWAY, THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL PURGES THE FLUID OUT THE VENT TUBE. THE LAST TRIP I TOOK THE VEHICLE ON WAS A 400 MILE ROUND TRIP AND THE VEHICLE UNDERBODY WAS HALF COVERED IN DIFF OIL, AND IT CONTINUED TO DRIP FOR 2 DAYS. MY CONCERN IS A LONGER TRIP, WHICH I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FOR, WOULD RESULT IN THE SEIZING OF THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AT HIGHWAY SPEED, POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088057August 17, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE STEPPING ONTO THE TAILGATE IT SNAPPED. DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED UNDER TAILGATE RECALL 04V129000. CONSUMER'S HIP BONE WAS INJURED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10082876July 28, 2004
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
SUDDEN POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE AFTER 50,000 MILES - THIS ALSO CAUSED STEERING BOX TO FAIL BECAUSE OF FILINGS FROM PUMP GETTING INTO STEERING BOX. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082765July 27, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DEFECTIVE CABLE SUPPORTS FOR THE TAILGATE ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082395July 21, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
DURING VEHICLE INSPECTION PRIOR TO A TRIP, TWO "RIPS" OF ABOUT 3 1/2" - 4 " WERE OBSERVED ABOUT 18" APART ON THE SIDEWALL, ABOUT 4 1/2" ABOVE THE TREAD ON THE SIDEWALL. THE SIDE OF THE TIRE IN BOTH PLACES WAS AWAY FROM THE CARCASS OF THE TIRE, REVEALING THE TREAD CAP AND THE INNER CARCASS OF THE TIRE. IT APPEARED THAT THERE WAS NO ADHESIVE BINDING THE OUTER SIDE OF THE TIRE TO THE CARCASS IN EITHER LOCATION. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF THE DAMAGE. NOTE: THIS DAMAGE COULD NOT BE DETECTED IN A CURSORY CHECK, EXCEPT IF THE "RIP" IS ALMOST ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL ROTATION AS IT SITS ON THE ROAD UNDER LOAD. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080920July 13, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE- TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED WHILE ONE PERSON (TEENAGE BOY) WAS SITTING ON TAILGATE. CAUSING PERSON TO FALL TO THE GROUND. CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO GET THEM REPLACED BY DEALER. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080929July 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080933July 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SUSPENSION
1. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT... 2. OIL LIGHT... 3. NOISE STILL PRESENT AND GETTING WORSE. RETURNED VEHICLE TO UNIVERSITY MOTORS... 1. THEY CLEARED THE CODES AND SAID MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO GAS(I USE BP GAS) 2. ADDED 2 QTS. OIL(OIL WAS CHANGED ON 12/29/02@UNIVERSITY MOTORS AND REPLACED THE PVC VALVE. 3. REAR LOCATOR BAR WAS LOOSE THEY TIGHTENED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080936July 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SUSPENSION
1. BRAKES AGAIN... NOISE AND VIBRATION... 2. NOISE FROM SUSPENSION RETURNED VEHICLE TO UNIVERSITY MOTORS 1. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED WITH A SLIGHT LIP, REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS... 2. THEY SAID COULDN'T FIND WHERE NOISE COMING FROM, MAY HAVE BEEN FROM BRAKES...(TOLD THEM NO, THIS IS THE SAME NOISE SINCE 10790 MILES). *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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