Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints

2,954 consumer complaints on file.

#11118318August 7, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. LOSES POWER AND STABILITY WHILE GOING UPHILL OR ACCELERATING. GM SERVICE OUT OF WARRANTY. LOOKED AT POSSIBLE RECALLS NONE AVAILABLE. NOTICED ALOT OF ISSUES REGARDING 5.3 V8 FROM 2010 TO 2013 GM MODELS. EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ALSO. DO I JUST PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE OR IS ANYONE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OVERSIGHT BY GM? THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS BUT NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115863August 5, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 2 YRS SINCE I WAS NOTIFIED OF THE AIRBAG RECALL. MY AVALANCHE SENSORS ARE STATING THE AIRBAG SYSTEM HAS FAILED. I HAVE BEEN TO THE INTERNET WEB SITES AND THE DEALERSHIP DOZENS OF TIMES ONLY TO GET THE SAME FEEDBACK...NO SOLUTION HAS BEEN DETERMINED, NOTHING THEY CAN DO. IT IS PRETTY CLEAR TO ME THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO FIX THE ISSUE, BUT THEY ARE USING STALL TACTICS TO AVOID INCURING THE COST THEY ARE LEGALLY BOUND TO SPEND. MY PARTICULAR MAKE/MODEL/YEAR WAS SUPPOSED TO PRIORITIZED AND COMPLETED BY MARCH 2018. SINCE IT IS CLEAR TO ME THE STALL TACTICS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY, I THOUGHT MAYBE I WOULD TRADE THE CAR IN FOR A SAFER ONE WITHOUT AIR BAG PROBLEMS....NO DEALER WILL TAKE THE CAR IN ON TRADE BECAUSE OF THE AIR BAG PROBLEM. SO I AM STUCK DRIVING AN KNOWN-UNSAFE-VEHICLE AND PUTTING MY FAMILY AT RISK THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WON'T ARM, IT'S A KNOWN RECALL ISSUE, AND I CANNOT GET IT FIXED MAKES NO SENSE AND IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115414August 2, 2018
AIR BAGS
THE DASH CRACKED NEAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME OF THE CRACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115195August 1, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. OROVILLE TOYOTA CHEVROLET (1250 ORO DAM BLVD E, OROVILLE, CA 95965, (530) 533-4626) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115214August 1, 2018
AIR BAGS
CRACKED DASH PASSENGER SIDE BY AIR BAG. ALSO DRIVERS SIDE CRACKED DASH ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT MOST OF THE TIME. THIS CRACKED DASH MAY NOT LET AIR BAGS DEPLOY PROPERLY AND PRONE TO PIECES OF DASH FLYING AS POTENTIAL LETHAL WEAPONS AS SHARP PIECES COULD CAUSE PUNCTURE WOUNDS, EYES BLINDED, CARTOID ARTERY HIT ETC. FIRST NOTICED AFTER VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN SETTING THE FIRST CRACK STARTED. DRIVERS SIDE CAME NEXT , AND IT IS EXTREMELY CRACKED. VIBRATES AND MAKES OBNOXIOUS NOISE. IT IS DISTRACTING TO DRIVER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11114768July 31, 2018
AIR BAGS
LAST WEEK SEVERAL CRACKS APPEARED IN THE DASH AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IN MY LOW MILEAGE, GARAGED 2008 AVALANCHE. UPON RESEARCHING THE ISSUE I FOUND THAT IT IS A WELL KNOW DEFECT WITH DASHES IN 2007 TO 2013 CHEVY TRUCKS AND THAT GM REFUSES TO HELP THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE THE CRACKING. I AM VERY FEARFUL OF THE INJURIES THAT THE SHATTERED PLASTIC WOULD CAUSE TO THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS SHOULD THE AIRBAG DEPLOY, SO I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO PAY UP TO FIX THE GM ISSUE. GM, IF NOT WILLING TO DEFRAY THE ENTIRE COST, SHOULD OFFER A SUBSTANTIAL REBATE FOR THE REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11114692July 30, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
STABILITY CONTROL WARNING POPS UP ON DISPLAY, RESULTING IN A SEVERE POWER REDUCTION. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE SPEED TO DROP FROM 70 MPH TO AROUND 35MPH INSTANTLY. THIS NEARLY RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION, OF COURSE. THIS WAS ONLY PREVENTED BY A VERY ALERT DRIVER BEHIND ME. I READ THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH GM VEHICLES YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE BY GM TO PROVIDE A SAFETY RECALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11112426July 19, 2018
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD HAS SEVERAL CRACKS AND JUST RECENTLY, A CHUNK FELL INTO THE DASHBOARD. IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS, THERE ARE PROBABLY PARTS AROUND IT THAT WILL DEPLOY INTO THE PASSENGER AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S FACE. CONSIDERING HOW BRITTLE IT IS, IT WILL PROBABLY SHATTER IN THE EVEN OF AN ACCIDENT, SENDING SHARDS OF PLASTIC SCATTERING THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11112444July 19, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER (GRAFF CHEVROLET, 3636 WILDER ROAD, BAY CITY, MI 48706, 989-684-4411) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11112081July 18, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKARA RECALL. ON 7/11/18 I WAS IN A HEAD ON CAR ACCIDENT AND FRONT AIR BAGS S DID NOT DEPLOY, TRUCK WAS DRIVING 35MPH WHEN ANOTHER TRUCK PULLED OUT INTO MY LANE AND I HIT HIM VERY HARD , POLICE NOTICED AND ASKED SEVERAL TIMES IF AIRS BAGS DEPLOYED AND THEY DID NOT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#11112152July 18, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (GRAFF CHEVROLET, 3636 WILDER RD, BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, 48706, (989) 684-4411) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109906July 6, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH BOARD CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109947July 6, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASH BOARD BY PASSENGER AIR BAG HAS A CRACK AND APPARENTLY IT HAPPENS TO ALL GM TRUCKS OF THIS TYPE AND MODEL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11105080July 2, 2018
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THERE IS CRACK FROM THE EDGE OF THE AIRBAG ACROSS THE DASH TO THE DEFROSTER. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS AND DISCOVERED IT COULD POTENTIALLY SEND SHRAPNEL IF THE AIRBAGS ARE DEPLOYED. I'VE CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT A COVERED PART UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I'VE ALSO CONTACTED CHEVROLET DIRECTLY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD FIX THIS ISSUE. I JUST HEARD BACK FROM THEM AND THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT RECTIFY THE ISSUE. I DIDN'T WITNESS THE CRACK HAPPENING SO I COULDN'T ELABORATE ON WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION OR JUST PARKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11105126July 2, 2018
SEATS
HEATED SEAT COMES ON BY ITSELF ALL THE TIME. IT HAS BURNED MY FATHER'S REAR END. I CHECKED IT OUT AND IT CAME ON 12 TIMES IN 5 MINUTES. MY FATHER IS OLDER AND DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS BURNING UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS TOLD BY THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS THAT THERE ARE NO SAFETY RECALLS FOR THIS. UPON READING HELP FORUMS, I DISCOVERED THEY DO HAVE A RECALL. I AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE BEFORE I TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTIONS. THANK YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11104278June 27, 2018
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASHBOARD CRACKED IN 2 LOCATIONS, UNDER 50,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. ONE CRACK LOCATED NEAR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS IN A CRASH AND EFFECT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. LARGE SCALE OF IDENTICAL DESIGN DEFECTS IN OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES AND CHEVROLET WILL NOT REPLACE THE DAMAGED COMPONENT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT COST TO OWNERS AND IF REPLACED WITH ONLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AS FLAW HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED IN REPLACEMENT COMPONENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104325June 27, 2018
AIR BAGS
THE RECALL CAME OUT IN MAY OF 2016 AND STILL DOES NOT HAVE A REMEDY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102960June 21, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. SUPREME CHEVROLET OF GONZALES (13354 AIRLINE HWY, GONZALES, LA 70737), ALL STAR CHEVROLET (11377 AIRLINE HWY, BATON ROUGE, LA 70816), AND BRIAN HARRIS CHEVROLET (15015 FLORIDA BLVD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70819, (225) 910-6907) CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE AND WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY WHEN IT WOULD BE SUPPLIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103043June 21, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER (DIMMITT CHEVROLET, 25485 US HIGHWAY 19TH NORTH, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33763) CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101678June 13, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED MY 2013 CHEVY AVALANCHE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. BASED ON THE CARFAX REPORT, I KNOW IT CAME FROM SUNNY/HOT FLORIDA BEFORE I PURCHASED IT FROM A DEALER IN PA. OVER THIS PAST WINTER HOWEVER, WE HAD AN EXTREME COLD SPELL (SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES FOR A COUPLE WEEKS BACK TO BACK). DURING THIS COLD SPELL, MY COMMUTE TO WORK HAS ME GO OVER A COUPLE SETS OF RAIN ROAD TRACKS, AND WHEN I WENT OVER THE TRACKS, A SMALL CRACK UP BY THE SPEAKER BECAME A HUGE CRACK ALMOST OVERNIGHT. ITS CONTINUED TO JUST FURTHER RIP AND RIP AT THAT HARD PLASTIC CASING SO THAT NOW MY CRACK EXTENDS FROM THE FRONT DASH VENTS TO THAT SPEAKER COVER, AND THEN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPEAKER COVER UP TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD. IT RATTLES/VIBRATES TERRIBLY JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD, AND WHEN I GO OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS, IT SEPARATES AND HAVE TO 'POP IT' BACK INTO PLACE EACH TIME. VERY UPSETTING ON WHAT WAS MY 2013 BLACK DIAMOND EDITION 'DREAM TRUCK'. :(
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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