Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints

2,954 consumer complaints on file.

#10566066February 26, 2014
ENGINE
FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAS HAD AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF THROTTLING DOWN WHEN I HIT ABOUT 60 MPH. THE ERROR WORDS POP UP OF "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER (AFTER NEGOTIATING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO GET TO SHOULDER WITH NO POWER) AND TURN ENGINE OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE STARTING IT. SOMETIMES IT DOES IT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE FIRST HOUR OF DRIVING. SEEMS TO DO IT MORE WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLDER THAN WHEN HOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10565877February 25, 2014
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASED. IT RUNS OUT OF OIL 1500 MILES AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. SEVERAL CONSUMER COMPLAINTS HAVE PROVED THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED REPORTING IT TO THE EPA. MY TRUCK NOW NEEDS A NEW ENGINE BECAUSE OF THIS COMMON DEFECT WITH THE AFM AND BAD LIFTERS IN THE 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHES. IT IS COMPLETELY ABNORMAL FOR AN ENGINE TO BURN THIS MUCH OIL INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. NOT TO MENTION THE CONSUMERS WHO ARE NOW BEING FORCED TO REPLACE ENGINES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10565530February 23, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN LIGHT COMES ON ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AND SHIFTS HARD. WHEN LIGHT GOES OFF IT RUNS FINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10565072February 20, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
COMMUTING TO WORK APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, TRAVELING IN THE DARK AT 7 AM, I FLIPPED MY HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON AND SUDDENLY ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTION WENT OUT OF THE AUTOMOBILE (NO HEADLIGHTS OR ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION). THIS LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 SECONDS AND SUDDENLY AND ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS WAS RESTORED. THINGS AFTER THAT SEEMED OK, BUT ABOUT 6 MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE ENGINE "SERVICE STABILIZER CONTROL LIGHT APPEARS" . I TRAVELED ANOTHER 11 MILES TO PLAINVILLE, AND WHEN I ARRIVED THE "STABILIZER CONTROL LIGHT WENT OUT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC THEM TO EVALUATE IT. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS AND TWO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTION REFLECT NORMAL. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE ISOLATED OR DUPLICATED. I CONTACT GENERAL MOTORS YESTERDAY, TO REPORT THE SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AND HOW CRITICAL THIS IS AND I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED AT THAT SPEED DRIVING IN THE DARK. I ALSO ASKED THEM IF THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR REPORTINGS OF THIS OCCURRENCE AND RECEIVED A MIXED RESPONSE. THERE RESPONSE WAS BUREAUCRATIC, TAKE IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. I SAID NO. I AM NOT PAYING ANOTHER $150.00 TELL ME WE CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM. I KEPT STRESSING THERE IS A PROBLEM "VEHICLES SUDDENLY DO NOT JUST DROPPED OFF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND FUNCTION AND MAGICALLY JUST COME BACK ON". THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR ANY VEHICLE TO HAPPEN. I ALSO INFORMED THEM AS A COURTESY I WOULD SPEAK TO THEM (GENERAL MOTORS) FIRST BEFORE I CONTACT THIS AGENCY. I ALSO TRIED TO EMPHASIZE TO THEM, PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A DIRECT LINE OF COMMUNICATION TO THE CORPORATION TO REPORT SAFETY AND LIFE THREATENING ISSUES DIRECTLY. THE NATURE OF THE RESPONSE IS BASICALLY WE DON'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS WE RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM GM SERVICE DEPARTMENTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10565173February 20, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING HOME AT ROUGHLY 35 MPH I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE ON BOARD COMPUTER SYSTEM CAME ON AND SET CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM. I WAS ABLE TO PUMP THE BRAKE AND GET SOME PRESSURE BUT I COULD HERE A HISSING SOUND ANYTIME I PRESSED THE PEDAL. I WAS WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE HOUSE AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. MY HUSBAND LOOKED AT THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND THERE WAS A HOLE FROM A RUSTY SECTION OF THE BRAKE LINE OVER THE TOP OF THE CHASSIS IN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR AREA. EVERY TIME YOU STEP ON THE PEDAL IT WOULD SPRAY A STEADY STREAM OF BRAKE FLUID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564955February 19, 2014
STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS
DRIVING ON A NORMAL PAVED ROAD I HEARD TWO FAIRLY LOUD "POP" SOUNDS. STOPPED AND PULLED OVER TO SEE IF I COULD FIND SOURCE OF THE SOUNDS. NOTHING HAD FALLEN, NO WINDOWS BROKEN, BUT NOTICED 2 CRACKS ON UPPER DASHBOARD WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG RESIDES. PRESSED ON THAT AREA AND WAS ABLE TO SEE THE DASH HAD COMPLETELY CRACKED APART AND WAS "FLOPPING". PROCEEDED TO DRIVE AND IN NEXT MILE ANOTHER "POP" SOUND OCCURRED, THIS TIME IT WAS AN EVEN LARGER CRACK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH NEAR THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THE ENTIRE TOP PORTION OF THE DASH DRIVERS SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOW BOUNCING UP AND DOWN BY ABOUT 1-2INCHES. I FEAR IF THE DRIVERS A-PILLAR SIDE AIRBAG OR THE PASSENGER MAIN AIRBAG ARE DEPLOYED, THAT FRAGMENTS AND LARGE PIECES OF THE HARD DASH PLASTIC CAN BE THROWN AT HIGH-SPEED TO PEOPLE IN THE CABIN...THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS A SAFETY CONCERN. I ATTEMPTED A RESOLUTION THRU GM, WHO WANTED ALMOST $1000 TO DO THE REPAIR, EVEN THOUGH THE ACKNOWLEDGE ITS A COMMON PROBLEM, THEY DO NOT SEEM WILLING TO COME TO A COMMON RESOLUTION. MORE INFO CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS: HTTP://TAHOE-CRACKED-DASH.WEBS.COM/ HTTP://CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM/CAFCNA/INDEX.PHP/TOPIC,121036.0.HTM HTTP://CHEVROLETFORUM.COM/FORUM/TAHOE-SUBURBAN-25/2007-TAHOE-LTZ-DASH-HAS-CRACKED-26133/ HTTP://GMAUTHORITY.COM/BLOG/2012/08/GMT-900-GMC-CHEVY-VEHICLES-SUBJECT-TO-FREQUENTLY-CRACKING-DASHBOARDS/ HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=3IKSCKLF7G8. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564580February 16, 2014
ENGINE
THE ENGINE FAILS TO START SOME TIMES, THIS HAPPEN 2 TO 3 TIME A MONTH THE ENGINE CRANK OK VOLT ON BATTERY DROPS TO 10.5 VOLTS, INSTALLED NEW BATTERY, NO HELP. AFTER SETTING FOR 15 TO 20 MIN. IT WILL START, NO CHECK ENG. LITE NO CODE SET IN COMPUTER. CHEV DEALER SAID CANNOT HELP UNLESS IT HAPPEN AT THE DEALERSHIP.I CANNOT CHECK FOR SPARK BECAUSE THE SPARK PLUG ARE OUT OF SIGHT, THE FUEL PUMP RUNS OK. I NEED HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564487February 15, 2014
STRUCTURE
MY DASH HAS BROKEN/CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. THE CRACK IS LOCATED BEHIND THE AIR BAG LID STARTS NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE AIR BAG LID AND EXTENDS TO THE EDGE OF THE DASH. THE AIR BAG COULD POSSIBLY RIP IF IT WERE TO CATCH ON THE SHARP EDGE THAT IS EXPOSED. FIRST REPLACEMENT OF THE DASH WAS IN MAY OF 2009 AND HAS CRACKED AGAIN IN THE SAME LOCATION IN FEBRUARY 2014. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564425February 14, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
SLOWED RAPIDLY FOR A VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. BRAKES WORKED FINE UNTIL SPEED DROPPED TO 15 MPH. THEN BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE LIGHT FLASHED AND WARNING CHIME SOUNDED. LIMPED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AT CLOSING TIME. AWAITING ESTIMATE AND CAUSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562717February 3, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE HE REACHED 60 MPH, THE FAILURE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FUEL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562373January 31, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS A MAJOR CUT HAZARD. MY WIFE CUT HER HAND ON THE PEELING PLASTIC OF THE DOOR HANDLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10560552January 19, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE AVALANCHE IS OUR TOW VEHICLE (ONLY) WHICH IS WHY IT HAS SO FEW MILES FOR A 2002 MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. NORMALLY IT IS TOWING A 9000 POUND 28 FOOT TOY HAULER, BUT JUST BY PURE LUCK IT WAS TOWING A SINGLE AXLE FLAT BED TRAILER WITH THE CAB FOR A 1935 CHEVROLET PICKUP ON IT BACK FROM THE BODY SHOP. I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND TRIED TO STOP AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. TRIED TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKES AND THE CABLE SNAPPED. STOPPED BY DRIVING UP A HILL INTO THE GRASS. TOOK THE AVALANCHE TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE BRAKE LINES ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THEY WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. IN THE COURSE OF GETTING THE BRAKE LINES OUT THEY FOUND THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE ALSO LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE TOTAL BILL FOR REPAIR WAS $2900.00, PLUS THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR 6 WEEKS. GRANTED THE VEHICLE IS 12 YEARS OLD, BUT I HAVE A 1963 STUDEBAKER THAT STILL HAS SOLID BRAKE AND FUEL LINES. IT IS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT THE AVALANCHE WASN'T TOWING A 9000 POUND 28 FOOT LONG TRAILER AT 70 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT, NO INDICATION AT ALL THAT THERE WAS A PENDING PROBLEM. SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED, AND I NEED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560175January 16, 2014
STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS
MY DASH IS CRACKED RIGHT AT THE TOP LEFT OF MY PASSENGER AIRBAG. MY DASH IS ALSO CRACKED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH NEAR STEERING COLUMN. THE ARE HUNDREDS OF ONLINE FORMS WITH THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE SAME VEHICLE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TYPE IN AVALANCHE DASH BOARD CRACKS IN A SEARCH ENGINE. MY BIG ISSUE IS I CAN NOT GET ANY CHEVY DEALER TO TELL ME THE CRACK WILL NOT AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. THIS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN IF I GET IN A ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560295January 16, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
UPON ARRIVAL AT WORK AND PARKING MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE IN THE PARKING LOT, I HEARD A COUPLE OF POPPING NOISES COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. I PULLED THE HOOD RELEASE LEVER AND NOTICED FLAMES EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I CALLED EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BEFORE THEY COULD PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559604January 13, 2014
AIR BAGS
MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AT VARIOUS TIMES. I HEARD THAT CHEVROLET HAD A RECALL ON SOME PICKUPS. I HOPE THE AVALANCHE IS INCLUDED. THANKS! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559673January 13, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE ABS ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558604January 6, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
CORRODED STEEL BRAKE LINE DEVELOPED A HOLE AND LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID. THIS LED TO INABILITY TO BRAKE ADEQUATELY TO STOP. ALL 4 BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THERE APPEARS TO BE A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE AND SIMILAR GM VEHICLES EXPERIENCING BRAKE LINE FAILURES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558051January 1, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. FOUND BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVERS DOOR RUSTED THROUGH AND GUSHING FLUID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558013December 31, 2013
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE CORRODED AND CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK. THE FUEL LINES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 157,000. UPDATED 2/11/14*CN ALSO, THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED AS WELL. UPDATED 02/18/14
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557852December 30, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WAS DRIVING ON STREET FROM STORE TO HOME WHEN I NOTICED BRAKE LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON AND THEN PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. MY SON WENT TO USE THE TRUCK THE NEXT DAY AND WHEN HE PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY TO STREET, COULD BARELY STOP. SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID ON DRIVEWAY. CHECKED BRAKELINE AND IT WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY WITH A HOLE IN IT. CAR HAS BEEN LAID UP AND NOT DRIVE-ABLE. RUSTING THROUGH THE BRAKELINE SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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