2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/27/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN JUNE 2016. UPDATED 01/31/17.*JB

2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE LTZ STARTED CRACKING LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT IT NEW. IT NOW HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. THE CRACK AND HOLE NEXT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LOOKS LIKE IT COULD PROJECT SHARP PLASTIC PARTS IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURY OR PUNCTURING THE AIRBAG RENDERING IT USELESS. ALSO ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, THE CRACKS ARE HUGE OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND I'M AFRAID SHRAPNEL COULD COME LOOSE AND CAUSE INJURY, THE CRACKS STARTED WHEN THE TRUCK WAS STATIONARY BUT GETS WORSE WHEN DRIVING. THE RATTLE IS TERRIBLY ANNOYING. I LIVE IN A SUBURB WITH GOOD ROADS AND ONLY TRAVEL DAILY ABOUT 5 MILES BUT TAKE LONG TRIPS ON FREEWAYS ONCE A YEAR. I'VE NEVER DRIVEN IT ON UNIMPROVED OR DIRT ROADS. *TR

I CONTACTED EVERETT CHEVROLET IN HICKORY, NC AFTER HAVING JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED FROM ANOTHER DEALER. I WAS PROVIDED WITH RECALL PAPERWORK. I WAS REFERRED TO A SERVICE MANAGER WHO INFORMED ME THAT THEY DID HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND HOPEFULLY BE REIMBURSED BY TEKATA.

THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE; FEELS AS IF THE TRUCK LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP.

TAKATA RECALL - I CONTACTED CHEVY'S HOTLINE TODAY (800-222-1020) AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE IS NO LONGER APART OF THE RECALL. I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS TO GET OUT OF REPLACING MY AIRBAG. I NEED CHEVROLET TO FULFILL THEIR COMMITMENT TO ME AS THEIR CUSTOMER AND PUT MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY FIRST. THANK YOU *TR

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE ODOMETER SPEED REDUCED DRASTICALLY ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

MY TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED 2 LARGE CRACKS IN THE DASH, ONE OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE OTHER SURROUNDING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE CRACKS DEVELOPED AROUND 30,000 MILES. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT, AND NOW WITH 55,000 MILES THE CRACKS ARE GETTING BIGGER AND MUCH WORSE. THE MAJOR CONCERN IS THE CRACK AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. WITH THE DASH BEING THIS BRITTLE AND WEAK, WE ARE AFRAID OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOY. THE DASH APPEARS THAT IT MAY SHATTER INTO PIECES OR AT LEAST COME APART AND POTENTIALLY ALLOW SHARDS OF PLASTIC TO BE THROWN AROUND IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS ISSUE IS EFFECTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF THESE MODEL VEHICLES, SO THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THE DESIGN. A NEW DESIGN FOR THE DASH SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AND THEN REPLACED IN OUR VEHICLES TO UNSURE OUR SAFETY, AND TO ADDRESS THE COSMETIC DEFECTS OF A VEHICLE WITH A PURCHASE PRICE WELL OVER $50,000. THE DEALER SAYS THAT GM IS NOT GOING TO HELP COVER THE COST, OR OFFER A REPLACEMENT PART FOR FREE AT LEAST. ALL THEY SAID WAS THEY COULD REPLACE IT FOR $1,300. THIS IS THE 2ND BIG ISSUE I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE, RECENTLY WE HAD TO HAVE $2,500 IN ENGINE REPAIRS DONE DUE TO THE FAULTY DISPLACEMENT ON DEMAND SYSTEM IS THE THESE 5.3L ENGINES. ANOTHER COMMON FAILURE IN THESE VEHICLES THAT GM IS IGNORING.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN TOOL CONFIRMS THE REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE.

DASH CRACKED IN APPROXIMATELY 2010. DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO REPAIR IT FOR $350. I DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED. NOW IT IS CRACKED EXTENSIVELY LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS OWNER'S VEHICLES. IF THE AIRBAG INFLATES, OR AN ACCIDENT WE'RE TO OCCUR, SMALL PIECES OF THE DASH ARE LIKELY TO BECOME PROJECTILES.