2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

WITH 64,000 MILES THE DASH IS CRACKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES. IF REFLECTS THE BROKEN AREA ONTO THE WINDSHIELD SO IT IMPEDES VISION AND COULD AFFECT THE AIRBAG AS IT IS BROKEN AROUND THE AREA. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE MOST OWNERS HAVE THIS DASH CRACKING ISSUE AROUND THE AIRBAG AND UPPER DASH. IF THE AIRBAG WAS TO DEPLOY IT WOULD MOST LIKELY EJECT HARD PLASTIC PARTS AT YOU WITH THE AIRBAG.

THE DASH HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES STARTING AT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THIS IS THE THIRD DASH IN THIS VEHICLE REPLACED FOR THE SAME THING. THIS IS POSING A SERIOUS DANGER IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. THE DASH COULD ALSO CREATE A SERIOUS DANGER IN THROWING SHARP PROJECTILE PIECES IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. GM HAS HAD MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM 2007 TO 2012 FOR FAULTY DASHES BUT WILL NOT RECALL THEM OR REPLACE THEM AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. THERE IS A FACEBOOK FORUM FOR THIS VERY ISSUE RIGHT NOW (SEARCH "07-13 GM CRACKED DASH SAFETY HAZARD FOR ALL TRUCKS"). PLEASE LOOK AT THIS FACEBOOK PAGE AS THERE ARE MANY PICTURES OF DASHES CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACES. IT APPEARS THIS ISSUE IS NATIONWIDE AND HAS NO RELATION TO CLIMATE OR LOCATION.

THE DASH HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES INCLUDING AT THE AIRBAG. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY GM AND ALL TAHOES, AVALANCHES, SUBURBANS, AND SIERRA PICK UP TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY DEALERSHIP ADMITTED GM HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE VENDOR SUPPLYING THIS DASH. I CONSIDER IT A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS AT THE AIR BAG, AND ALSO OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ELECTRONICS.

THERE HAVE BEEN CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE OF MY TRUCK AND I HAVE FOUND OUT SINCE BUYING IT THERE ARE SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH A LOT OF THE ENGINES OF THE 2007 AVALANCHE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME WHEN WE BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN TO FIND OUT WHY THE ENGINE HAD A HESITATION IN IT, THAT WE SHOULD HOPE IT WAS THE EXHAUST SYSTEM SEALS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED THAT CAUSED THE HESITATION BECAUSE THE ONLY OTHER TIMES HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE 2007 GMC ENGINES THAT HE HAD SEEN THESE PROBLEMS WITH ALOT OF THE 2007 CHEVY AND GMC TRUCKS INCLUDING HIS OWN. WE ALSO ABOUT 2 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE TRUCK NOTICED THAT THE TRUCK WAS GOING THROUGH OIL VERY QUICKLY BUT THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE SEALS WEREN'T LEAKING SO DIDN'T KNOW WHY WE WERE BURNING OIL SO FAST. THE DASH HAS CRACKED AT THE CORNER OF THE AIR BAG AND IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT IT COULD SEND SHARDS FLYING. THE DRIVERS DOOR STICKS AND THE STABILITY CONTROL GO'S IN AND OUT OF WORKING ORDER. THE ELECTRIC MIRRORS STOPPED FOLDING IN AND TILTING DOWN AND TRIED TO HAVE IT FIXED BUT CHEVROLET SAID THEY WOULDN'T GIVE THE MECHANIC THE CODE TO GET INTO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO FIX IT AND THE BACK UP SENSOR THAT HAD STOPPED WORKING ALSO. WE NOW HAVE TO GO TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT FIXED. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE TRUCKS THAT CHEVROLET HASN'T FIXED THESE TRUCKS EVEN USED USUALLY COST AT LEAST $15000 BRAND NEW YOU COULD DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THAT PRICE I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOT TO ASK TO HAVE A DECENT ENGINE THE OTHER PROBLEMS I COULD DEAL WITH BUT THE ENGINE PROBLEM THEY SHOULD FIX

EARLY IN SEPTEMBER 2012, I NOTICED A SMALL 1 INCH CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD OF MY TRUCK, A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LTZ. THIS CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD, TO THE LEFT OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THE CRACK GOT LARGER, ABOUT 4 INCHES LONG APPROXIMATELY. I CALLED A GM SERVICE LINE AND THE FIRST DEALER THEY CONNECTED ME WITH SAID SINCE I WASN'T THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY COULD NOT REPLACE IT UNLESS I PAID THE FULL COST, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS ABOUT $1800. I CALLED GM AGAIN AND THE NEXT DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $350. SO ON OCTOBER 5, 2012, I BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN TO ALL STAR CHEVROLET IN BATON ROUGE, LA. THEY REPLACED MY DASH AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. I WAS A SATISFIED CUSTOMER UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 2014. I NOTICED THAT MY DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AGAIN IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE. WHEN I CALLED GM AGAIN TO TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED, I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $350 AGAIN IN ORDER TO GET A NEW DASH. I HAVE YET TO GET IT FIXED AGAIN BECAUSE I REFUSE TO PAY FOR A REPEATING ISSUE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE DASH HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES INCLUDING AT THE AIRBAG. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY GM AND ALL TAHOES, AVALANCHES, SUBURBANS, AND SIERRA PICK UP TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY DEALERSHIP ADMITTED GM HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE VENDOR SUPPLYING THIS DASH. I CONSIDER IT A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS AT THE AIR BAG, AND ALSO OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ELECTRONICS.

WHILE CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD I NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CRACK OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED AT THE DASH CLOSER AND CONFIRMED IT WAS CRACKED. LATER THAT WEEK I NOTICED THE DASH HAD CRACKED AT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE CRACK OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTS AT THE FRONT EDGE OF THE DASH AND RUNS ABOUT HALF WAY BACK. THE CRACK AT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG STARTS AT THE FRONT SEAM AND RUNS INTO THE AIRBAG OPENING. I STARTED RESEARCH TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO FOUND THAT AT THIS TIME GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS IN VARIOUS AREAS AROUND THE U.S. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE WEATHER RELATED. THERE IS EVEN A FACEBOOK PAGE DEDICATED TO THIS ISSUE. HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/GMDASHCRACK/

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AT AIRBAG AND CONSOLE POSING A SAFETY HAZARD IN A CRASH WITH FLYING DEBRI.

THE DASH BOARD CRACKS ON THESE VEHICLES IN WARM CLIMATES CAUSING EXCESSIVE HEAT INTO THE ELECTRONICS OF THE DASH.

I STARTED SMELLING GAS AND THAT WENT ON FOR 2 MONTHS NOW AT A IDLE YOU CAN SEE FUEL DRIPPING OFF THE FUEL TANK COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. I BELIEVE THE METAL LIINE HAVE RUSTED.