2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

I'M HOPING YOU CAN GET THESE ISSUES RECALLED. AS I HAVE RESEARCHED AROUND THE WEB, I HAD COME TO FIND THAT THESE ISSUES ARE VERY COMMON AMONG GM/CHEVY BRAND. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS TO FIX SOMETHING THAT IS UNSAFE AND DEFECTIVE. HERE ARE THE ISSUES BELOW: INTERIOR: PLASTIC COVER FOR "CHROME" DOOR HANDLE IS VERY SHARP MY WIFE HAS CUT HERSELF. EXTERIOR: DOOR HANDLES COME LOOSE AND ALREADY HAS PINCHED A SEVERAL FINGERS. *TR

I OWN A 2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE LTZ. I HAVE JUST BROKEN THE THIRD EXTERIOR DOOR HANLDE, TWO HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AT MY COST. THE FIRST TWO WERE THE REAR DOORS, AND NOW THE PASSENGER DOOR WHICH RECEIVES VERY LIMITED USE. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE TAILGATE HANDLE BROKE WHILE OPENING TAILGATE. MANY GM TRUCKS SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. DEALER DID NOT HAVE IT IN STOCK. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED BUT THEY DO NOT CARRY AVALANCHE PARTS. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ON OUR LAST AVALANCHE A 2005, WHEN IT TURNED 4 YEARS OLD ALSO. JUDGING FROM JUST DOING A GOOGLE TAILGATE HANDLE SEARCH, THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THROUGH MANY MODEL YEARS AND TRIM LEVELS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT

2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. CONSUMER STATES BOTH ROOF SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON *TGW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE SEAT BELTS BECAME ABNORMALLY TIGHT AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS ACTIVATED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISING AND INJURIES TO THE NECK AND EARS FROM THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD BE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT STATED THEY COULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE UNTIL THEY RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION FROM THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

DECEMBER 2010, WHILE JUST OPENING MY DOOR NORMALLY TO ENTER THE VEHICLE ... MY EXTERIOR DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF OF ITS MOUNT. TOOK TO A GM AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER AND IT WAS REPAIRED FOR APPROX $160.00. IT IS NOW JANUARY 21ST, 2011, JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER, AND THE SAME THING HAS NOW HAPPENED TO THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE AS I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING. IF I HAD A CHILD IN THE VEHICLE WHERE THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY AND I COULD NOT GET TO THAT CHILD BECAUSE THE DOOR HANDLES BREAK THEN THIS COULD BE A POTENTIALLY HUGE ISSUE. I HAVE NEVER HAD A DOOR HANDLE BREAK OFF IN ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED OR TRIED OPENING....AND NOW 2 IN ABOUT 6 WEEKS. GM STATES IT IS NOT COVERED AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO COOPERATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS WHILE IT WAS IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PARKED ON A HILL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A RELATED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN STATING THAT SOME VEHICLES MAY ROCK OR MOVE FORWARD WHILE IN THE PARK POSITION. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION FLUID RELEASING FROM THE CLUTCH PAD WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT STATED THIS WAS NOT NORMAL AND COULD HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE GARAGE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,400. UPDATED 02/01/11*LJ UPDATED 03/22/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. HE ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND THE DOOR HANDLE FELL OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE HAS SINCE RECURRED ON ALL 4 DOORS, INCLUDING THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TWICE. AFTER EACH FAILURE OCCURRED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS TWO CRACKS IN THE DASH. ONE IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND ONE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *TR

MY 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LTZ HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 10X FOR GRINDING AND SQUEAKING NOISES COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THIS EVEN THOUGH THEIR SERVICE TECH'S HEARD IT TWICE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE ROTORS RE-SURFACED, WITH THE PROBLEM BEGINNING @ 22,000 MILES AND CONTINUING TO THIS DAY AT 44,000. THE SOUND HAS BEEN CAUGHT ON VIDEO SEVERAL TIMES AT DIFFERENT MILEAGES BUT GM CONTINUES TO STATE THAT IT IS NOT A CONCERN TO THEM. THE SOUND BEGINS SLOWLY AS THE TRUCK PICKS UP SPEED IT INCREASES AND THEN FINALLY DISAPPEARS AT @ 35MPH. *TR