2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE WITH THE INTERIOR DRIVER DOOR HANDLE CHROME SPLITTING AND LEAVING A RAZOR SHARP EDGE THAT HAS DRAWN BLOOD. THE SPLIT IS ALONG THE SEAM ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE HANDLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT OPENED THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND DISCOVERED THAT RODENTS HAD INFESTED THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT FIRST NOTICED SIGNS OF RODENT INFESTATION THREE MONTHS PRIOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000. UPDATED 11/12/10 *CN UPDATED 11/24/10

THE DASH CRACKED ON MY AVALANCHE AS I WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT RIGHT BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THIS TRUCK IS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF, AND IT HAPPENED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE DASH IS ONLY COSMETIC, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE AIRBAG AT THIS POINT, AND IF I GET INTO A CRASH THAT THE AIRBAG WILL COME LOOSE OR THE DASH BREAK INTO MANY PIECES. THESE CRACKS ARE AN ISSUE ON AVALANCHES, TAHOES, AND SUBURBANS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS SO FAR. GM IS NOT HELPING AND CONSIDERS THIS COSMETIC ONLY. THERE ARE VERY SERIOUS POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE AIRBAG. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING, AT A SLOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD GRIND EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE AS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V240000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SINCE REPAIRS, THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID WOULD NOT SPRAY FROM THE FLUID CANISTER ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 73,000.

2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. CONSUMER EXPRESSES DISCONTENT IN REGARDS TO THE REPAIR AND RECALL OF HEATED WASHER FLUID SYSTEM *TGW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION. HE WAS IN DISAGREEMENT OF THE RECALL REMEDY REPAIR WHICH CONSISTED OF DISABLING AND REMOVING THE HEATED WASHER FLUID SYSTEM. THE RECALL WAS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V240000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND THE CONTACT REFUSED TO HAVE THE RECALL REMEDY REPAIR PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURES AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT.

DASH CRACK FAR LEFT CORNER ON 07 AVALANCHE CAUSES AIRBAG UNIT TO NOT SIT PROPERLY IN MOUNTS. AREA ON INDICATED PART OF DASH FLIMSY NOT REINFORCED. DAMAGE CAUSED BY HEAT (SPECULATING,) SPILT 2" FROM 0" IN 6HRS DURING DRIVE FROM SAN DIEGO CA TO LAS VEGAS NV, NO PRIOR DAMAGE OR SIGNS OF STRESS. DUE TO PASSENGER AIRBAG NOT SEATED PROPERLY, AFRAID IF AIRBAG DEPLOYED MAY NOT DEPLOY CORRECTLY. DEALER CONSIDERS CRACK COSMETIC, SAYS AIRBAG IS INDEPENDENT AND SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED WHICH I AGREE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL OPEN IF IT CAN BE "JARRED" FROM ITS SEATING IN THE DASH IF IT CAN DISLODGE. AND IN AN ACCIDENT WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO DEPLOY AIRBAG IT COULD BE THRUST UPWARD FROM ITS SEATING AND THUS CHANGING THE ANGLES OF WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO COVER DURING DEPLOYMENT. I SEE A POTENTIAL FLAW HERE DUE TO OVERSIGHT IN ENGINEERING AND FEEL IT NEEDS FURTHER REVIEW. I HAVE INCLUDED A VIDEO I FOUND ON YOUTUBE THAT SHOWS A DASH IN A 07 TAHOE (SAME DASH AS 07 AVALANCHE) WHICH IS CRACKED THE SAME WAY, IT CLEARLY SHOWS HOW DUE TO THIS CRACK THE AIRBAG UNIT IS NOT SECURE IN ITS SEATING AND COULD POTENTIALLY "JUMP OUT" AS WELL THE FLIMSINESS IN THE DASH AREA I AM SPECULATING TOWARDS LACK OF REINFORCEMENT. HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=_DRP8SLWVGO&FEATURE=RELATED *PLEASE NOTE THAT NO CRACK OR INDICATION OF STRESS WAS VISIBLE 2 DAYS PRIOR, DEALER CONSIDERS CRACK TO BE STRICTLY COSMETIC AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I AGREE THE CRACK IN NATURE IS COSMETIC HOWEVER BEING THAT IT CAN DISRUPT A CRUCIAL LIFE-SAVING COMPONENT THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR SO THAT ALL POSSIBLE EFFECTED SYSTEMS FUNCTION CORRECTLY AS REQUIRED. *TR

OWN A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 5.3L FLEX FUEL V8 4X4. RECENTLY WHEN STARTING IT, IT TURNED OVER LONGER THAN NORMAL, AND THEN STARTED WITH RPM GAUGE STILL AT 0 RPM'S. THEN PUT IN REVERSE, AND IT SAID STABILITRACK IS OFF AND NEEDS SERVICING SOON. TRUCK STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS, AND THEN SEEMED AS IF THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, WHEELS SIMPLY WOULD NOT MOVE BACKWARDS. TRIED TO MOVIE IT BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES. THOUGHT BRAKES WERE APPLIED OR TRANSFER CASE OR AXLE OR DIFFERENTIAL HAD ISSUES. THEN STARTED IT AGAIN 3 MINUTES LATER AND EVERYTHING WORKED FINE AND BACK TO NORMAL, EXCEPT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. AN HOUR LATER, STARTED IT AGAIN AND THIS TIME EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. CALLED DEALER AND THEY STATED THEY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT IT MOST LIKELY WON'T BE UNDER WARRANTY. ODD SEEING AS HOW A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH TAHOES/SUBURBANS/AVALANCHES, AND OTHER VEHICLES EXPRESSED THE SAME ISSUE ONLINE AND ON FORUMS... *TR

IN APR 2009 I TOOK MY 2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE IN FOR SERVICING. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ON AND I HAD RECALL #0848 PERFORMED. THIS RECALL WAS TO INSTALL A WIRE HARNESS (HEATED WASHER FLUID MODULE SHORTCIRCUIT). THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND AN 02 SENSOR WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY AUG/SEPT I HAD AN ODOR IN THE VEHICLE (SMELLED LIKE DIRTY FEET OR THE INTERIOR CARPET WAS WET FOR SOME TIME, WITHOUT PROPER VENTILATION TO DRY. HOWEVER, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD AS I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY LEAKS INSIDE THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE.) ON OR ABOUT OCT 2ND, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND A MESSAGE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE WHICH I DID. AFTER BEING TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE HAD LOST OIL PRESSURE AND A SENSOR WAS REPLACED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WORK WAS PERFORMED THE SMELL WENT AWAY BUT THAT SAME EVENING I WAS DRIVING AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED GOING, FLUID SPRAYING, WHILE IN THE OFF POSITION. I HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF TO GET IT TO STOP. I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE DEALER, SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 OR 3 TIMES. THE END OF DEC I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE INTERMITTENT WIPER/FLUID PROBLEM AND I THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THEY COULDN'T FIND AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THEIR DIAGNOSIS FOR THE WIPER UNIT WAS THAT THE MODULE WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY REFERRED TO BULLETIN #4298, DATED 02/26/07, AND PART #1910885. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT ALL THE FAILED SENSORS/PARTS ARE RELATED TO THE RECALL AND I AM HOPING THE INVESTIGATION TO THE RECALL IS STILL OPEN/ON-GOING. FYI: WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE MY BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER BEING INSPECTED AT THE DEALERSHIP. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THERE WERE SEVERAL OCCASIONS I WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THERE SHOULD BE RECORDS ON FILE AT THE DEALERSHIP PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE. LASTLY, I DO HAVE THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR. *TR