2013 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN IT STARTED, BUT IT WAS FINE THIS SUMMER (I ESTIMATED 11/10/18 BELOW). THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN TWO SPOTS - DRIVERS SIDE NEAR INSTRUMENT PANEL HUMP, AND PASSENGER SIDE NEAR AIRBAG. THE CRACKS ARE CONTINUING TO GET LARGER AND THE DASHBOARD HAS STATED TO VIBRATE AND RATTLE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT A SAFETY HAZARD IN AN ACCIDENT.

RUBBING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL,FIXED WHEN CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, WAS TOLD IT WAS THE AIR BAG. RUBBING SOUND HAS RETURNED. ALSO THERE ARE SEVERAL CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD, WHICH COULD BE HAZARDOUS IF THE AIRBAGS WERE TO DEPLOY DURING A FRONT END COLLISION.

POOR DASH DESIGN THAT CRACKED WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT 45,000 MILES. IT POSES A SAFETY CONCERN IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS BECAUSE THE CRACK IS IN THE CORNER SURROUNDING THE AIR BAG. NEITHER GM OR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY WILL COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. NEITHER SEEMS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY, BUT WHY SHOULD THEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR FAMILY ASSUMING ANY RISK.

DASH HAS LARGE CRACK OVER GAUGE PANEL. AFTER RESEARCHING FOUND THAT SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF GM VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH NO RECOURSE FROM GM. COSTING OWNERS OVER 2,000.00 TO REPAIR.

CRACKS STARTED APPEARING ON THE CORNERS OF THE AIRBAG IN THE DASH OR OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND GM DIRECTLY WITH NO LUCK JUST AN ESTIMATE TO FIX. THIS ISSUE IS A DEFECT IN DESIGN AND REMAINS SAFETY ISSUE FOR ALL OWNER OF THESE VEHICLES. IF I WOULD BE IN AN ACCIDENT, THE BROKEN DASH PIECES COULD IMPACT THE OCCUPANTS AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL INJURYS.

STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. LOSES POWER AND STABILITY WHILE GOING UPHILL OR ACCELERATING. GM SERVICE OUT OF WARRANTY. LOOKED AT POSSIBLE RECALLS NONE AVAILABLE. NOTICED ALOT OF ISSUES REGARDING 5.3 V8 FROM 2010 TO 2013 GM MODELS. EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ALSO. DO I JUST PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE OR IS ANYONE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OVERSIGHT BY GM? THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS BUT NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

THE DASH CRACKED NEAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME OF THE CRACK.

CRACKED DASH PASSENGER SIDE BY AIR BAG. ALSO DRIVERS SIDE CRACKED DASH ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT MOST OF THE TIME. THIS CRACKED DASH MAY NOT LET AIR BAGS DEPLOY PROPERLY AND PRONE TO PIECES OF DASH FLYING AS POTENTIAL LETHAL WEAPONS AS SHARP PIECES COULD CAUSE PUNCTURE WOUNDS, EYES BLINDED, CARTOID ARTERY HIT ETC. FIRST NOTICED AFTER VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN SETTING THE FIRST CRACK STARTED. DRIVERS SIDE CAME NEXT , AND IT IS EXTREMELY CRACKED. VIBRATES AND MAKES OBNOXIOUS NOISE. IT IS DISTRACTING TO DRIVER.

DASH BOARD BY PASSENGER AIR BAG HAS A CRACK AND APPARENTLY IT HAPPENS TO ALL GM TRUCKS OF THIS TYPE AND MODEL

THERE IS CRACK FROM THE EDGE OF THE AIRBAG ACROSS THE DASH TO THE DEFROSTER. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS AND DISCOVERED IT COULD POTENTIALLY SEND SHRAPNEL IF THE AIRBAGS ARE DEPLOYED. I'VE CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT A COVERED PART UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I'VE ALSO CONTACTED CHEVROLET DIRECTLY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD FIX THIS ISSUE. I JUST HEARD BACK FROM THEM AND THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT RECTIFY THE ISSUE. I DIDN'T WITNESS THE CRACK HAPPENING SO I COULDN'T ELABORATE ON WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION OR JUST PARKED.