2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHEN I WASN'T DRIVING OR HIT ANYTHING. IT WAS IN PARK. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND IT DEPLOYED.

RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL LETTER DATED JULY 2016 FOR TAKATA AIRBAGS BUT EVERYTIME THAT I CONTACT MULTIPLE CHEVY DEALERS THEY SAY THAT GM HAS NOT RELEASED THIS RECALL AND IS STILL ARGUING WITH NHTSA ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE RECALL. MEANWHILE I AM DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT COULD KILL ME. IT IS FAIRLY SIMPLE, EITHER THE AIRBAGS ARE THE SAME DEFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY AS THE ONES RECALLED OR NOT. FORCE THEM TO GET ON WITH THE RECALL REPAIRS. I DID CONTACT MY US REPR PHIL ROE;S OFFICE ON THIS MATTER AND HE SUGGESTED FILING THIS COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V788000 (AIR BAGS). GRAHAM AUTOMALL (LOCATED AT 1515 W 4TH ST, MANSFIELD, OH 44906, (419) 529-1800) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

CHECKED WITH LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WON'T BE RECEIVING ANY FOR MY VEHICLE. THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON RECENTLY FOR NO REASON AND WENT AWAY THE NEXT TIME I STARTED THE VEHICLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTIFICATION ON MAY 27, 2016. DAN POWERS CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (1065 US-60, HARDINSBURG, KY 40143, (270) 756-5212) STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE AND THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE TAKATA CORPORATION AIR BAG PROBLEM. WENT TO NEARBY GM DEALER TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT SERRA CHEVROLET STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY REPLACEMENTS AND TOKE MY INFORMATION TO CONTACT WHEN THE PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE. NO NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED SINCE THE INITIAL DISCLOSURE WAS MADE OVER 4 YEARS AGO. DID RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP AROUND SIX MONTHS AFTER MY INITIAL VISIT AND WAS TOLD THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THE REQUIRED PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED.

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THIS PRESENTS A HAZARD AS SHARDS OF PLASTIC COULD BECOME PROJECTILES IF THE AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED. NOTHING HAPPENED TO CAUSE THE CRACKED DASH, IT SEEMS TO BE A NORMAL PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND IT'S CREATING A HAZARD.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND/OR EXPLODED WHILE SITTING IN APARTMENT PARKING LOT. VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AND HAD BEEN SITTING FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES TO AN 1HR. WAS IN BEDROOM, WHEN NOTIFIED BY THE FIRE DEPT. THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHILE PARKED IN APARTMENT PARKING LOT, ENGINE NOT RUNNING. VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES, BEFORE BEING NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS ON FIRE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT CALLED AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.