2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

THE LOCK ON THE TAILGATE BECAME DIFFICULT TO LOCK. THEN, A WEEK LATER WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH DOWN A CITY STREET, THE TAILGATE DROPPED OPEN. WHEN I TRIED CLOSING IT, THE LEFT SIDE WOULD NOT LATCH. THE TAILGATE HANDLE WAS REPLACED A WEEK LATER. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS PART WAS REPLACED. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED IN 2008 WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 72 MPH. I SEE A RECALL FOR 2005 AVALANCHE BUT MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT QUALIFY. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 AVALANCHE THAT I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND I STARTED TO SMELL GAS IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. WHEN I ARRIVED AT WORK A CO WORKER CAME OVER AND STATED YOUR TRUCK IS LEAKING FLUID. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND IT WAS LEAKING GAS ALL OVER THE GROUND. I HAD JUST FILLED UP THE TANK AND IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 1/4 FILLED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION AFTER THE LINES DRIED I NOTICED A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINES. IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD RUBBED TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER LINE AND CAUSING A HOLE.

STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR A STOP SIGN AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS GOOD A FIRST THEN COMPLETELY SUNK TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION THAT WAS THANKFULLY VOID OF TRAFFIC. MY WIFE AND I WERE A BIT SHOOK UP. IT COULD EASILY BEEN WORSE. WE CAREFULLY TRAVELED TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION AND WERE LUCKY TO GET FLATBEDDED TO A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER. MEMORIAL DAY 4PM IN GEORGIA, I DID NOT HAVE HIGH HOPES. THE SERVICE PEOPLE EXAMINED THE TRUCK AND IT WAS APPARENT THAT MY TRUCK HAD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINES. I THOUGHT IT WAS A MASTER CYLINDER DUE TO THE COMPLETE LOSS OF FLUID. WHILE WE WAITED FOR TOW TRUCK I PURCHASED BRAKE FLUID AND FILLED MY COMPLETELY EMPTY RESERVOIR, HAD MY WIFE STEP ON THE BRAKE AS I WATCHED THE FLUID JUST POUR OUT FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AREA NEAR THE FRAME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE CROSSED ABOVE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING THE THEM TO RUB AND FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE FUEL LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 132,000. UPDATED 05/31/12*LJ

WENT TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING LOT, GAVE IT A LITTLE GAS AND NOTHING. ENGINE IDLED UP BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. WENT DOWN THROUGH THE GEARS BUT STILL WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD TO PUT IT IN REVERSE AND BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. $2900 DOLLARS LATER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH GENUINE GM REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LOSS DUE TO ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRE HARNESS FIRE IN FUSE BOX *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN SEPTEMBER 2011 REGARDING THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY CATCH FIRE.

AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK AND TURNING ON THE AC THE DRIVER SIDE WAS PUSHING HOT AIR WHILE THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS COOL. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS THE ONLY WAY TO CLEAR THE ERROR WAS TO RESTART THE TRUCK. I HAVE NOT BROUGHT THE ISSUE TO THE DEALER AS IT HAPPENS SO IN FREQUENTLY. *TR

TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK ON THE INTERSTATE AT REGULATED SPEED (65MPH). AS I STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO MAINTAIN SPEED GINGO UP A HILL, THE MESSAGE "TRANSMISSION HOT" CAME ON THE IN-DASH DISPLAY AND ENGINE BEGAN REVVING AS IF NOT IN GEAR. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND HAD TO TURN ON FLASHERS AND MERGE TO SAFETY LANE ON RIGHT. I CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL I COULD ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN AT AROUND 30 MPH IN 3RD GEAR. AS SOON AS I STARTED TO ACCELERATE PAST 35-40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AGAIN AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE ANY GEAR. THIS HAPPENED ALL THE WAY HOME SO WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE TURNED INTO AN HOUR. I COULDN'T GET ABOVE 35-45 MPH WITHOUT THIS HAPPENING EACH TIME WHICH MADE NAVIGATING THE HILLS OF NORTHERN VA IN THE RAIN NOT VERY FUN FOR ME NOR THE HUNDREDS OF FRUSTRATED DRIVERS BEHIND AND BESIDE ME. AS I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKED, I COULD NOTICE A 'BURNT AND SOUR" SMELL...MOST LIKELY TRANSMISSION FLUID. I DIDN'T SEE ANY LEAKS OR DRIPS BUT THE ENGINE WAS EXTREMELY HOT AS WAS TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW BUT IN VERY LIMITED OCCASIONS AND NEVER FOR MORE THAN 10-20 SECONDS SO I HAVEN'T CONTACTED A SERVICE STATION BUT WILL DEFINITELY DO SO THIS WEEKEND AS I AM UNABLE TO LEAVE WORK DURING THE WEEK FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

OWNER WAS DRIVING, ATTEMPTED TO TURN UP HVAC FAN TO HIGHER SPEED BUT NOTICED THAT FAN WOULD NOT INCREASE SPEED AND STAYED ON THE LOW SPEED. THEN STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. PULLED OVER, SHUT TRUCK OFF BUT NOTICED HVAC BLOWER FAN WAS STILL RUNNING ON LOW SPEED. SAW FIRE INSIDE RIGHT SIDE OF DASH. FIRE ORIGINATED INSIDE RIGHT SIDE OF DASH AT LOCATION OF BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR COMPONENTS. *TR