2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

TRAVELING ON FREEWAY AT APPROX 55 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. ACCELERATED TO PASS TRUCK, WHEN LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR MY TRUCK WENT INTO PASSING GEAR AND ACCELERATED RAPIDLY TO 80+MPH. APPLIED BRAKE AND ATTEMPTED TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL. NEITHER WORKED. PLACE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND RPMS WENT TO APPROX 6500 RPM, THEN MOTOR SHUT OFF. COASTED TO SIDE SHOULD. POLICE WAS BEHIND ME AND WROTE ME A TICKET FOR 80 MPH. OFFICER WAS NOT INTERESTED IN LISTENING TO PROBLEMS I HAD ENCOUNTERED. WROTE ME A TICKET FOR $728.93. APPROX 1.5 HOURS LATER I WAS RETURNING HOME AND TRIED CRUISE CONTROL. IT IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED INTO PASSING GEAR AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. I PUT THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND RPMS WENT TO OVER 6000RPM AND SHUT OFF MOTOR. DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDDLE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL.STOPPED ON SIDE RESTARTED TRUCK AND DISENGAGED CRUISE CONTROL. I WAS SUCCESSFUL ON THE DISENGAGE. I DID NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL ANY MORE AND REPORTED ISSUE TO CHEVROLET DEALER. TWO WEEKS LATER, I WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF A STORE. WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK AND PUT INTRO REVERSE, THE TRUCK ACCELERATED AT HIGH RATE. APPLIED BRAKE AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I REMOVED THE CRUISE CONTROL/REAR CAMERA FUSE. IT DID NOT DISABLE THE CRUISE CONTROL. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE TRUCK SINCE. WAITING FOR APPOINTMENT WITH LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE INVESTIGATED. *TR

CRACKED DASHBOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE WHERE AIRBAG IS FITTED. UPPER LEFTHAND SIDE OF AIRBAG. TRACTION CONTROL/STABILITRAC SYSTEM: SERVICE INDICATOR WARNINGS ACTIVATE, SWITCHES FROM 2 WHEEL DRIVE TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH EVEN THOUGH SELECTOR IS IN 2WD MODE. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THIS WAS AT 70K MILES, THEN AGAIN AT 90K. THEN AGAIN AT 97K THE TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AGAIN AT 101K MILES THE RINGGEAR IN THE REAR AXEL WAS DESTROYED. REAR AXEL WAS REPLACED. FIFTH TIME FOR THOSE COUNTING, 116K MILES SERVICE STABILITRAC AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNINGS, SWITCHING FROM 2WD TO 4WD HIGH WHILE MOVING, WHILE PARKED, SELECTOR IN 2WD POSITION WITH SOMEONE AT THE WHEEL OR CAB EMPTY. EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL WARNING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, CODE COMES BACK TO EEC. INDICATING A LEAK IN THE RETURN LINE. THE FIRST TIME THIS WAS REPLACED AT 70K MILES, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME. AND NO IT IS NOT THE GAS CAP BEING LOOSE OR NEEDING REPLACED. THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS "WATER IN THE CONNECTOR" (YEAH SURE). *TR

CAR STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY ON FREEWAY EXIT FOR NO APPARENT REASON WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND ALL FUNCTIONS. HAD TO COAST TO A STOP AND LUCKILY NO OTHER CARS WERE BEHIND US. *TR ADDITIONALLY, CAR FUEL TANK VALVE DOES NOT STOP GAS WHEN FUELING AND CAUSES GAS TO SURGE OUT OF TANK WHEN FUELED AND ONTO VEHICLE. REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO DODGE AND THEY SAID THIS VIN NO. WASN'T COVERED BY RECALL.

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON ACCELERATION FROM STOP. BROUGHT TO CHEVROLET DEALER WHO TOLD ME "THE 1ST AND 2ND GEAR CAME APART INTERNALLY" AND THAT A COMPLETE REBUILD WAS NECESSARY. NO PRIOR INDICATIONS OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS (I.E. SLIPPING, NOISE, ETC...). WILL COST ME OVER $3000 TO REPAIR. SEARCHING ON LINE, I FOUND SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH LESS THAT 90000 MILES ON THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, NO WARNING SIGNS. VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. TRUCK DOES NOTHING IN DRIVE, ONLY MOVES IN REVERSE, 1ST, AND STILL DOES MAJOR SLIPPING. ONLINE RESEARCH HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AMONG THIS TYPE OF TRUCK. *TR

DOOR HANDLES PEELING OF THE METAL PLATING ON THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES CAUSED INJURIES FROM MINOR TO SEVERE PAPER-CUT-TYPE CUTS. *KB

2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE - THE PEELING METALLIC COATING ON DOOR HANDLE SLICED MY FINGER; NO SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY INVOLVED (GLORIFIED PAPER CUT THIS TIME) BUT THIS CONDITION CANNOT CONTINUE. *TR

THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ON MY 2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE LTZ HAVE PEELED AND BECOME RAZOR SHARP. OPENING THE DOOR UNDER NORMAL CHARACTERISTICS HAS CAUSED A SLICE, OR PAPER CUT TYPE OF WOUND TO MY HAND. *TR

SEATS BELTS DON'T WORK PROPERLY. BELT DOESN'T ALWAYS RELEASE AND CAN'T LATCH IN THE BELT ON ANOTHER. ALREADY REPLACED ONE SEAT BELT, HAVING THE OTHER LOOKED AT AGAIN TOMORROW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT SMELLED AS IF SOMETHING ELECTRICAL WAS BURNING. THERE WAS NO SMOKE PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE FAILURE ALSO PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM SEEING THE TRIP METER, MILEAGE AND TIRE PRESSURE. THE DEALER REFERENCED A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE, RECALL 08V44100 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 54,000.