2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

DASH PAD HAS CRACKS IN IT. IF AIR BAGS WERE TO BE DEPLOYED PIECES OF DASH COULD BECOME PROJECTILES. DON'T KNOW WHEN IT CRACKED. I NOTICED IT WHEN I WAS WALKING AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. MY TRUCK SITS IN A GARAGE. IT ONLY HAS 60000 MILES ON IT AND I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2011.

DASHBOARD CRACKED FROM PASSENGER AIRBAG TO FRONT EDGE OF PANEL. VEHICLE STATIONARY AND NOT RUNNING WHEN CRACK OCCURRED.

DASH STARTED WITH 2 INITIAL CRACKS ONE AT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND THE OTHER AT THE BASE OF THE DRIVER SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLOSER TO THE WINDOW. AS TIME WENT ON THE CRACK OF THE DRIVER SIDE PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE TO THE POINT NOW IT HAS TRAVELED TO END OF THE PANEL ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND ANOTHER CRACK HAS DEVELOPED NOW AT THE OTHER END OF THE AIR BAG.

THE COMMON DASH CRACK IN MY 2012 SILVERADO WITH ONLY 40K MILES. I HAD A SUNROOF INSTALLED TO LET THE HEAT OUT AND MY TRUCK IS CLEARLY STORED IN A GARAGE AND THE TRUCKS DASH STILL CRACKED. ITS SO BAD THE DASH RATTLES WHEN DRIVING AND IM WORRIED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF PLASTIC USED ON THE DASH THAT WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS, THAT THE DASH WILL TURN INTO SHARP SHARDS OF PLASTIC HEADED TOWARDS MY PASSENGERS AND I. I NEVER EXPECTED SUCK A WELL TAKEN CARE OF VEHICLE WITH SUCH LOW MILES TO HAVE A CRACKED DASH AND [XXX] SURE NOT A GM PRODUCT. TOYOTA HAD THE SAME ISSUE BUT THEY FIXED THERE ISSUE. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

THE STEEL IN THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS SUDDENLY BROKE IN HALF (UNDER NO LOAD). IT HAPPENED TWICE - IN THE LEFT REAR LEAF SPRINGS IN ~2016 (~3 YEARS OF AGE), AND AGAIN IN THE RIGHT REAR LEAF SPRINGS LAST WEEK (2018). THIS IS NOT EVEN A MECHANICAL DEVICE - JUST A PASSIVE HEAVY GAUGE PIECE OF STEEL. THE VEHICLE IS VERY LIGHT USE, AND IN BOTH CASES THERE WAS NO PAYLOAD IN THE FLATBED. GM APPEARS TO BE USING A SUBSTANDARD GRADE OF STEEL IN CRITICAL AREAS OF THE VEHICLE. THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED WHEN THE SPRINGS BROKE, AND I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY PROBLEM IF DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED. IN ADDITION, THE STEEL ROD THAT CONNECTS THE INNER DRIVER DOOR HANDLE TO THE DOOR LOCK, ALSO SNAPPED (SO YOU CAN NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM INSIDE CONTROLS). IT APPEARS THAT GM IS USING A CHEAP SUBSTANDARD GRADE OF STEEL IN THEIR VEHICLES. ESTIMATED DATE OF FIRST EVENT BELOW. *JS

IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY, MOTOR LOOSES OIL PRESSURE. OIL PRESSURE SENSOR AND RELATED FILTER ALREADY CHANGED ONCE, FAILING AGAIN.

EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE CHEAP PLASTIC, SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE WILL BE UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR IN EMERGENCY.

MY AIR BAD LIGHT IS ON AND MY HORN DOES NOT WORK. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALLS ON MY TRUCK. SHE THEN TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE MY TRUCK IN TO SEE IF IT HAS A RECALL. I ASK HER WHICH IS IT, IS THERE A RECALL OR NOT? SHE SAID NO RECALL BUT I HAD TO GO INTO SERVICE TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL. THERE EITHER IS IT ISN'T. I FEEL GM IS TRYING TO COVER THIER BUTTS. SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY KNOW OF A PROBLEM BUT DON'T WANT TO GO PUBLIC WITH IT. I'M A 100% DISABLED VETERAN. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW 5 YEARS AGO, I ONLY HAVE 55K MILES ON MY TRUCK. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK ESPECIALLY IF GM KNOWS ABOUT IT BUT REFUSES TO OWN UP TO THIER MISTAKE.

LIGHTS GO DIM ON IT ALL THE TIME AND THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM IN IT IS BAD SOMETIMES THE AIR CONDITION WORKS MOST OF THE TIME IT DON'T AND THE CRUISE QUIT WORKING IN IT

TRANSMISSION---TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED. WILL NOT GO FORWARD WENT PUT INTO DRIVE. HAS FLUID. WILL GO INTO REVERSE. PULLED OUT OF DRIVE-WAY TO GO TO THE STORE . WENT TO A STOP SIGN AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE . HAD TO PUSH IT BACK HOME. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JS