2012 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

DASHBOARD HAS SLOWLY STARTED CRACKING. CAR IS GARAGE KEPT AND NOT DRIVEN IN EXTREME CONDITIONS TO WARRANT SUCH DISTRESS ON THE DASHBOARD

THE DASH IS CRACKED ON THE BOTH WINDSHIELD-EDGE CORNERS OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG COVER AND BROKEN OVER THE DRIVER-SIDE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE DRIVER-SIDE BREAKAGE HAS SPREAD FROM THE WINDSHIELD INSIDE EDGE TO UP AND OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. IT HAS BEEN GLUED AND PATCHED BUT HAS CONTINUED TO DISINTEGRATE AND IS NOW COMPLETELY BROKEN. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN ON ROAD AND HIGHWAY. THE DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND BREAKING OVER A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE. THE CONTACT MANUALLY DEFLATED THE AIRBAGS AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO MCELVEEN BUICK GMC (117 FARMINGTON RD, SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,400.

CRACKING DASHBOARD NEEDS REPLACEMENT, I HAVE REPLACED OUR CRACKING DASHBOARD AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF COMPENSATION FOR MY EXPENSE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS ONGOING WITH ALL OF THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES.

OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS MY DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED NUMEROUS CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. THERE ARE 2 CRACKS AT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG COVER ON THE TOP CORNERS AND A LONG CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH ABOVE THE GAUGE CLUSTER GOING TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE NO SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED. I AM PUTTING IN THIS COMPLAINT AS I HAVE SEEN THIS ON MULTIPLE VEHICLES OF THE SAME AGE AND LOOKING ONLINE OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME.

3 LARGE CRACKS ON DASH. GOING FROM WINDSHIELD TO DASH. IF I EVER NEED TO HAVE WORK DONE UNDER DASH, DASH WILL FALL APART. 3 CRACKS APPEARED FOR NO KNOW REASON.

DASHBOARD HAS CRACK ABOVE GAUGE CLUSTER ON DRIVER SIDE AND ALSO CRACKED ON PASSENGER SIDE AT CORNER OF AIRBAG AREA. WITH DASHBOARD CRACK NEAR AIRBAG I BELIEVE IT COULD SEND SHARDS OF SHARP PLASTIC AT PASSENGER IF AIRBAG WERE TO GO OFF.

2012 LTZ 4WD SUBURBAN, NOTICED A FAINT HOT SMELL, THOUGHT IT WAS THE ENGINE, TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE ON NEW YEARS EVE 2018 ( WE HAD LOST AN ENGINE IN PREVIOUS SUBURBAN NOT TAKING CHANCE) TOLD BY MECHANIC ALLOY WHEELS ARE HOT, TOOK TO GM DEALER, FRONT WHEEL HUB NEEDED REPLACED, TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE FOR REPAIR, GARAGE TOLD US BRAKES, CALIPHERS, ROTORS BE REPLACED DUE TO CALIPHERS BEING CLOSED. THEY HAD HARD TIME BLEEDING THE LINES, ALSO REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, DROVE FOR FEW DAYS SHORT DISTANCE WHEN FRONT BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE, WITHOUT WARNING, TOWED BACK TO GARAGE, THEY COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, REPLACED BRAKES AND ROTORS, DROVE FOR A WEEK HAPPENED AGAIN, TOWED BACK TO GARAGE, THEY TOOK TO GM GARAGE WHO REPLACED BRAKE SENSOR, DROVE FOR FEW DAYS LOCKED UP AGAIN KIDS IN CAR, HAD TOWED TO ANOTHER GM DEALER, TOLD BRAKE SYSTEM TESTED NORMAL TO REPLACE ABS COMPUTER MODULE, DROVE 2 WEEKS LOCKED UP AGAIN WITH KIDS IN CAR, TOWED BACK TO GM DEALER, WE WERE TOLD BY GM IT WAS AT RISK OF LOSS OF LIFE OR CATASTROPHIC INJURY AND THEY WERE SENDING TECH, TILL WE DID NOT PUT GM BRAKE PADS, POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE SYSTEM COULD FIX BUT NOT GUARANTEED. GM DEALER HAD SUBURBAN 2/19-9/9/19 AND IT STILL IS LOCKING UP WITHOUT DEFINED CAUSE. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT VEHICLE THIS WHOLE TIME & STILL OWE ON THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO CHEVY DEALER 10/26/19 AFTER LOCKING UP AGAIN. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS, THE BRAKES LOCK UP. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 MAJOR GM RECALLS REGARDING 2014+ SUBURBANS MY ISSUES ARE VERY SIMILAR REGARDING THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND EVEN MORE SEVERE. HAD WE BEEN ON BUSIER ROADS WE WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. WE WENT TO GM CORP. / GM DEALER LIED TO GM CORP. WE HAVE VMS TO PROVE. OVER $3K PUT INTO THE VEHICLE AND IT STILL IS NOT FIXED, THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS $4K & THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO BE THE DIAGNOSIS. VEHICLE NOT DRIVABLE. PICS FROM 1/27/19 INCIDENT, FIRE / SMOKE VISABLE,

THE DASH OF MY VEHICLE CRACKED WHEN IT WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND NOW THE CRACK IS EVEN LARGER.

WENT TO BUY A NEW SUBURBAN, FOUND A GOOD USED ONE WITHOUT THE CRACKED DASH. WELL WITHIN 2 MONTHS WE NOW HAVE A CRACK IN OUR DASH. WERE TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD $1500 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT CHEVY WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF SUCH A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES. HOW ARE THERE TONS OF OTHER BRAND VEHICLES WITHOUT THIS ISSUE? ALWAYS HAVE A SUNSHADE ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS IT ONCE A WEEK. I NOW WANT TO TRADE THIS FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM. CRACK LOOKS LIKE IT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE AIRBAG OPERATION. OR SEND SHARDS OF PLASTIC WHEN AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED. IT HAPPENED PARKED IN OUR GARAGE OVER NIGHT.