2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

MY TAHOE STILL LOOKS LIKE A NEW VEHICLE AND IS PAID FOR SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT BUT I AM SO CONCERNED WITH THE WAY THE DASH HAS CRACKED. IT STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IS CRACKED IN 4 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. IN ONE SPOT YOU CAN LIFT THE DASH COMPLETELY OPEN. I HAVE 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND DO NOT LIKE HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT STRUCTURES IN MY VEHICLE POTENTIALLY INJURING THEM OR ANYONE ELSE THAT MAY GET INJURED FROM AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIR BAGS MAY BE DEPLOYED. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE COMPANY WOULD RECALL SUCH A DEFECT BESIDES WAITING FOR A LAWSUIT FOR POSSIBLE INJURIES OR DEATH RELATED TO THIS ISSUE!!!! THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN KEPT UNDER A SHED AND DOESN'T GET DRIVEN THAT OFTEN. THE FIRST CRACKS NOTICE WERE WHEN THE CAR WAS STATIONARY!!

I RECENTLY STARTED TO NOTICE AN ODOR COMING FROM THE AIR DUCTS, WHILE RUNNING MY AIR CONDITIONER. I CALLED UP A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, HOPING THEY MAY SCHEDULE ME FOR A SERVICING OF MY CABIN AIR FILTER. I CALLED THE PARTS DEPARTMENT, TO WHICH THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY DID, IN FACT, CARRY THE PARTS NEEDED (USING MY VIN). I SCHEDULED MY APPOINTMENT BUT STILL HAD A FEW QUESTIONS AND ASKED IF I MAY SPEAK WITH A SERVICE ADVISER/TECHNICIAN (IT TOOK ME A WEEK BEFORE I WAS CALLED BACK). I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH AN ADVISER THAT, AFTER SPEAKING WITH ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS, INFORMED ME THAT MY VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A CABIN AIR FILTER, THUS, THERE IS NO NEED TO HAVE IT SERVICED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A CABIN AIR FILTER INSTALLED, HOWEVER, IT DOES HAVE THE HOUSING/SLOT FOR ONE. I PURCHASED A CABIN AIR FILTER AND COVER. THE DIRECTIONS SEEMED SIMPLE ENOUGH THAT I DID NOT NEED TO TAKE IT ANYWHERE AS I AM SOMEWHAT MECHANICALLY INCLINED. I WAS APPALLED BY WHAT I FOUND WHEN I REMOVED THE SEAL. TEN YEARS OF STANDING WATER, LED TO AN INFESTATION OF MOLD AND BACTERIA, THAT I AND ANY PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN BREATHING IN. ATTACHED ARE PICTURES I TOOK AFTER CUTTING OUT THE SEAL TO INSTALL A CABIN AIR FILTER. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL EXPLANATIONS AS TO WHY THIS WAS NEVER ADDRESSED AND WHAT GM MAY RECOMMEND SO THAT THIS MAY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY YEAR AND MODEL OF TAHOE (ALONG WITH OTHER MODELS THAT DO NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH A CABIN AIR FILTER) IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS FLAW, AND CANNOT SEE HOW ANYONE WOULD CONTINUE TO SIT IN, LET ALONE DRIVE IN, A BACTERIA/DISEASE-RIDDEN VEHICLE. EMAIL SENT TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE (TO WHICH THEY INFORMED ME THAT BASED ON MY VEHICLES AGE AND MILEAGE, THAT THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO ASSIST ME.

I HAVE COMPLAINED TO DEALERSHIP OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT MY DASHBOARD ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HAS BEEN CRACKING. THEY STATED THAT IF IT BEGINS TO CRACK AROUND AIRBAG, THAT IT COULD CAUSE A SAFETY CONCERN. IT HAS NOW CRACKED AROUND THE AIRBAG AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A DISRUPTION IN AIRBAG/FLYING DEBRIS TOWARDS PASSENGER IF IT WERE TO DEPLOY (POSSIBLE SEVERE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH). THE DEALERSHIP STATED THERE ISN'T A RECALL FOR THIS AS IT'S COMMON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN GM VEHICLES BUT THAT IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT SOMETIMES THEY WILL COVER THE COST.

AIRBAGS ARE RECALLED MANUFACTURER STATES NO REMEDY AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER THOMAS MOTORS LOCATED AT 1125 W OUTER RD, MOBERLY, MO 65270; (660) 263-4561 AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-222-1020. 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED TO CONFIRM THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. 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). UPDATED 11/01/17*LJ *JS

CRACKING DASH. DASH IS BUSTING ON ITS OWN DUE TO NORMAL USE. I USE A SUNSHADE TO PROTECT IT EVERY DAY AND IT STILL IS FALLING APART. MANUFACTURER DEFECT.

MY 2007 TAHOE LT THE IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES ONE AT AIR BAG THAT I FEEL IF I WAS HIT IN THAT TAHOE THAT WHEN THAT AIRBAG COMES OUT THE PEICES OF THE DASH WOULD HURT OR KILL MY WIFE OR KIDS EVERYONE I KNOW THEIR DASH PADS ARE THE SAME WAY EVEN THE ONES FOR SALE ON CAR LOTS ARE THE SAME WAY I DO KNOW THATIF NOT RECALL MY GM IF SOMEONE LOOSES THEIR LIFE OR KIDS LIFE OVER THE DASH PADS BEING A BAD PART BY GM I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT NO ONE GET HURT OR KILL IF IN A BAD CRASH IN THESE TAHOES

THE DASHBOARD HAS STARTED CRACKING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. I TAKE EXTREMELY GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE BEFORE ( LEVEL A 2003 YUKON WE HAD FOR 14 YEARS).

I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 50 MPH ON AN ASPHALT ROAD, AND FOR NO REASON AT ALL, MY SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS SUDDENLY DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON AT ALL.. THE ROAD HAD NO POTHOLES, AND MY VEHICLE HAD NOT VEERED FROM THE ROAD. I COULD NOT SEE THE CURB BECAUSE ONCE INFLATED, THE AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEFLATE AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT MANEUVER MY VEHICLE OUT OF TRAFFIC AS I COULD NOT SEE FROM ANY OF MY SIDE WINDOWS. I ENDED UP HITTING THE CURB AT ABOUT 40 MPH, AND FLATTENED BOTH PASSENGER TIRES AND SEVERELY DENTING BOTH RIMS AS WELL. HAD A MORE UNEXPERIENCED DRIVER LIKE MY DAUGHTER BEEN DRIVING AT THE TIME, THIS MALFUNCTION COULD HAVE EASILY COST US WITH HER LIFE. I WAS ON A SMOOTH ROAD, TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, IN VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC. THERE WAS NO REASON WHATSOEVER FOR THESE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY! I SPOKE WITH MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND AFTER GIVING MY VIN, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS, BUT THAT IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY A RECALL YET, BECAUSE THEY HAVE YET TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, WHEN I SPEAK TO CORPORATE, THEY COMPLETELY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ANYONE EVER HAVING SUCH A PROBLEM. YET WHEN I LOOK ONLINE AT TAHOE FORUMS, THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT THAT I SEE ON EVERY SINGLE SITE, IS THAT THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOY FOR NO REASON AT ALL...