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2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Latest May 10, 2021
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 9, 2006

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Our database holds 113 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Interior & seats
Filed May 10, 2021

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AND SEPARATING ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE CRACK HAD EXTENDED TO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG HOUSING. THE LOCAL DEALER HALEY BUICK GMC AIRPORT LOCATED AT 5500 S. LABURNUM AVE, RICHMOND, VA 23231 WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

NHTSA ID
11415821
Incident
Oct 1, 2015
Mileage
82,000 mi
Filed Apr 28, 2019

CRACKED DASH DRIVERS SIDE ABOVE SPEEDOMETER

NHTSA ID
11204284
Incident
Apr 15, 2019
Mileage
155,460 mi
Filed Mar 3, 2019

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN MANY SPOTS.

NHTSA ID
11183780
Incident
Jun 1, 2018
Mileage
120,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Feb 20, 2019

TAKATA RECALL. (THIS NOT AN ACCIDENT REPORT.) ON 2/20/17 I CALLED A LOCAL AUTHORIZED CHEV DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE RECALL ON MY TRUCK FOR AN AIRBAG DEFECT. I CALLED AGAIN TODAY, 2/20/29 ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. BOTH TIMES I HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY PARTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHEN I WENT TO REGISTER MY VEHICLE FOR THE UPCOMING RENEWAL PERIOD MARYLAND DMV WROTE "PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE AT NO COST." SO, I AM PRETTY CONFUSED AS WHAT TO DO. IT HAD BEEN EXACTLY 2 YEARS SINCE MY FIRST NOTICE OF THIS PROBLEM AND I AM STILL BEING GIVEN THE SAME ANSWER WHILE I AM ALSO STILL BEING TOLD TO CONTACT A DEALERSHIP TO GET THIS REPAIRED. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? AM I JUST BEING GIVEN THE RUNAROUND? PLEASE ADVISE AS I DO NOT WANT TO ENDANGER MY FAMILY OR ANYONE ELSE SHOULD THIS EXPLODE UNEXPECTEDLY. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

NHTSA ID
11181312
Incident
Feb 20, 2019
Mileage
85,000 mi
Driver assistanceFuel system
Filed Jan 31, 2019

STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING MESSAGES FREQUENTLY DISPLAY AND CAUSE HARSH SHIFTING AND REDUCED POWER. VEHICLE MAY BE STATIONARY OR DRIVEN.

NHTSA ID
11173387
Incident
Jan 4, 2019
Mileage
116,000 mi
Filed Dec 28, 2018

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES NEAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. IT MAY EVENTUALLY CRACK ENOUGH THAT BIG PIECES WILL POP LOOSE AND CHUNKS OF MY DASH WILL BE GONE. ABS GLUE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS TO JOIN THE SEAMS TOGETHER TO STOP THE DASH FROM SHAKING AND MAKING TONS OF NOISE. THE SHAKING LIKELY CAUSED THE CRACKS TO GROW MORE ALSO PRIOR TO ME FINALLY THROUGH LOTS OF TRIAL AND ERROR SUCCESSFULLY GLUING IT. HOPEFULLY IT WILL KEEP THE CURRENT CRACK FROM GROWING. BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL. AND NEW ONES WILL LIKELY APPEAR IF THE OLD ONES DO NOT SPREAD. ALSO, THE AIR VENT COVER HAS BROKEN IN A LONG CRACK, AND EVEN WORSE MOST OF THE TABS THAT HOLD IT DOWN HAVE BROKEN OFF. THUS, IT STICKS UP LOOKING UGLY AND RATTLES. THIS TOO IS LIKELY TO BREAK UP MORE FROM ALL THE RATTLING.

NHTSA ID
11163874
Incident
Jul 1, 2018
Mileage
65,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Oct 8, 2018

TAKATA RECALL NOT RESOLVED IN A TIMELY MANNER. RECEIVED RECALL IN 2016 AND HAVE YET TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I HAVE CALLED CHERVROLET DEALERSHIPS AND THEY STATE A REPAIR IS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME.

NHTSA ID
11139090
Incident
Oct 8, 2018
AirbagsDriver assistanceElectrical
Filed Oct 1, 2018

IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS APPEAR ON THE DASH AND JUST RANDOMLY TURN ON AND TURN OFF THE STABILISER LEG TRACTION CONTROL TIME ON THEIR SYSTEM CHECK ENGINE ABS LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON AND GO OFF WHENEVER THEY WANT. THE PLAY IS ON MACY MOTHER THE ONE CONNECTION THAT GOES TO GETS EXTREMELY HOT IT DON'T WANNA COME ON YOU HAVE TO MOVE AROUND AND GET IT COME ON AND GOES OFF RANDOMLY AS WELL

NHTSA ID
11132801
Incident
Aug 1, 2018
Mileage
210,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Jun 11, 2018

"TAKATA RECALL" ON AIRBAG NO REMEDY OR SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID
11101050
Incident
Jun 11, 2018
Filed Jun 8, 2018

DASH BOARD COMPLETELY OVER ALL OF THE DASH INCLUDING OVER PASSENGER AIR BAG THE DASH BOARD WAS COVERED SINCE PURCHASE. NOTICED IT. 6 6 18

NHTSA ID
11100623
Incident
Jun 7, 2018
Mileage
137,000 mi
Airbags
Filed May 14, 2018

HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING IN OVER A YEAR SINCE I WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS. IS THIS ANOTHER SCAM OR WHAT ?

NHTSA ID
11093693
Incident
Aug 23, 2016
Mileage
92,000 mi
Airbags
Filed May 8, 2018

TAKARA RECALL. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM GM TWO YEARS AGO IDENTIFYING MY VEHICLE AS AFFECTED BY THE AIRBAG RECALL AND WAS ALSO INFORMED I WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE REPAIRS. I HAVE CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP SINCE RECEIVING THE NOTICE AND I AM ALWAYS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO PARTS AND I WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN REPAIR IS AVAILABLE. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN, IF EVER, GM PLANS TO REPAIR MY VEHICLES AIRBAGS. I FEEL THAT GM IS TAKING IT'S TIME IN HOPE THAT AFFECTED VEHICLES AGE OUT AND ARE NO LONGER ON THE ROAD. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS OF HAVING MY VEHICLE REPAIRED BY GM?

NHTSA ID
11092478
Incident
Jun 1, 2016
Filed Apr 29, 2018

DASHBOARD CRACKS THOUGHTOUT THE DASHBORAD, FIRST APPEARED BY THE AIR BAG THEN MORE APPEARED OVER THE INSTARMENT CLUSTER THEN THE DEFROSTER VENT PANEL, SECTIONS ARE COMPLETLY BREAKING AWAY

NHTSA ID
11090886
Incident
Jan 1, 2014
Mileage
80,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Apr 22, 2018

DASH BOARD CRACKED AROUND AIR BAGS

NHTSA ID
11089298
Incident
Apr 30, 2017
Mileage
79,800 mi
BrakesDriver assistanceElectrical
Filed Mar 1, 2018

1.VEHICLE STABILITRAK LIGHT COMES ON, ALL THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS GOES ON AND OFF, THE NEEDLES ARE GOING WILD AND THEN NOTHING. THE VEHICLE STILL DRIVES NORMAL. 2.THE CLOCK WILL NOT KEEP REGULAR TIME EVEN WHEN RESET MANY TIMES. 3.THE DRIVES SIDE REAR SPEAKER WILL NOT COME ON. 4.WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED QUICKLY CAUSING ME TO THINK IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL, THIS HAPPEN ONCE.

NHTSA ID
11075760
Incident
Mar 1, 2018
AirbagsDriver assistanceEngine
Filed Feb 27, 2018

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A CONSTANT LOSS OF SPEED AND PREMATURE MOTOR FAILURE. THE MOTOR WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) WARNING INDICATOR KEPT ILLUMINATING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED FOUR TSBS ON THE ESC. THE DEALER (WILLIAMS CHEVROLET, 2600 US-31, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49684, (231) 946-1111) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TO DETERMINE IF THE REMEDY AND PART WERE AVAILABLE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

NHTSA ID
11075197
Incident
Nov 2, 2015
Mileage
140,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Feb 23, 2018

THIS RECALL IS GOING ON 2 YEARS NOW AND THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN A FIX IDENTIFIED. HOW IS THIS ACCEPTABLE WHEN IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS DRIVER/PASSENGER SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT?

NHTSA ID
11074427
Incident
May 27, 2016
Airbags
Filed Jan 7, 2018

DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD DECK AREA SURROUNDING PASSENGER AIRBAG IS HEAVILY CRACKED WITH SHARP EDGES WHICH POSE A HAZARD IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED. SHARP DASHBOARD CRACK EDGES ON DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE MAY BE STRUCK BY DRIVER OR PASSENGER IN AN ACCIDENT OR MAY BECOME AIR BORN RESULTING IN SEVER INJURY AND/OR BLINDNESS IN AN ACCIDENT SITUATION.

NHTSA ID
11060981
Incident
Jan 1, 2010
Airbags
Filed Dec 20, 2017

"TAKATA RECALL" TAKATA CORPORATION ('TAKATA') HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN 2007-2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE, ESCALADE ESV, ESCALADE EXT, CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SILVERADO 1500, SUBURBAN, TAHOE, GMC SIERRA 1500, YUKON, YUKON XL, AND 2009-2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500/3500 AND GMC SIERRA 2500/3500 VEHICLES. THIS IS BASED UPON TAKATA'S DECISION THAT FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATORS IT SUPPLIED TO GM ARE DEFECTIVE. GM HAS SUBMITTED TO NHTSA A PETITION FOR INCONSEQUENTIALITY AND NHTSA HAS GRANTED GM UNTIL AUGUST 2017 TO COMPLETE ITS INVESTIGATION AND TO SUBMIT ALL DATA SUPPORTING THE PETITION. IF THE PETITION IS DENIED, GM WILL CONDUCT A RECALL OF THE AIRBAG INFLATORS COVERED BY TAKATA'S DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV AND SEARCH FOR DOCKET NO. NHTSA-2016-0124. THIS IS THERE REMEDY TO THE PROBLEM. THE NECESSITY OF A REMEDY IS DEPENDENT UPON NHTSA'S DECISION ON GM'S PETITION FOR INCONSEQUENTIALITY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOLLOWING THAT DECISION. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN ALSO CHECK THE STATUS OF THIS RECALL AT MY.GM.COM/RECALLS. GM CONSIDERS YOUR VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE. NOTHING HAS HAPPEN AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN. INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE, I'M TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE.

NHTSA ID
11055654
Incident
Dec 20, 2017
Airbags
Filed Nov 27, 2017

TAKATA RECALL: DEALERS CONTINUE TO SAY NO PART IS AVAILABLE TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE AIRBAG.

NHTSA ID
11048677
Incident
Nov 27, 2017
Airbags
Filed Nov 17, 2017

"TAKATA RECALL" IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT I CANNOT GET MY AIRBAGS REPLACED UNDER THIS RECALL. GM NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT EVEN IF IT MEANS USING AIRBAGS FROM A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER.

NHTSA ID
11046927
Incident
May 27, 2016
AirbagsVisibility
Filed Nov 9, 2017

TAKATA RECALL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM

NHTSA ID
11044881
Incident
Jun 8, 2010
Airbags
Filed Nov 8, 2017

IN 2009 WENT TO MY DEALER TO REPAIR THE DEADLY AIR BAGS THAT WERE INSTALLED INTO MY VEHICLE; I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS. AGAIN IN 2017 WENT TO MY DEALER TO REPAIR THE DEADLY AIR BAGS THAT WERE INSTALLED INTO MY VEHICLE; I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS. UNACCEPTABLE

NHTSA ID
11044465
Incident
Nov 8, 2017
Airbags
Filed Nov 5, 2017

TAKATA RECALL WAITING ON A REMEDY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I'M CONCERNED OF A SAFETY ISSUE.

NHTSA ID
11043579
Incident
Nov 5, 2017
Mileage
80,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Nov 4, 2017

RECALL FOR AIRBAGS AND THEY WONT FIX IT

NHTSA ID
11043223
Incident
May 27, 2016

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