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2010 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Owner Complaints

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

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Feb 21, 2019
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 May 26, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2010 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.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–6 of 6

Airbags
Filed Feb 21, 2019

DASH BOARD CRACKING AND FALLING APART. I REMOVED THE DASHMAT TO CLEAN UNDER AND SEEN ALL THE DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING.

NHTSA ID
11181591
Incident
Feb 1, 2019
Mileage
130,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Dec 14, 2018

TAKATA RECALL AND THE REMEDY TO FIX IT IS UNAVAILABLE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. GM KEEPS TELLING ME THAT I HAVE A SAFE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID
11161426
Incident
Oct 1, 2017
Electrical
Filed Nov 28, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY FAILED, THE RADIO WAS INOPERATIVE, AND THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER FIVE MINUTES, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURES OCCURRED SPORADICALLY FOR SIX WEEKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BLEECKER CHEVROLET, 1200 CUMBERLAND STREET, DUNN, NC 28334) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX] THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. 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). *AN

NHTSA ID
11154480
Incident
Nov 14, 2018
Mileage
120,000 mi
Body & structure
Filed Jul 6, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

NHTSA ID
10883021
Incident
Aug 26, 2015
Mileage
105,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Jun 6, 2016

TAKATA RECALL -- MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKED, I FEAR FOR ALL OF US THAT HAVE CRACKED DASHBOARDS AROUND OUR AIRBAGS. THE SPEED AT WHICH THESE AIRBAGS DEPLOY COULD EASILY TURN THESE BROKEN PIECES INTO SHRAPNEL.

NHTSA ID
10872863
Incident
Jun 6, 2016
Airbags
Filed May 26, 2016

CRACKED DASH. INHERENT DESIGN FAULT. GM NOT INTERESTED IN REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT. POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE IF AIR BAG DEPLOYS.

NHTSA ID
10870959
Incident
Apr 4, 2016
Mileage
66,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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