Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 16 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 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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DASH HAS CRACKED IN 2 PLACES NEAR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND IN ONE PLACE ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT HOUSING. CHECKING ONLINE FORUMS IDENTIFIES THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH CHEVROLET DASHES. THIS CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION AS THESE PIECES COULD BECOME PROJECTILES. AT THIS POINT CHEVROLET IS NOT OFFERING TO FIX THE ISSUE.
DASH BOARD CRACKED
CRACKED DASH ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CRACK BEGAN DURING NORMAL ON-ROAD DRIVING.
DASH IS CRACKING ABOVE STEERING WHEEL, FROM WINDSHIELD SIDE EXTENDING TO STEERING WHEEL.
DASH BOARD CRACKS FORMED ON PASSENGER AIRBAG AND DRIVER OVER INSTRUMENT PANEL. POSSIBLE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT PUNCTURE HAZARD AND VIBRATION DISTRACTION WHILE MOVING.
MY DASHBOARD CRACKED LIKE MANY OTHERS HAVE DONE. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT JUST STARTED CRACKING AND A WEEK LATER IT HAD CREATED A LARGE CRACK OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ABOUT 9 INCHES IN LENGTH
DASHBOARD CRACKING BADLY
CRACKED DASHBOARD
DASH CRACKED ON DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE
CENTER OF DASH IS NOT STURDY ENOUGH CAUSED A CRACK FROM CENTER DASH AIR VENT CORNER ON PASSENGER SIDE CORNER TO THE AIR BAG.
THE DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED TWO VERY SIGNIFICANT CRACKS ONE CONCERNS ME BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYS. THE CRACK HAS LEFT A VERY SHARP EDGE NEXT TO THE AIR BAG AND I AM CONCERNED IF THE BAG DEPLOYS THIS EDGE COULD CUT THE AIRBAG.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STABILITY TRACK WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS RECALL ELATED TO THE FAILURE BUT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.
THE DASHBOARD CRACKED OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THIS IS THE SECOND AVALANCHE THAT I HAVE OWNED THAT CRACKED IN THE SAME LOCATION; PREVIOUS YEAR WAS A 2007.
MY DASH IS CRACKING AROUND THE AIRBAG. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THIS AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE AIRBAGS AND POSSIBLY CAUSING THEM TO PREMATURELY INFLATE.
MY DASHBOARD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS BEGUN TO DEVELOP A CRACK. IT APPEARS TO BE GETTING LARGER AS TIME GOES ON. IT DEVELOPED OUT OF NO WHERE.
DASH BOARD CREAKED ABOVE AIR BAG.
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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