2011 Chevrolet Suburban Body & structure Problems

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND WAS ALREADY CRACKED WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

11330818

Incident

Feb 20, 2016

Mileage

99,000 mi

INTERIOR DASH BOARD IS CRACKING NEAR AIR BAG, SEVERAL PLACES ON VEHICLE

NHTSA ID

11119298

Incident

Aug 1, 2018

Mileage

118,000 mi

THE DASH BOARD IS CRACKED AROUND THE AIRBAG POSING A HAZARD IF DEPLOYED.

NHTSA ID

11073418

Incident

Feb 9, 2018

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND ALSO ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE AIRBAG.

NHTSA ID

11013593

Incident

Jul 31, 2017

Mileage

47,000 mi

DASH SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED AT THE AIRBAG PANEL AND OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IN 2011 SUBURBAN WITH 39,000 MILES. GARAGE STORED. I HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SAFETY WITH THIS CRACK. A SEARCH ON-LNE REVEALS THIS IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM FOR MANY CHEVY AND GM SUBURBAN/TAHOE OWNERS.

NHTSA ID

10995901

Incident

May 27, 2017

Mileage

39,000 mi

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES WHERE THE AIR BAGS WERE LOCATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

NHTSA ID

10983774

Incident

Mar 2, 2016

Mileage

70,000 mi

THERE IS A RECALL WITH TAKATA AIRBAG AND CHEVROLET HAS NOT FURNISHED A REPLACE THE PART OR FIX IN A TIMELY MANNER. SECOND ISSUE IS WITH DASHBOARD CRACKING. MY SUBURBAN SITS UNDER OUR CARPORT 99% OF THE TIME, BUT YET HAS A FEW CRACKS ON THE DASH. THIRD ISSUE IS CORROSION IN THE UNDERCARRIAGE, AND I LIVE IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WHERE IT DOES NOT SNOW, AND THE BEACH IS 1.5 HOURS AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVE. THIS VEHICLE SITS ON JUST OVER 40K MILES.

NHTSA ID

10983349

Incident

May 3, 2017

I HAVE ONE LARGE SPIDER CRACK ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND ANOTHER CRACK NEXT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IN THE DASHBOARD. THIS POSES A VERY LIKE IMPEDIMENT TO THE SAFETY AND FUNCTION OF THE AIRBAGS IN A WRECK.

NHTSA ID

10948413

Incident

Jan 30, 2017

Mileage

88,000 mi

DASH COVER CRACKS PRESENT A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF CRASH/COLLISION WITH OR WITHOUT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT DUE TO SHARP FLYING DEBRIS. DASH IS CONSTRUCTED OF HARD PLASTIC THAT FRACTURES IN NORMAL USE/WEAR WHICH RESULTS SHARP AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROJECTILES.

NHTSA ID

10934042

Incident

Sep 22, 2016

Mileage

45,000 mi

CRACKED DASHBOARD ADJACENT TO AIRBAG. THIS COULD CAUSE A HAZARD WHEN/IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED.

NHTSA ID

10929710

Incident

Oct 4, 2016

Mileage

83,500 mi

DRIVING WITH A TRAVEL TRAILER IN TOW IN I-81 IN NY ON 6/15/16 WE SUDDENLY HAD EXTREME SWAY. MY CAR/TRAILER HAD VERY GOOD HITCH/ANTI-SWAY DEVICES. WITHOUT MUCH NOTICE, I LOST CONTROL. I BELIEVE THE FRAME SUPPORTING THE HITCH RECEIVER FAILED CAUSING A BAD ACCIDENT RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF OUR TOW VEHICLE AND OUR AIRSTREAM 25 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER. I AM A VERY EXPERIENCED DRIVER WITH THIS COMBINATION OF TOW VEHICLE, TRAVEL TRAILER, AND HITCH CONFIGURATION. THE ONSET AND MAGNITUDE OF THE SWAY (VIOLENT) CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL AS WE WERE GOING 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TOWED THIS SAME CONFIGURATION FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES WITH NO INSTANCES OF PROBLEMS. SOMETHING DRASTIC HAPPENED! I WAS PASSING A SLOW MOVING CAR , SO WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE HEADING SOUTH WHEN I STARTED TO SWAY. I REACHED FOR THE BRAKE CONTROLLER IN AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY THE TRAILER BRAKES. THE SWAY DRASTICALLY ACCELERATED TO THE EXTENT I WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE BRAKE CONTROLLER DUE TO THE VIOLENT MOTION. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, MY VEHICLE CAME TO REST AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY (HEADING NORTH) WITH THE TRAILER JACKNIFED/PERPENDICULAR TO THE GUARDRAIL SUCH THAT I WAS BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF THE HIGHWAY. I EXAMINED THE HITCH AND TRAILER COUPLING AND ALL SEEMED NORMAL EXCEPT FOR DAMAGE FROM THE CRASH. THE HITCH FRAME OF THE SUBURBAN WAS TORN AND TOTALLY RIPPED FROM THE VEHICLE ON ONE SIDE.

NHTSA ID

10875151

Incident

Jun 15, 2016

Mileage

35,540 mi

MY 2011 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH ABOUT 85,000 MILES ON IT HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED CRACKS IN THE DASH. ONE AT THE REAR LEFT CORNER OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG SECTION, AND ANOTHER BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE CAR IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION OTHER THAN THE DASH. ITS AN EYE-SORE TO SEE THESE CRACKS EVERY DAY. HAD THESE CRACKS BEEN THERE A YEAR AGO WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT IT. ITS SAD TO SEE THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM ON ALL VEHICLES OF THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR RANGE.

NHTSA ID

10846056

Incident

Sep 15, 2015

Mileage

85,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD EXHIBITED CRACKS THAT ORIGINATED ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SEAM WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

NHTSA ID

10837171

Incident

Mar 17, 2015

Mileage

58,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SURBUBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD CRACKED IN SIX PLACES. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

NHTSA ID

10819934

Incident

Mar 20, 2015

Mileage

72,000 mi

DASHBOARD CRACKED WHILE PARKED AND THESE CRACKS HAVE SPREAD TO BECOME VERY LARGE OVER SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. LARGE CRACK IS ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ANOTHER IS NEAR PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE DASHBOARD IS UNSTABLE BETWEEN THESE TWO POINTS AND THIS COULD BE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD AS DASH COULD CRACK OR SPLINTER IF AIRBAG DEPLOYED CAUSING INJURY TO THE PASSENGERS. DASHBOARD HAS BEEN PROTECTED IN GARAGE OR WITH SUN DEFLECTOR DURING OWNERSHIP SO DASHBOARD CRACKS WOULD BE DEFECT VS. ELEMENT RELATED.

NHTSA ID

10818331

Incident

Mar 13, 2015

Mileage

65,000 mi

THE DASH ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS CRACKED.

NHTSA ID

10806237

Incident

Nov 23, 2015

Mileage

86,680 mi

VERY CONCERNED THAT THE CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND NOW HAVE SPREAD ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE DIAL AREA. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT SEEMS THIS IS A HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THE GM/CHEVY VEHICLES AND IS A PROBLEM GM SHOULD REALLY ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE WHEN A AIRBAG DEPLOYS AND THE SHARP PLASTIC THE CRACKS ARE MAKING IMMEDIATELY DEFLATES THE AIRBAG AND IT IS USELESS? STEP-UP GM AND ISSUE THE RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE AND SOMEONE DIES.

NHTSA ID

10780172

Incident

Aug 1, 2015

Mileage

65,000 mi

IN SEPTEMBER 2014, I NOTICED MY DASH ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CRACKING. I PURCHASED THIS CAR AS A GM CERTIFIED USED CAR WITH ORIGINAL FACTORY WARRANTEE IN APRIL 2013 WITH 60081 MILES ON IT. IN LESS THAN 5 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP IT DEVELOPED THIS CRACK WHILE STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTEE. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER WITH ALL MY PAPERWORK AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED, NOR WOULD THEY REPLACE IT. THIS CRACK HAS DEVELOPED DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN FROM NEGLECT, EXCESS WEAR AND TEAR, EXCESS SUNLIGHT OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN MANUFACTURE FLAW. THIS CRACK HAS CONTINUED TO SPREAD AND DUE TO THE THIN AND SHARP NATURE OF THE PLASTIC, IF I WERE TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, THIS WOULD SPLINTER AND ACT LIKE SHRAPNEL WITHIN THE CABIN. MY FAMILY'S LIFE IS DANGER DUE TO THIS FACT AND GM REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS AN ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS I KNOW MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH EVEN 2015 MODELS. I AM ASKING FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND YOURS.

NHTSA ID

10762712

Incident

Sep 25, 2014

Mileage

73,581 mi

I HAVE A LARGE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD OVER TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHEN IT OCCURRED. I FIRST NOTICED IT IN THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, 2014. BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION IT IS NOT EASILY VISIBLE AND IT'S POSSIBLE IT MAY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME. I FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM PRODUCTS AND GM REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I WENT TO MY LOCAL DEALER ABOUT IT AND THEY TOLD ME IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FURTHER DETERIORATION WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10700760

Incident

Oct 1, 2014

Mileage

34,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO SHAKE INDEPENDENTLY. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WERE TWO CRACKS OF SIGNIFICANT SIZE ON THE BOTTOM PART OF THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,300.

NHTSA ID

10695431

Incident

Mar 18, 2015

Mileage

43,300 mi

THERE ARE TWO CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD, ONE OVER THE DRIVER CONSOLE AND ONE ON THE TOP LEFT OF PASSENGER AIRBAG....NOTHING HAS OCCURRED TO CAUSE THESE CRACKS, BUT I AM AFRAID IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED, THE DASH WILL BREAK UP AND HURT US. *TR

NHTSA ID

10689705

Incident

Sep 1, 2014

Mileage

45,000 mi

THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED MAJOR CRACKS IN TWO PLACES. ONE CRACK IS ADJACENT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE OTHER CRACK IS ABOVE THE STEERING COLUMN. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WILL BECOME SHRAPNEL IF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS TO DEPLOY. ADDITIONALLY, THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD "FLAPS" WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10662541

Incident

Dec 21, 2013

DASHBOARD CRACKED ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND AIRBAG. *TR

NHTSA ID

10659969

Incident

May 1, 2014

Mileage

55,000 mi

WE OWN A 2011 CHEVY SUBURBAN AND ONE DAY NOTICED TWO CRACKS ON OUR DASHBOARD. ONE CRACK LEADS STRAIGHT INTO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND THE OTHER CRACK IS OVER THE DASH CONSOLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. BECAUSE OUR SUBURBAN IS OUT OF THE 36K MILE WARRANTY WE WERE REFERRED TO GM. WE CALLED GM AND WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $450.00 OUT OF OUR POCKET TO GET IT FIXED. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT EITHER 1) THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT OR 2) THAT IT WILL DEPLOY ON ITS OWN WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT GM IS NOT WILLING TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND REPLACE AT NO COST AS THIS IS CLEARLY EITHER A MANUFACTURER DEFECT OR A POOR QUALITY PRODUCT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10641868

Incident

Jul 21, 2014

Mileage

53,000 mi

A SMALL CRACK BEGAN ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF DASH BOARD. WITHIN WEEKS, THE CRACK BECAME MUCH BIGGER. AFTER TWO MORE WEEKS, I NOTICED ANOTHER CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH. SOON, IT BECAME MUCH LARGER TOO. NOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS AUTOMOBILE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT OR DRIVING ON ROUGH TERRAIN. I DON NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE DASHBOARD WOULD CRACK. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE WHICH HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10534039

Incident

May 8, 2013

Mileage

46,732 mi