2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Problems & Recalls
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The vehicle was sold with significant rust damage to the underbody of the truck. The truck parts are rusted to a point the suspension, and axel are about to fall out. The truck is leaking gasoline due to the amount of rust. The power steering that they fixed after one day driving it had issues when ...
The vehicle was sold with significant rust damage to the underbody of the truck. The truck parts are rusted to a point the suspension, and axel are about to fall out. The truck is leaking gasoline due to the amount of rust. The power steering that they fixed after one day driving it had issues when ...
The vehicle was sold with significant rust damage to the underbody of the truck. The truck parts are rusted to a point the suspension, and axel are about to fall out. The truck is leaking gasoline due to the amount of rust. The power steering that they fixed after one day driving it had issues when ...
Brake lines rusted out. Apparently this is an issue for this year and many other model year vehicles. Considering the brakes stop the vehicle, this is a big safety issue, and very expensive to be fixed.
I WAS RECENTLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I PASSED OUT WHILE OPERATING MY VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THAT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WAS THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR THAT CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLD FASTENERS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE T...
Mileage: 135,000
VEHICLE HIT A TREE AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
Mileage: 175,000
VEHICLE HIT A TREE AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
Mileage: 175,000
VEHICLE HIT A TREE AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
Mileage: 175,000
HEATED SEAT COMES ON BY ITSELF ALL THE TIME. IT HAS BURNED MY FATHER'S REAR END. I CHECKED IT OUT AND IT CAME ON 12 TIMES IN 5 MINUTES. MY FATHER IS OLDER AND DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS BURNING UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS TOLD BY THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS THAT THERE ARE NO SAFETY RECALLS FOR THIS. UPON ...
Mileage: 128,000
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRUCK ENGINE WILL BE RUNNING WITH NO ABNORMAL SOUNDS, SMELLS, LEAKS BUT WILL ACT AS IF NOT IN GEAR. RPM'S WILL REV BUT TRUCK WILL NOT MOVE. ONLY AFTER PUTTING TRUCK IN PARK (LOTS OF GRINDING NOISES) THEN PRESSING THE 4WHEEL BUTTON THEN BACK TO 2WHEEL (SOMETIMES THROUGH TWO...
Mileage: 83,000
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRUCK ENGINE WILL BE RUNNING WITH NO ABNORMAL SOUNDS, SMELLS, LEAKS BUT WILL ACT AS IF NOT IN GEAR. RPM'S WILL REV BUT TRUCK WILL NOT MOVE. ONLY AFTER PUTTING TRUCK IN PARK (LOTS OF GRINDING NOISES) THEN PRESSING THE 4WHEEL BUTTON THEN BACK TO 2WHEEL (SOMETIMES THROUGH TWO...
Mileage: 83,000
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRUCK ENGINE WILL BE RUNNING WITH NO ABNORMAL SOUNDS, SMELLS, LEAKS BUT WILL ACT AS IF NOT IN GEAR. RPM'S WILL REV BUT TRUCK WILL NOT MOVE. ONLY AFTER PUTTING TRUCK IN PARK (LOTS OF GRINDING NOISES) THEN PRESSING THE 4WHEEL BUTTON THEN BACK TO 2WHEEL (SOMETIMES THROUGH TWO...
Mileage: 83,000
THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON AND OFF. TOOK IT TO SERIVE CENTERS THE LIGHT CAME OFF FOR A WEEK THEN CAME BACK AGAIN. MECHANIC TOLD ME THE SPRING COUL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED GOT IT REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THE SAME. WHEN ITHE WEATHER IS COLD THE LIGHTS COMES OFF WHEN ITS WARM THE LIGHTS ARE...
Mileage: 68,000
THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON AND OFF. TOOK IT TO SERIVE CENTERS THE LIGHT CAME OFF FOR A WEEK THEN CAME BACK AGAIN. MECHANIC TOLD ME THE SPRING COUL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED GOT IT REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THE SAME. WHEN ITHE WEATHER IS COLD THE LIGHTS COMES OFF WHEN ITS WARM THE LIGHTS ARE...
Mileage: 68,000
POOR QUALITY BRAKE LINES HAVE CORRODED MAKING THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAIL HARD BRAKING, HAD LINE RUPTURE DUE TO CORROSION, NEAR COLLISION DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE
Mileage: 85,000
REAR BRAKE LINES BURST WHILE I WAS IN MOTION. I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO USE THE GEARS TO SLOW DOWN. THEY WERE CORRODED THROUGH. SAME THING HAPPENED IN 2016 WITH MY FUEL PUMP LINE CORRODED THROUGH. WAS LEAKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. DID NOT NOTICE FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL THERE WAS PUDDLE...
Mileage: 143,589
REAR BRAKE LINES BURST WHILE I WAS IN MOTION. I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO USE THE GEARS TO SLOW DOWN. THEY WERE CORRODED THROUGH. SAME THING HAPPENED IN 2016 WITH MY FUEL PUMP LINE CORRODED THROUGH. WAS LEAKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. DID NOT NOTICE FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL THERE WAS PUDDLE...
Mileage: 143,589
REAR BRAKE LINES BURST WHILE I WAS IN MOTION. I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO USE THE GEARS TO SLOW DOWN. THEY WERE CORRODED THROUGH. SAME THING HAPPENED IN 2016 WITH MY FUEL PUMP LINE CORRODED THROUGH. WAS LEAKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. DID NOT NOTICE FOR A FEW DAYS UNTIL THERE WAS PUDDLE...
Mileage: 143,589
BRAKE LINES RUSTING OUT ON THESE AUTOS
Mileage: 143,000
I PURCHASED THE 2006 VEHICLE USED IN DEC 2013. IN 2014 THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD. IN 2015 I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE PADS & ROADERS.2016 REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP BECAUSE IT ALSO WENT BAD, REPLACED TIRES (NORMAL WEAR), BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY BECAUSE IT DIED. 2017 IT NEEDED TWO HUB BEARING AND ...
I PURCHASED THE 2006 VEHICLE USED IN DEC 2013. IN 2014 THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD. IN 2015 I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE PADS & ROADERS.2016 REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP BECAUSE IT ALSO WENT BAD, REPLACED TIRES (NORMAL WEAR), BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY BECAUSE IT DIED. 2017 IT NEEDED TWO HUB BEARING AND ...
I PURCHASED THE 2006 VEHICLE USED IN DEC 2013. IN 2014 THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD. IN 2015 I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE PADS & ROADERS.2016 REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP BECAUSE IT ALSO WENT BAD, REPLACED TIRES (NORMAL WEAR), BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY BECAUSE IT DIED. 2017 IT NEEDED TWO HUB BEARING AND ...
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. WHEN TRAVELING AT SHIFT POINT 1-2, 2-3 THE ENGINE RPMS SUDDENLY INCREASE THEN RETURN TO NOMINAL SPEED. THE MILEAGE IS WAY TO LOW FOR THIS BEHAVOIR. I BELIEVE GM SHOULD ISSUE (OR PAY FOR) THE PARTS (THE TOUGHENED OR IMPROVED PARTS) TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM OR RE-REIMBURSE THE CU...
Mileage: 129,000
BRAKES FAILED COMING TO TRAFFIC LIGHT. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. WENT HALF WAY THRU BEFORE TRUCK STOPPED. INSPECTED AND FOUND REAR BRAKE STEEL LINE HAD RUSTED THRU AND HAD A HOLE. BRAKES SHOULD NOT RUST THRU IN ONLY TEN YEARS,
Mileage: 103,000
SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND IT APPEARED THAT ALL BRAKING HAD BEEN LOST. THE CAR WAS NAVIGATED TO THE SHOULDER AND THE PARKING BRAKE WAS USED TO COME TO A FULL STOP. IF THE BRAKE PEDAL WA...
Mileage: 168,000
AIR BAGS WARING LIGHT ON.
Mileage: 25
AIR BAGS WARING LIGHT ON.
Mileage: 25
I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY STOPPED MY TRUCK LIKE ALWAYS PUT IT IN D TO DRIVE HEARD A LOUD CLUNK NOISE AND NOW I HAVE 1 AND 2 GEAR ONLY TO USE THE TRUCK WAS STATIONARY WAS ON A MAIN ROAD I CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SCREENS FILTERS EVERYTHING FLUSHED IT OUT AND STILL THE SAME THING A LOT OF PEOP...
Mileage: 127,000
I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY STOPPED MY TRUCK LIKE ALWAYS PUT IT IN D TO DRIVE HEARD A LOUD CLUNK NOISE AND NOW I HAVE 1 AND 2 GEAR ONLY TO USE THE TRUCK WAS STATIONARY WAS ON A MAIN ROAD I CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SCREENS FILTERS EVERYTHING FLUSHED IT OUT AND STILL THE SAME THING A LOT OF PEOP...
Mileage: 127,000
RUSTED BRAKE LINES
Mileage: 150,000
TAKATA RECALL TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY STOPPED. ONLY DRIVES IN FIRST GEAR, HAS 70,000 MILES, HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. WHILE DRIVING ON 128 SOUTH IN DANVERS, MA AT 4:30 THE TRUCK BECAME SLUGGISH, GREW WORSE WITH IN SECONDS CAUSING MY TOP ACCELERATION TO DECREASE TO 20 MPH AT BEST, WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AFTER ...
Mileage: 69,000
FOR NO REASON AND WITHOUT WARNING, AFTER A "CLUNK" NOISE THE TRUCK WAS COASTING. ONLY 1ST, 2ND, AND REVERSE GEARS WORK.
Mileage: 50,000
THE WARNING FOR AIRBAG MALFUNCTION /INOPERATIVE. CAME ON TOOK INTO DEALER THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS BAD MODULE . THEY REPLACED IT . 6MO LATER SAME ISSUE THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS BAD CONTACTS . SO THE DEALER CLEANED THEM LIGHT WENT OUT FOR 6 MO. AND CAME BACK ON . I CALLED DEALER THEY SAID WARRANTY RAN...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT DISCLOSE IF A POLICE/FIRE REPORT ...
Mileage: 147,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STARTING THE IGNITION, A STRONG BURNING ODOR EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEATER BLOWER WIRE HARNESS AND RESISTOR MELTED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE RESISTOR PERSONALLY BUT THE FAILURE PERSIST...
Mileage: 150,000
MY "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT HAS STEADILY BEEN ON FOR A FEW WEEKS, CHECKED THE FUSE, CHECKED BASIC CONNECTORS (NO LOOSE WIRES). HAVE BEEN DOING INTERNET RESEARCH & FOUND MANY FORUM DISCUSSIONS ON THIS TOPIC DATING BACK TO 2003! I SEARCHED THIS SITE & FOUND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL RELATED TO THI...
Mileage: 87,000
MY "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT HAS STEADILY BEEN ON FOR A FEW WEEKS, CHECKED THE FUSE, CHECKED BASIC CONNECTORS (NO LOOSE WIRES). HAVE BEEN DOING INTERNET RESEARCH & FOUND MANY FORUM DISCUSSIONS ON THIS TOPIC DATING BACK TO 2003! I SEARCHED THIS SITE & FOUND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL RELATED TO THI...
Mileage: 87,000
HVAC BLOWER DID NOT FUNCTION ON CERTAIN OR ALL BLOWER SPEEDS. THE HVAC BLOWER RAN CONTINUALLY WITH THE IGNITION IN THE OFF POSITION AND THE KEY REMOVED. *TR
Mileage: 82,421
HVAC BLOWER DID NOT FUNCTION ON CERTAIN OR ALL BLOWER SPEEDS. THE HVAC BLOWER RAN CONTINUALLY WITH THE IGNITION IN THE OFF POSITION AND THE KEY REMOVED. *TR
Mileage: 82,421
SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING STAYS ON AT ANY SPEED AND THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT! DEALER SAYS GM ONLY HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL YET! IS GM LIABLE IN AN ACCIDENT IF THE AIR BAGS FAIL TO DEPLOY? *TR
Mileage: 35,000
2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 4WD IN 2WD HI, DRIVING AT 55 MPH WITH TRANSMISSION IN D, ENGINE REVVED FREELY AS IF TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL. COASTED TO A STOP ONTO SHOULDER, SHIFTED INTO PARK, RELEASED FOOT BRAKE, VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD (DOWNHILL), APPARENTLY BECAUSE TRANSFER CASE SHIFTED INTO...
Mileage: 79,100
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT DID NOT ENGAGE. THE BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 134,700. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 137,000.
Mileage: 134,700
DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT, I LOST 3RD AND 4TH GEARS IN MY TRANSMISSION UNDER NORMAL ACCELERATION. I HAVE AN '06 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Z71 WITH LESS THAN 89,600 MILES ON IT. I HAVE NEVER TOWED ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR A UHAUL TRAILER ONCE FOR ABOUT 250 MILES. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, TRAVEL...
Mileage: 89,596
NO ACCIDENT YET. *TR
Mileage: 64,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE VEHICLE HAD FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED. AFTER THE ROTATION, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A THUMPING SOUND COMING F...
Mileage: 26,475
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE VEHICLE HAD FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED. AFTER THE ROTATION, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A THUMPING SOUND COMING F...
Mileage: 26,475
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE FAILURE, BUT IT RECURRED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER REPEATEDLY TO ...
Mileage: 9,235
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE FAILURE, BUT IT RECURRED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER REPEATEDLY TO ...
Mileage: 9,235
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE FAILURE, BUT IT RECURRED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER REPEATEDLY TO ...
Mileage: 9,235
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE FAILURE, BUT IT RECURRED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER REPEATEDLY TO ...
Mileage: 9,235
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2008 WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE F...
Mileage: 18,000
TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER FAILED. WELDS FAILED CAUSING RECEIVER TO BREAK AWAY FROM TRUCK. DAMAGE TO TRUCK AND CAMPER OCCURED.*CN
Mileage: 43,650
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THERE ARE TWO FLEX/GAS LINES CONNECTED TO THE FUEL REGULATORS UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE LINES HAVE RUBBED AGAINST EACH OTHER; THEY ARE WORN, AND CAUSE A FRICTION THAT CREATED A HOLE. THE PUMP SPRAYED GAS UNDER THE EXHAUST OF THE VEHICLE AND IT C...
Mileage: 40,000
2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. CAUSE: THE FUEL TANK PRESSURE SENSOR INTERNALLY OPEN REPLACED: FUEL TANK PRESSURE. *MC THE CONSUMER SATED THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE ACTIVATED ON ITS OWN, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS REPLACE...
2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. CAUSE: THE FUEL TANK PRESSURE SENSOR INTERNALLY OPEN REPLACED: FUEL TANK PRESSURE. *MC THE CONSUMER SATED THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE ACTIVATED ON ITS OWN, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS REPLACE...
2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. CAUSE: THE FUEL TANK PRESSURE SENSOR INTERNALLY OPEN REPLACED: FUEL TANK PRESSURE. *MC THE CONSUMER SATED THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE ACTIVATED ON ITS OWN, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS REPLACE...
BRAKE,STEERING FAILURES AND STEERING ISSUES. *JB
Mileage: 200
BRAKE,STEERING FAILURES AND STEERING ISSUES. *JB
Mileage: 200
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING/TAILGATING/EXCESSIVE SPEED BY A GOVERNMENT VAN- TAG G 4/3 1335B AT 2:05 PM, JULY 20, 2006 ON AND NEAR THE WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, WASHINGTON DC. PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ALONG TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY. *NM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THERE WAS A QUIVER IN THE 2006 CHEVROLET KODIAK, THEN THE RECEIVER FELL OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED DOWN, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRAILER STRIKING THE TRUCK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ON THE SCENE. THE POLICE OFFICER NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO PEN...
Mileage: 1,200