2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Electrical System Problems

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

Mileage: 210,000

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.

AFTER A WEEKEND OF CAMPING (RV) MY AVALANCHE WOULD NOT START, BATTERY LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD. THE RPM $ MPH WERE MOVING UP & DOWN, CLICKING SOUNDS WERE COMING FROM THE FRONT SEAT ARM RESTS, NO POWER TO THE WINDOWS & LOCKS. VEHICLE WAS PARKED & BOTH THE AVALANCHE & RV HAD TO BE TOWED. DIAGNOSE-U0140 LOSS OF COMMUNICATION OF BCM, DEFECTIVE BODY CONTROL MODULE, REPLACED CONTROL MODULE.

Mileage: 71,028

2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE I BELIEVE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL #1: 2004-2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU, 2004-2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX, 2005-2010 PONTIAC G6, 2007-2010 SATURN AURA. THE VEHICLE, WHEN SCANNED IS PRODUCING AN ERROR CODE OF P0573- CRUISE CONTROL/BRAKE SWITCH A CIRCUIT. AS A RESULT OF THIS ERROR THE FUNCTIONALITY OF MY CRUISE CONTROL IS JEOPARDIZED, RENDERING THE VEHICLES CRUISE CONTROL AT SOMETIMES USELESS, NOT FUNCTIONAL OR WORSE DISENGAGING WITHOUT WARRANT CAUSING A SAFETY CONCERN WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT SMELLED AS IF SOMETHING ELECTRICAL WAS BURNING. THERE WAS NO SMOKE PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE FAILURE ALSO PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM SEEING THE TRIP METER, MILEAGE AND TIRE PRESSURE. THE DEALER REFERENCED A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE, RECALL 08V44100 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 54,000.

Mileage: 54,000

10/21/09- WENT OUT TO START MY 07 AVALANCHE LT3 AND THERE WAS NO POWER TO ANYTHING. AAA SERVICE WAS CALLED AND CHECK THE BATTERY AND IT HAD 4.6 AMPS. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO CHARGE BATTERY IT STILL WOULD NOT START. THE TECHNICIAN BEGAN CHECKING FUSES AND REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SAME STARTER RELAY SWITCH AND THEN IT STARTED. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

HAVE A 2007 AVALANCHE LTZ WITH EVERYTHING IN IT. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LETTING IT SET FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND HAVING BATTERY DEAD WHEN GOING TO START SAME. JUMPED IT AND STARTED FINE. I CAN HEAR THE COMPUTER WORKING WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND BELIEVE THIS IS WHY. NEED TO START SAME OFTEN AND RUN OR PUT A BATTERY CHARGER ON SAME SOLAR TO KEEP FROM HAPPENING. DEALERS SAY THEY CAN FIND NO REASON FOR IT. *TR

Mileage: 36,040

TRUCK FAILED TO START DUE TO DEAD BATTERY AFTER SITTING FOR LESS THAN 24 HRS. SINCE PURCHASE 5/07 IT HAS OCCURRED 6 TIMES--7 IF YOU COUNT THE DAY OF PURCHASE. TRUCK IS DEAD AGAIN TODAY AND IS AT THE DEALERSHIP (12/6/08). THIS VEHICLE STARTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING JUMPED. THEY CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND NO STORED CODES WHETHER I JUMP IT THEN TAKE IT IN OR TOW IT IN. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I WAS LEAVING ACCESSORY ITEMS PLUGGED IN-OF WHICH I WAS NOT. ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. DEALER/GM WILL NOT ADMIT A PROBLEM EXISTS AND REPLACE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A HUGE FINANCIAL DEBT TO ME. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW, ONE OWNER AND CURRENTLY HAS 19000. ORIGINAL COMPLAINT AFTER PURCHASE WAS 10/07 AND 6475 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL FAILURE SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THIS FAILURE AND HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR SEVERAL DAYS BECAUSE IT WILL NOT START. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. TO DATE, THE VEHICLE HAS RECEIVED A NEW BATTERY, A NEW FUEL TANK SWITCH, ALL THE LOCKS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE BEEN CHANGED, AND A REPLACED CLUSTER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 28,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. UPDATED 01-15-08. *KB UPDATED *JB

Mileage: 15,000

THE SPEEDOMETER IS SPORADICALLY MALFUNCTIONING. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES AND SOMETIME THE SPEEDOMETER WILL REGISTER AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WHEN I AM STOPPED OR SHOW ABOUT 70 WHEN I AM DOING ABOUT 40. THEN AFTER A DAY OR TWO IT WILL START TO WORK AGAIN. I SEE WHERE MANY OTHERS HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, BATTERY GOING DEAD, MANUFACTURER WILL NOT SAY WHAT IS CAUSING PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FIND WHAT IS CAUSING IT. BEEN IN SERVICE 30 DAYS AND OVER 7 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WILL NOT STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE. *NM

Mileage: 30